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opiate_lifer t1_j0aqbqq wrote

Reply to comment by heisdeadjim_au in TIL Korea has soy sauce older than USA by SmashScrapeFlip

This is Donald Trump:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAgJAxkALyc

Can you even believe this is the same guy?! I suspect Trump as we know him is an act, like Boris Johnson he plays a buffoon thinking it appeals to the common man.

I suspect the real Trump who casually uses the word abeyance in conversation and almost certainly has a refined palate would put off his base lol

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InappropriateTA t1_j0atqpt wrote

I don’t think so. He still has a limited vocabulary, ‘dodges’ a very pointed question (avoids details, gives pretty much a canned response), and uses the idiom “holding in abeyance” improperly.

I would guess that he had it on his word of the day calendar, or it’s a term that he’s heard but doesn’t really know how to apply it.

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opiate_lifer t1_j0au6c3 wrote

Compared to "bigly" era Trump using a word albeit incorrectly gets points from me.

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whiffitgood t1_j0ayo0k wrote

Most people aren't as sharp as they were 10+ years prior

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