Trump’s rhetorical style again adds scrutiny to power of words
Oct 30, 2018
4 minutes
President Trump’s rhetorical style, under intense scrutiny amid the tragedies and threats of the past week, is nothing new.
From the opening moment of his presidential campaign in 2015, Mr. Trump has prided himself on his practice of stirring up hornet’s nests. The mockery, the winking calls to violence, the provocative policy moves, the incendiary language seen by critics as fear-mongering – these are not gaffes. They’re tools with an eye toward an end: winning.
On Tuesday came another such move – word of a planned executive order targeting “birthright citizenship.” The goal, Trump told Axios, is to end the practice of bestowing US citizenship on anyone born
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