“Never seen anything like this” – What Trump’s favorite phrase says to his presidency

WASHINGTON (AP) – As President Donald Trump said, amazing regularity has never seen happen

The United States will build a new missile defense system, “a person like this that no one has seen before.”

His active use of the military in Washington reduces crime to “digits we’ve never seen here.”

In terms of economic growth under his leadership, “we have never seen anything like that.”

This is the president’s favorite form of exaggeration, whether he is talking about something he likes or dislikes. There is nothing better or worse – always so good or so bad that it has never been recorded in the history of human history.

Donald Trump uses more and more phrases than just a rhetorical signature. It also reflects how Trump sees the world and is approaching the presidency. Almost everything is black and white, he himself is a hero and his political opponent as a villain. His success is legendary in his eyes, and the problem with the country is an emergency crisis that requires him to consolidate his power and take huge action.

“The way he speaks translates into his way of administration,” said Brian Ott, a communications professor at Missouri State University. “For extreme responses, everything requires extreme background.”

“Repeat is the key to any good messaging, and President Trump is the greatest communicator in American political history,” White House spokesman Liz Huston said.

Trump’s grand attitude grows with his power

It is not an exaggeration to say that Trump deploys his trademark phrase at a level he has never seen in his political career. Moreover, during his first term than during his first term, he was restricted in Congress, the Supreme Court, his own membership in the administration and indecisive period.

According to Roll Call Call Factba.se, Trump has used some versions of the phrase this year, a database of presidential rhetoric. (It wasn’t on Thursday, when Trump said in a term or Friday’s technological advancement that “never had such technological advancement,” he boasted about economic investment, saying “no one has seen such a number.”)

In the past two campaigns, the grand remarks at the time were typical of his political rally, but the total has not reached Trump’s use of phrases, but any year before he took office has far exceeded him.

Only 90 examples were recorded in 2019, 77 examples were found in 2018, and 48 examples were found in 2017.

Factba.SE uses artificial intelligence and other methods to identify versions of phrases in recordings of Trump’s public comments. Bill Frischling, who oversees the database, said Trump’s wording seemed to be a verbal twitch because it has rarely appeared in social media posts for years.

The prepared speech text also did not contain the phrase since Trump took office in January. (The White House released nearly two dozen this semester.)

Trump’s exaggeration is not always supported by facts

Trump’s loose relationship with facts has been well documented, going back to his best-selling book, The Art of Transaction, in 1987.

“People want to believe that something is the biggest, biggest, most spectacular thing,” the book says. “I call it real exaggeration. It’s an innocent form of exaggeration – it’s a very effective form of promotion.”

Trump’s ghost writer Tony Schwartz said he coined the term “real exaggeration” but future presidents like it.

The routine was fully demonstrated last year when Trump spoke at the Republican National Convention.

He promised to “bring America to new great heights like a world that the world has never seen before.”

Then he exclaimed anger at the Democrats.

Inflation rises? “They have never seen anything like that before.” Illegal immigration? “No one has seen anything like that.”

(Inflation was higher before, especially in the 1970s and early 1980s, but under President Joe Biden, border transits set records.

Now, this sentence is a fixation of Trump’s activities, including his recent meeting with the President of New Poland. Sometimes his claims are accurate, and sometimes they are not.

Regarding the war between Russia and Ukraine, Trump said: “They lost soldiers at a level that no one has seen since World War II.” (Indeed, it was the deadliest conflict in Europe during that period.)

“Their crimes are at a level that has never been seen before in Baltimore,” he said, an excuse for the National Guard to potentially deploy local opposition. (The city has historically been fighting crime, but violence has been declining in recent years.)

Trump said his tax legislation would help the middle class, and it was “the first time they’ve seen something like this.” (According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, the rich will get the most.)

The phrase is being spread through management

Trump’s top adviser, Ape, is in his language, as did last week at a three-hour cabinet meeting.

Steve Witkoff, the diplomatic envoy, told the president that people around the world “have never really seen the world change” due to his peaceful negotiations.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Trump for his work in controlling immigration, saying they “get cooperation from countries we have never seen before.”

Sometimes, Trump even likes to put this phrase in someone else’s mouth.

In an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on August 15, Trump claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin was impressed by his leadership.

“Vladimir said not long ago, ‘I’ve never seen anyone do it so quickly.’