The importance of language is particularly striking me this morning as votes are counted in the US election. Trump's language. His tone, simplicity and evangelical delivery - if only in the way he delivers promises he seems to imagine are reassuring, and maybe they are, for his fans. Have we heard as regularly about other White House incumbents, those who actually deliver on their promises - if/when they do?
A
master at managing the media story and speaking the language of his could-be
and actual followers. Now, when he has ‘promised’ to fight in the courts if
results don’t go his way, it seems we'll spend today speculating as much on
whether/when he'll go to the Supreme Court as on the likely outcome of the US
election. What will we talk about in the months to come if Bidon wins?
One
thing you can say about Trump, hate him or love him, a lot of people have
voted, even if they haven't for a good while. Sexism, racism, hell-raising,
content...? Yes, but if he speaks your language....
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