And at the end, understanding and empathy like with a child: we love you and I understand your anger. It's all just not de-escalation. It's just a recall, but no distancing at all. Trump sees it as legitimate. This is the president of the United States.
Here's a quick #NatsAnalysis of Trump's statement. It's only a minute long and that's a stark contrast to Biden. He's doing the sandwich approach again. He hides what he needs to say between what he actually wants to say. In order:
President Trump just recorded this video telling his supporters/rioters at the U.S. Capitol to go home. He then pours fuel on the fire by lying, again, this time, saying he won in a landslide. He lost. By a landslide.
That's exactly what makes this so appealing: you're not just a simple guy and at the mercy of uncertain circumstances you can't act on, but a hero of the story fighting evil. You get destiny and depth. Always talking in superlatives.
@realDonaldTrump You want to know what Trump is doing with all of this. Here is a (rather long, apologies) thread on his rhetorical maneuvers when it became clear he will not win this election. https://t.co/0Clm0N0rUI
OK, let's look at the Trump statement from last night I'm about to share so we can go over it together. What is Trump doing here rhetorically? What is he doing here? And why? He uses a few tricks here. Let's look at this together and decipher them. #NatsAnalysis#NatsAnalyse
Ok, lasst uns zusammen das Trump-Statement anschauen, das ich gleich teile, damit wir es gemeinsam durchgehen können. Was macht Trump hier rhetorisch? Was tut er hier? Und warum? Er wendet hier einige Kniffe an. Ich versuche es kurz zu machen. #NatsAnalyse
OK, let's look at the Trump statement from last night I'm about to share so we can go over it together. What is Trump doing here rhetorically? What is he doing here? And why? He uses a few tricks here. Let's look at this together and decipher them. #NatsAnalysis#NatsAnalyse
Phew, thanks for reading and listening, that was a long analysis. But it shows us in 20 minutes how this type of political rhetoric and thus this type of ideology and strategy work: every attack is fended off with a counter-attack. At the same time, one is a victim.