Very Very Trumpy

In the last few days the network panels have been consumed with discussing what was said in the meeting between Putin and Trump. Of course none of them were there nor was there any transcript. They are dealing with secondhand information, or maybe misinformation, and if you word said by Trump .Nonetheless, they are parsing these words and phrases at none of them heard with great care. This could be quite hilarious if they were not so serious about it. First of all, the notion that Donald Trump uses words with any precision, or that he says anything not subject to immediate change, is absurd. One of the topics of discussion is whether Donald Trump said" the American people are concerned about Russian interference in the election" instead of saying" I am concerned". Then they are all a dither about whether he said to quit interfering or accepted Putin's statement that he had nothing to do with it. As with everything else, Trump will continue to contradict himself and wander aimlessly through important issues with no map to guide him.

Now, for those who like to listen to trump carefully I have a clue. Count carefully the number of superlatives he uses, particularly the word" very". It is sort of like looking at the number of stars in a restaurant review. For instance after a short meeting he declared he had a" very special "relationship with Theresa May. A single very is not a strong message. If he says a meeting or a bill was very, very good  that is a two star. If he wants to claim even more he will say something like " it was a very very, a really fantastic meeting". That's fairly high review. However if he says "it was a very very great meeting, it was fantastic, really remarkable I have to tell you " then he is really really very very high on his claims.

It is pretty clear that if Trump were prohibited from using the word very he would not be able to speak. Wouldn't that be wonderful? But, it's not going to happen so just be content with counting his verrys and remember it's all bullshit anyway.