Trump is a master at menace and hedging.
Toss a coin, he will shout heads and then shout tails and then claim to have guessed heads if heads and tails of tails. He will point to past comments to show he did nothing wrong and condemned violence whilst also making speeches promoting it.
He will also use menace instead of blatant incitement. If he said “It would be a real shame if something bad happened to your face” is not a direct threat based on literal meaning, but most people know what he means whilst he defends he was just stating a valid fair statement - after all it would be a shame wouldn’t it?
Toss a coin, he will shout heads and then shout tails and then claim to have guessed heads if heads and tails of tails. He will point to past comments to show he did nothing wrong and condemned violence whilst also making speeches promoting it.
He will also use menace instead of blatant incitement. If he said “It would be a real shame if something bad happened to your face” is not a direct threat based on literal meaning, but most people know what he means whilst he defends he was just stating a valid fair statement - after all it would be a shame wouldn’t it?
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