Incoherence as Style

An article from a few months back by an Australian journalist about President Trump and his speaking style.  He lately reminds me of Chauncey Gardner from Being There.  People think: surely he must me saying something important.  Then they proceed to “decode” his “message”.  Of course there is no underlying meaning here and trying to find one is a fools errand.

As a foreign reporter visiting the US I was stunned by Trump’s press conference

Despite being subjected to a daily diet of Trump headlines, I was unprepared for the president’s alarming incoherence

 

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