I'm interested in how Trump can be totally coherent in a personal, if on-the-record, conversation with Woodward and then incoherent in public forums. My thought is that in public conversation, he feels a greater need to impress. His instinct is to hyperbole to be impressive, and he's not particularly gifted at artful bullshitting. In per…
I'm interested in how Trump can be totally coherent in a personal, if on-the-record, conversation with Woodward and then incoherent in public forums. My thought is that in public conversation, he feels a greater need to impress. His instinct is to hyperbole to be impressive, and he's not particularly gifted at artful bullshitting. In personal moments, when he has a single interlocutor, he can focus more. This tracks with the numerous stories, even from Trump foes, that he can be quite charming in person.
I'm interested in how Trump can be totally coherent in a personal, if on-the-record, conversation with Woodward and then incoherent in public forums. My thought is that in public conversation, he feels a greater need to impress. His instinct is to hyperbole to be impressive, and he's not particularly gifted at artful bullshitting. In personal moments, when he has a single interlocutor, he can focus more. This tracks with the numerous stories, even from Trump foes, that he can be quite charming in person.