there's a good article in the Atlantic by Mckay Coppins that points out that Trump has always been the way he is, so calling him out for 'getting worse' is futile
Yeah his word salads have been garbage for his entire political career. But a lot of what gets aired are the choice quotes- the stuff that opponents find insane or inflammatory, but tickle the pleasure centers of the base. And by just focusing on the specific outrage quotes, it can give him the appearance of coherence and strategy behind it, when in reality he's just rambling his way to applause lines.
We do have video of his deposition from the case that found him to be a rapist.
But basically he's mastered weaponizing certain logical fallacies that have always been resonant with the base like the appeal to motive.
Agree he's a master at logical fallacies and can spot who will buy them as well as a con man spots his mark.
there's a good article in the Atlantic by Mckay Coppins that points out that Trump has always been the way he is, so calling him out for 'getting worse' is futile
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/02/trump-buzzfeed-mar-a-lago-speech-coherence/677480/
Yeah his word salads have been garbage for his entire political career. But a lot of what gets aired are the choice quotes- the stuff that opponents find insane or inflammatory, but tickle the pleasure centers of the base. And by just focusing on the specific outrage quotes, it can give him the appearance of coherence and strategy behind it, when in reality he's just rambling his way to applause lines.