Trump Savagely Mauls the Language<br />I know that there are things of graver consequence in Donald Trump’s regime than his diction,<br />but as a person whose vocation concerns him with language, I am simply appalled by Trump’s savage mauling of that language.<br />There was more: During the press conference with Macron, Trump twice referred to the 39-year-old Trump Jr. (who is the same age as the Macron, by the way) as a “young man.” That’s a stretch,<br />but one used to make the Mini-Monster sound more innocent than his emails suggest he is.<br />So she was here because of Lynch.”<br />Why are you repeating something at an official press conference with another head of state in another country that you freely admit may be wrong?<br />But his usage is also a way of reducing language to the point<br />that it is meaningless because the use of it is mindless, and in that compromised state, language becomes nearly worthless.<br />So, let’s take Trump’s responses during a press conference with President Emmanuel Macron of France last week.<br />Yes, I could use my energy and column inches to continue to catalog the thickening intrigue of the Russia investigation,<br />and in particular, the growing number of people in the meeting where Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer.<br />Either there is a new definition of “everything” of which I’m unaware, or Trump Jr. is doing what the Trumps do: lie until there is no alternative<br />but to tell the truth, and even then only reveal as much truth as circumstances compel.
