President Asshat has never been an orator. In fact, aside from his popular catchphrase âYouâre firedâ âGrab âem by the pussy,â I donât know if heâs ever said anything remotely memorable. Most of his public appearances in his first two weeks in office have appeared to be off-the-cuff. But besides the universal connection of hate and white supremacy, I think what makes him most endearing to his base is that he isnât polished or practiced. He tends to say whatever he believes, no matter how crazy it sounds; but he does have talking points and speechwriters.
So, with limited material to work withâthe man tweets more than he speaksâI think Iâve already cracked the code on how to craft a Donald Trump speech.
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Always start with how awesome you are. Talk about anything youâve done here that reminds people of just how amazing youâve been and how lucky they are to have you. Talk about how you destroyed Hillary Clinton in the election, even though you didnât win the popular vote. Donât get stuck there. No matter what you do, donât get caught up in facts. Say anything that makes you look even more awesome than you are. You want to come out strong, and this isnât the time to be humble.
Again, donât get caught up in facts here. The plan is to scare the living shit out of everyone so that they remember how fucking awesome you are. Think 24âand not the new black-guy 24, but the old Kiefer Sutherland 24. Thatâs you. So own it. Use âbad dudesâ if you can find a way to slip it in there. Hide your xenophobia behind the terror. Mention only radical Islamic attacks and avoid all white nationalist terrorism because that doesnât make you look as awesome. Remember, Kiefer only fought Muslims, so you must do the same.
This is important. Every time you get a chance, call any news station that prints anything you donât like âfake news.â Always find a way to slip this in. Itâs best if the news that you mention is relevant to the topic, but truthfully, you can just break into this as a diatribe at any time. Pit yourself against the so-called fake-news media. Tell the roomâdoesnât matter what roomâthat the media is trying to warp their brains with their foolishness but that you have the real truth. Itâs best if you can combine any of the above into a crescendo of media bashing.
Trump exhibited this beautifully during his speech with a coalition of representatives and senior U.S. military commanders at Tampa, Fla.âs MacDill Air Force Base on Monday.
After walking through a list of terrorist attacks by radical IslamistsâI mean literally rehashing every terror attack from 9/11 to the Paris nightclub attacks to the truck massacre in Nice, Franceâhe then worked seamlessly into an unsupported narrative about the media.
âItâs gotten to a point where itâs not even being reported. And in many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesnât want to report it. They have their reasons, and you understand that,â Trump said.
And, if all this fails, freestyle; literally just make shit up and repeat the last words more than once. Say phrases that are hard to pull apart, like âmajor stuff,â and then repeat them or use words close to themââbig stuff,â âyuge stuffââto give yourself enough time to repeat the first three steps.
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