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In reply to the discussion: I'm sorry. I keep on going back to the fact that DONALD TRUMP CANNOT SPEAK. [View all]anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)25. You are gravely mistaken
Trump is indeed rambling and frequently self-contradictory. This isn't because he can't speak, it's a deliberate strategy to create cognitive dissonance in his audience and get them to shut down the more rational analytical part of their brains so he can address the more subconscious emotional triggers. People don't go to Trump rallies to think, but to feel. He understands his audience very well and whenever he senses they're getting bored he switches to something that will get a predictable applause line.
Don't underestimate him based on how he performs at his rallies. He is much shrewder than he appears and is deliberately mirroring his audience's mentality to create identification.
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I'm sorry. I keep on going back to the fact that DONALD TRUMP CANNOT SPEAK. [View all]
Tommy_Carcetti
Jan 2016
OP
Trump sounds great to haters . All he has to do is project their hate and they love him back
Person 2713
Jan 2016
#3
Incapable of giving an actual coherent, organized, throught out public speech.
TrollBuster9090
Jan 2016
#22