How very Trump-like

One of the few good things about the current administration is the entertainment value of the garbled way Trump speaks and tweets. He is as articulate as a tenth-grade dropout texting to a friend. For example, he uses “very” in his sentences like someone scattering birdseed for pigeons.

Mark Twain offered wise advice on this subject: “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”

No one edits Trump’s unscripted pronouncements, though. That offers us the opportunity, however, of seeing just how shallow, ignorant, and muddled he really is.

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