Tom Paine 1949
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“Trump Show” goes on …
I watched Trump’s whole speech at today’s West Palm Beach conservative “Turning Point Action” conference broadcast on NewsMax.
At first let me say I usually really admire the masterful skill and casual professionalism of Trump speeches: this one, at least the first half hour or so, seemed one of his “best.” He started by creating what appeared a seemlessly convincing — even though I believed it was untruthful — very entertaining “Truman Show”-like speech: According to him all was well in his campaign, he would win the Republican race easily, and all would be great in the country if he was elected. Even his many “personal sacrifices” were not getting him down, he reminded us.
It was a truly experienced actor’s delivery, quite energetic too. More energetic, frankly, than I expected. It was folksy, comforting & I’m sure convincing to his supporters. It was as homey as FDRs fireside chats, even as he repeatedly bragged of his unique creativity in characterizing his Republican opponents as irrelevant or “deSanctimonious,” and his Democratic opponents as “Marxists and Fascists” … prosecuting all Americans … by prosecuting him. “Now everyone is copying my words!” he bragged repeatedly about his clever use of slogans and nick-naming opponents. The first half hour the audience was VERY receptive.
Of course he also painted terrible pictures of the present and the future if he is not elected in 2024. After 40 minutes or so it got a bit repetitious and lost a bit of focus. Then Trump changed pace and did something different: He told a very long meandering story — really a long comic soliloquy — about his going to Afghanistan, for which he claimed he should have given himself a “Medal of Honor,” and his meeting with generals and a particularly good one named “General Raisin Cane.”
It wasn’t especially that funny and seemed pretty bizarre to me. Not getting that many laughs — even the best comics don’t always succeed — he ultimately returned to direct political attacks. For a moment then he actually looked like he was reading points off a teleprompter —something he very very rarely seems to need. He is a great “talker,” no doubt. No other American politician can match him for easy verbosity / demagogy.
The long talk went overtime, and included another story about an old woman who brought a freezing snake into her home and warmed it and fed it, saving it until — being a vicious snake — it bit her and killed her — just like the fake and vicious “refugees” Democrats allow in with “open borders.”
Then more political and personal attacks on Biden & Democrats, well-prepared demagogy about America’s many problems, the war in Ukraine that would never have happened if he were not cheated in 2020, and promises about how he will change everything wrong and save our country. The whole bit. He will “demolish the Deep State,” “drain the swamp once and for all,” etc. etc. etc.
Anyone else see the speech? What do people, regardless of their political views, think of Trump as a political speaker in general? It seems to me at least that Donald Trump still has tremendous skill in communicating, which makes him — in my humble opinion — still very dangerous.
I haven’t bothered to make any comparisons to Joe Biden, for rather obvious reasons …
I watched Trump’s whole speech at today’s West Palm Beach conservative “Turning Point Action” conference broadcast on NewsMax.
At first let me say I usually really admire the masterful skill and casual professionalism of Trump speeches: this one, at least the first half hour or so, seemed one of his “best.” He started by creating what appeared a seemlessly convincing — even though I believed it was untruthful — very entertaining “Truman Show”-like speech: According to him all was well in his campaign, he would win the Republican race easily, and all would be great in the country if he was elected. Even his many “personal sacrifices” were not getting him down, he reminded us.
It was a truly experienced actor’s delivery, quite energetic too. More energetic, frankly, than I expected. It was folksy, comforting & I’m sure convincing to his supporters. It was as homey as FDRs fireside chats, even as he repeatedly bragged of his unique creativity in characterizing his Republican opponents as irrelevant or “deSanctimonious,” and his Democratic opponents as “Marxists and Fascists” … prosecuting all Americans … by prosecuting him. “Now everyone is copying my words!” he bragged repeatedly about his clever use of slogans and nick-naming opponents. The first half hour the audience was VERY receptive.
Of course he also painted terrible pictures of the present and the future if he is not elected in 2024. After 40 minutes or so it got a bit repetitious and lost a bit of focus. Then Trump changed pace and did something different: He told a very long meandering story — really a long comic soliloquy — about his going to Afghanistan, for which he claimed he should have given himself a “Medal of Honor,” and his meeting with generals and a particularly good one named “General Raisin Cane.”
It wasn’t especially that funny and seemed pretty bizarre to me. Not getting that many laughs — even the best comics don’t always succeed — he ultimately returned to direct political attacks. For a moment then he actually looked like he was reading points off a teleprompter —something he very very rarely seems to need. He is a great “talker,” no doubt. No other American politician can match him for easy verbosity / demagogy.
The long talk went overtime, and included another story about an old woman who brought a freezing snake into her home and warmed it and fed it, saving it until — being a vicious snake — it bit her and killed her — just like the fake and vicious “refugees” Democrats allow in with “open borders.”
Then more political and personal attacks on Biden & Democrats, well-prepared demagogy about America’s many problems, the war in Ukraine that would never have happened if he were not cheated in 2020, and promises about how he will change everything wrong and save our country. The whole bit. He will “demolish the Deep State,” “drain the swamp once and for all,” etc. etc. etc.
Anyone else see the speech? What do people, regardless of their political views, think of Trump as a political speaker in general? It seems to me at least that Donald Trump still has tremendous skill in communicating, which makes him — in my humble opinion — still very dangerous.
I haven’t bothered to make any comparisons to Joe Biden, for rather obvious reasons …
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