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by formerly_proven 597 days ago
> hasn't run on a platform of eliminating democracy

Didn't he literally say in his victory speech that he's now elected the 47th president, as he also was the 46th?

In the story Trump tells, he literally already is a third-term president.
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dazilcher 597 days ago
He did not say that [1]. I can't decide whether people keep misrepresenting his statements intentionally, or there's some psychological process in play that prevents them from parsing his speech. He is a terrible communicator after all.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WI9fbbQ-aTo&t=96s

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rightbyte 596 days ago
He speaks backwards and from the inside out of sentences. Changes subject mid sentence. Etc.

I think normal people think that is OK but academics thinks it sounds stupid.

In the beginning I believe he got a boost from journalists feeling smart by nitpicking that to manufacture some "gotcha". He is way to easy to misquote to resist the temptation.

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