Yes words are powerful— interestingly though one of the first things I noticed about DT was his limited vocabulary. It’s like a backward sixth grader. Coming after Obama’s formidable language skills in terms of speaking and writing, what a thud.
Yes words are powerful— interestingly though one of the first things I noticed about DT was his limited vocabulary. It’s like a backward sixth grader. Coming after Obama’s formidable language skills in terms of speaking and writing, what a thud.
Liz, I used to think Trump spoke in simplistic language to appeal to his base and deliberately avoided sophisticated language that was unfamiliar to them. When we discovered he reads almost nothing that doesn’t contain his own name embedded in it and stumbles over somewhat sophisticated words written for him on the TelePrompTer, his true illiteracy was revealed. “Think before you speak. Read before you think.” -Fran Lebowitz
That shocked me too, and it took me a while to realize that he doesn't give a rat's ass for me or people like me who try hard to paint clear ideas with words. But he does care for the kind of people who resent the kind of people who try hard to paint clear ideas with words, so he does just the opposite.
Yes, and he also has a learning disability so reading must be tough. However, he is a master of projection, word twisting/gaslighting and brainwashing. He follows Hitler's playbook to a T (for trump!). Might be the only book he ever read all the way through, based on his actions.
I often thought Obama was too good. I LOVE him, but if a newspaper should be written at a 5th grade level, then, when speaking to the public, our leaders should - without condescension - also communicate at that level.
I believe it was Kelly who revealed that they had to bring pictures for him to understand anything as he didn’t read. So awful to have somebody like that in power. A disgrace!
I've met a couple of successful business owners (who immigrated to the US and ended up in my adult ESL classes) who were only semi- or pre-literate in not only English, but in their primary languages. These individuals were smart, articulate in two or more languages other than English, and had become relatively wealthy in areas where many business deals are verbal and contracts made with handshakes. However, I would never want any of them to become the leader of a country. Government is not a business and should not be run for profit (no matter how many have used it in that way).
Yes words are powerful— interestingly though one of the first things I noticed about DT was his limited vocabulary. It’s like a backward sixth grader. Coming after Obama’s formidable language skills in terms of speaking and writing, what a thud.
Liz, I used to think Trump spoke in simplistic language to appeal to his base and deliberately avoided sophisticated language that was unfamiliar to them. When we discovered he reads almost nothing that doesn’t contain his own name embedded in it and stumbles over somewhat sophisticated words written for him on the TelePrompTer, his true illiteracy was revealed. “Think before you speak. Read before you think.” -Fran Lebowitz
That shocked me too, and it took me a while to realize that he doesn't give a rat's ass for me or people like me who try hard to paint clear ideas with words. But he does care for the kind of people who resent the kind of people who try hard to paint clear ideas with words, so he does just the opposite.
Yes, and he also has a learning disability so reading must be tough. However, he is a master of projection, word twisting/gaslighting and brainwashing. He follows Hitler's playbook to a T (for trump!). Might be the only book he ever read all the way through, based on his actions.
According to one of his ex-wives, he had a book of Hitler's speeches at his bedside, and studied it.
Yes, I heard that, too. I think it might be the only book that ever interested his power and supremacy issues.
I often thought Obama was too good. I LOVE him, but if a newspaper should be written at a 5th grade level, then, when speaking to the public, our leaders should - without condescension - also communicate at that level.
I believe it was Kelly who revealed that they had to bring pictures for him to understand anything as he didn’t read. So awful to have somebody like that in power. A disgrace!
I've met a couple of successful business owners (who immigrated to the US and ended up in my adult ESL classes) who were only semi- or pre-literate in not only English, but in their primary languages. These individuals were smart, articulate in two or more languages other than English, and had become relatively wealthy in areas where many business deals are verbal and contracts made with handshakes. However, I would never want any of them to become the leader of a country. Government is not a business and should not be run for profit (no matter how many have used it in that way).