This is what I thought when I heard the phrase "I want nothing." Too bad the EC gave him the Presidency. pic.twitter.com/1p57d8IQae
— Spocko (@spockosbrain) November 20, 2019
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So either the President* wrote that himself, which is terrifying, or someone wrote it for him, which is equally terrifying.
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well he’s writing his own speeches now
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Inaccurate.
This is what it says:
I WANT NOTHING
I WANT NOTHING
I WANT NO
QUID PRO QUO.
TELL ZELLINSKY
TO DO THE
RIGHT THING.
. THIS IS THE
FINAL WORD
FROM THE PRES.
OF THE U.S.
Just doesn’t have the same effect without the gigantic font since clearly he doesn’t have the mental capacity to remember such simple talking points or read without the shame of donning glasses.
(For extra laughs, read this in a prose like Bob Dylan would use.)
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He had to write that down?
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I have a slightly different take on this.
If this was the only thing he would read out loud and say, then he would be clearly retarded.
If he used this as the nucleus of a speech, then he just has to have the talking points on hand to keep himself focused (similar to the way that a powerpoint presentation does not contain all of the words that get used in a presentation, they just serve as a focal point for guiding the presentation and helping people follow along. Remember, he just has to bring up a few talking points and avoid admitting to anything really bad. Telling the other guy to be more honourable is not a bad tactic.
It looks dumb, if caught on camera like that, but writing bullet point notes IS a known and effective public speaking tactic. I’ve written up notes for PMP and six sigma courses that looked like I broke down and started cartooning and taking mescaline, but they were effective and MEMORABLE notes.
He’s still a corrupt, extorting, child caging degenerate who sells out everyone he meets, but given his volatility and the pressure he is under, a less-is-more set of bullet points is a good tactic to get him thru the interview. Especially if he has vision problems that reduce his capacity to read fine print.
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lyrics from some early '90s band that did too many drugs
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Frère Jacques
Frère Jacques
I want no
Quid pro quo
etc. etc.
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Maybe they took away his crayons.
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You might want to rethink your phrasing here.
Donald Trump’s speeches are bullet points swimming in a vile effluent of digression, self–promotion, and lies. He’d make more sense if he just recited the bullet points as written, but he’s not interested in sense. What Trump says is irrelevant, what matters is the tone in which he says it. His communiques are tone poems to his base in the keys of aggrieved victim, angry strongman, and racist uncle.
Edited for grammar
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A new collab with Mark Mothersbaugh, actually. It will be the new B-side for "Can’t Get No (Satisfaction), ironically enough released on 45 like all the cool kids are doing these days.
My, how exceedingly generous you are.
I might consider the bullet point theory except for two things:
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The first 3 ‘points’ all just repeat the same phrase, with a bit of elaboration thrown in on the third one.
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I’ve seen & heard the way the man ‘speaks’.
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The thing is, this is basically literally what he said. He read from the notepad and repeated it word for word sprinkling a few minor and unnecessary interjections. These weren’t a basis for some otherwise coherent statement.
Proof:
Starting at 1:57.
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Exactly. It’s not like he writes down notes for any of his other mouth vomit.
Why now?
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It’s like as if this was such a critical statement that it needed to be prepared.
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Prepared for distribution across networks…
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