Washington (AP) – As president Donald Trump What has never happened before, telling it, is happening with incredible regularity.
The US plans to build a new missile defense system, “something no one has ever seen before.”
His active use of the military in Washington reduced crime to “a number we haven’t seen here.”
And when it comes to economic growth under his leadership, “We’ve never seen anything like that.”
It’s the president’s favorite The shape of exaggerationwhether he’s talking about things he likes or dislikes. It won’t get a little better or worse. It has always been a very good thing, and has never been recorded in the history of human history.
The phrases Trump uses increasingly frequently are more than just rhetorical signatures. It also reflects how Trump sees the world and approaches presidency. Almost everything is black and white, he himself is a hero, and his political enemy is as a villain. His success is legendary in his eyes, and the problems of the nation are an urgent crisis that demands him to integrate power; Take drastic action.
“The way he speaks will translate into the way he governs,” said Brian Ott, a communications professor at Missouri State University, who focuses on political rhetoric. “For extreme responses, everything calls for extreme context.”
“Repeat is any message and President Trump is the biggest communicator in the history of American politics,” said White House spokesman Liz Houston.
Trump’s grandeur grows with his strength
It’s not an exaggeration to say that Trump is developing his trademark phrases on a level not seen in his political career. And he does it when he is not restrained by the Congress, the Supreme Court, his own regime members, his own refusal, than his first term.
Trump has used the phrase version 194 times this year, according to Roll Call factba.se, a database of presidential remarks. (And that wasn’t counting Thursday when Trump said he had “never” technological advances during his term, or when he bragged about economic investments by saying he had “never seen numbers like this.”)
It is lacking that Trump used phrases in his last two campaigns, which were typical of his political rally, but that far surpasses the fact that he was in office the previous year.
In 2019, only 90 cases were recorded, with 77 in 2018 and 48 in 2017.
Factba.se used artificial intelligence and other things to identify versions of the phrase in recordings of Trump’s public comments. Bill Frischling, who oversees the database, said Trump’s phrasing is something of an oral tic, as it rarely appears in social media posts over the years.
Also, since Trump took office in January, the phrase has not been included in the prepared speech text. (The White House has released almost 20 of the semester.)
Trump’s exaggeration isn’t always backed up by facts
The loose connection between Trump and facts is well documented, dating back to his bestselling book, The Art of the Deal, in 1987.
“People want to believe that something is the biggest, best and most spectacular,” the book said. “I call it the exaggeration of truth. It’s a form of innocent exaggeration. And it’s a very effective form of promotion.”
Trump ghostwriter Tony Schwartz said he coined the phrase “exaggeration of truth,” but the future president loved it.
The routine was fully on display when Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention last year.
He promised to “leave America to new greatness that we have never seen before.”
He then unleashed his anger towards the Democrats.
Inflation rise? “They have never seen anything like that.” Illegal immigrants? “No one has ever seen anything like that.”
(There is inflation High beforeIn particular, from the 1970s to the early 1980s, border intersections were Record Settings Under President Joe Biden. )
The phrase is now a fixture for Trump’s events, including a recent meeting with the Polish president. His arguments may be accurate, but sometimes they may not.
About the war between Russia and UkraineTrump said, “They are losing soldiers to a level that no one has seen since World War II.” (In fact, it is the most deadly conflict in Europe in that period.)
He said, “They have crimes that are at a level that no one has ever seen in Baltimore.” Potential deployment of the National Guard Regarding local objections. (The city has historically suffered from crime, but violence has declined in recent years.)
And Trump said his tax law would help the middle class, saying it was “the first time they’ve seen something like this.” (Wealthy people will get The biggest advantageaccording to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. )
This phrase spreads through the government
Trump’s top advisor is an ape of his language, as some did at last week’s three-hour cabinet meeting.
Diplomatic envoy Steve Witkoff told the president that he “have never actually seen people around the world change the world like this” in order to negotiate peace.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Trump’s work on immigration control, saying “they are getting cooperation from countries they have never seen before.”
Sometimes Trump likes to put the phrase in another person’s mouth.
In an August 15 interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Trump claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin was impressed with his leadership.
“Vladimir said just a while ago, ‘No one ever saw him do it so fast’,” Trump said.
