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Republican Donald Trump has been open about deliberately using inflammatory words to attract attention in the 2024 presidential race.
If you don't use certain language "that maybe are not very nice words, nothing will happen," the former president said in a March interview with Fox News host Howard Kurtz.
Trump employed that signature tactic during his infamous June 2015 announcement speech when he described some Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists, which he later admitted was planned.
It is a style that excites his conservative base as a leader who rejects the supposed political correctness imposed by liberal Democrats. But it is something that alarms detractors and frightens experts who described it as an authoritarian-leaning campaign, especially in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol led by Trump supporters.
"Wake up people. This is an emergency. This is what authoritarian thugs and terrorists do," Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University and author of "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present" .
She was referring to Trump sharing a video this past week of a pickup truck that had a decal with President Joe Biden hogtied.
Yet that use of language and imagery is something Trump has intensified in his increasingly personal grudge rematch against Biden this year.
"Your victory will be our ultimate vindication, your liberty will be our ultimate reward and the unprecedented success of the United States of America will be my ultimate and absolute revenge," Trump said during this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February.
With the campaign now shifting to general election mode, more attention is being paid to Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail and the use of macabre imagery online to convey his ideas.
Here are some key takeaways to keep in mind.
Metaphor or nah, Trump uses this sort of language — a lot
But it's always meant to get a reaction, whether from allies or critics, especially on hot button topics such as immigration and crime.
In March alone, Trump raised eyebrows when he said some undocumented migrants coming to the U.S. were "not people." That outrage was matched a few weeks later by those furious when he said Jewish Americans who vote Democratic hate Israel and "their religion."
One of the more pronounced backlashes from liberals this month, however, appeared to play into Trump's hands.
At an Ohio rally, he said the nation would face a “bloodbath” should he lose this November. That remark sent Democrats through the roof, but it was in the context of his call for a strict tariff on Chinese-made cars to protect the U.S. automakers.
"We're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected," Trump said.
"Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/potty-mouth-president-3-takeaways-091432907.html
If you don't use certain language "that maybe are not very nice words, nothing will happen," the former president said in a March interview with Fox News host Howard Kurtz.
Trump employed that signature tactic during his infamous June 2015 announcement speech when he described some Mexican immigrants as criminals and rapists, which he later admitted was planned.
It is a style that excites his conservative base as a leader who rejects the supposed political correctness imposed by liberal Democrats. But it is something that alarms detractors and frightens experts who described it as an authoritarian-leaning campaign, especially in the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol led by Trump supporters.
"Wake up people. This is an emergency. This is what authoritarian thugs and terrorists do," Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University and author of "Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present" .
She was referring to Trump sharing a video this past week of a pickup truck that had a decal with President Joe Biden hogtied.
Yet that use of language and imagery is something Trump has intensified in his increasingly personal grudge rematch against Biden this year.
"Your victory will be our ultimate vindication, your liberty will be our ultimate reward and the unprecedented success of the United States of America will be my ultimate and absolute revenge," Trump said during this year's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February.
With the campaign now shifting to general election mode, more attention is being paid to Trump's rhetoric on the campaign trail and the use of macabre imagery online to convey his ideas.
Here are some key takeaways to keep in mind.
Metaphor or nah, Trump uses this sort of language — a lot
But it's always meant to get a reaction, whether from allies or critics, especially on hot button topics such as immigration and crime.
In March alone, Trump raised eyebrows when he said some undocumented migrants coming to the U.S. were "not people." That outrage was matched a few weeks later by those furious when he said Jewish Americans who vote Democratic hate Israel and "their religion."
One of the more pronounced backlashes from liberals this month, however, appeared to play into Trump's hands.
At an Ohio rally, he said the nation would face a “bloodbath” should he lose this November. That remark sent Democrats through the roof, but it was in the context of his call for a strict tariff on Chinese-made cars to protect the U.S. automakers.
"We're going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected," Trump said.
"Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole – that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/potty-mouth-president-3-takeaways-091432907.html