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Is Donald Trump that clever, or are the media still just that unprepared? Whatever the reason, he continues to be just as adept as ever at running circles around the press and public.

One of his most effective tools is what we might call the Trump Two-Step, in which the former president says something outrageous, backs away from it in the face of criticism, and then fully embraces it. The goal here is to create a veneer of deniability. It doesn’t even need to be plausible; it just needs to muddy the waters a bit.

That pattern is clear in his recent invocations of a “bloodbath” if he doesn’t win the 2024 presidential election. During a March 16 speech in Ohio, Trump blasted President Joe Biden’s push for electric vehicles. (Trump is angry that the United Auto Workers endorsed Biden, who walked on a picket line with striking employees, rather than Trump, who held a rally at a nonunion shop.) It’s difficult to capture the full context of Trump’s remarks because he meanders so much, but he was speaking about the auto industry when he warned about a “bloodbath.” …

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[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck you, Trump. Anyone else threatening this shit would be jailed. Its ridiculous he gets to blast that shit with this much influence and power.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As bad as he is, the irresponsibility of the media is worse. As long as they continue to selectively report, there will be more Trumps to follow.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This all starts at education and your environment growing up. He who is given much requires much was not dig at the poor, but silver spoon babies. There will be more shit heads like him as long as the rich aren't taxed at 90%. We allowed this Hydra to grow.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The mistake the media makes is treating him like a sane adult.

Trump lies like a child does; he's not really grounded in any reality, so he really does believe whatever comes out of his mouth.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you are giving him too much credit. He believes he is smarter than everyone else and can will whatever he says into reality because no one is ever as good as he is.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I've posted this many times. It's Trump getting caught in a blatant lie. He doesn't rage, or try to explain. He just acts like a little kid who thinks he's too cute to punish.

https://youtu.be/RVnoc-ISUag

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's just a motte and bailey argument, we don't have to name things after Trump.

[–] neptune@dmv.social 7 points 1 year ago

But it's also sort of taking both sides of an issue, and/or using idiocy as a trial balloon. So yeah idk

[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

newspeak, propagandistic language that is characterized by euphemism, circumlocution, and the inversion of customary meanings. The term was coined by George Orwell in his novel Nineteen Eighty-four (1949).