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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFake President Donald Trump Is a Man of Few Words
Literally. He knows few words. He uses few words. He understands few words.
That is why he communicates on Twitter, where fewer words are valued more than many words. That is why he doesn't read long briefing materials. He doesn't know a lot of the words in them, so he wants them digested into simple sentences that use words he knows and understands.
Now, he may once have known and used more words than he does now. I don't know, but I do know that his vocabulary is extraordinarily limited, especially his active speaking vocabulary. He is a simple man, and I don't mean that in a positive way.
Life's complicated. The world is complicated. Our Fake POTUS is simple. Much is beyond his understanding.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,586 posts)Trump's is probably closer to that of a turtle.
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)But wait...we already have a turtle in our government, Mitch McConnell. Trump needs to be some other kind of amphibian. Not a Newt, because there's one of them hovering around the government, too. Maybe a salamander. A yellow salamander:
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)3catwoman3
(23,946 posts)...or tapeworm. Parasites that damage the host, and have no redeeming values. I don't think we need to fear insulting those organisms.
hedda_foil
(16,371 posts)Brain-eating amoeba: Naegleria
http://theconversation.com/five-deadly-parasites-that-have-crossed-the-globe-35944
Brain-eating amoeba under a microscope. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CC BY
Naegleria fowleri commonly known as brain-eating amoeba is single-celled and free-living and thrives in warm bodies of water. This parasite can cause a rare brain infection called meningoencephalitis, which causes severe brain inflammation. The amoeba also causes a whole host of other neurological symptoms and has a fatality rate approaching 100%.
If water containing the amoeba enters the nose, the parasite can travel via the olfactory nerves, which are responsible for detecting odour molecules and transmitting them as signals to the brain. Initial symptoms appear in less than a week after infection and include fever, headache, nausea, stiffness in the neck, and vomiting. As infection progresses patients develop lack of attention, loss of balance, seizures, hallucinations, and finally coma and death.
The parasite has been detected in South America and Asia but cases have also been reported in Australia, US and the UK.
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Naegleria fowleri infection is diagnosed based on microscopic examination of the fluid present the central nervous system, where active amoebae may be detected
3catwoman3
(23,946 posts)...to me. There might not be much for it to feed on, tho.
meow2u3
(24,759 posts)and a lot sweeter than him, too.
ginnyinWI
(17,276 posts)Such a disgrace. And the whole world knows it.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Would be a huge improvement over what we have now and may even help us regain our standing in the world.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)he is incoherent and incomprehensible. That includes his ad-libbed comments as he seems to see the material he is reading for the first time.
And he is a pathological liar.
I despise the people who claim to have voted for him as much as "that person" himself.
MagickMuffin
(15,932 posts)However, as you can see he doesn't deserve the capital letter p. But he does deserve the lower case p followed by a capital R, because he is a Squatter in the Nation's White House.
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)It's sort of deeply ingrained in my soul.
3catwoman3
(23,946 posts)...pRezident. Rezident is a Russian term for an embedded spy, IIRC. Seems to fit.
3catwoman3
(23,946 posts)...are perfect for him - twit. He tweets the same way he speaks.
Years ago, I had an adorable 2 1/2 year old little neighbor girl who spoke in more complex sentences than POSUS. She was pedaling away on her tricycle one day, and then stopped, saying, "I must pause to rest."
Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)amass a great amount of wisdom as they age. I can't say that about him. This is a man who thinks he has all the answers and thinks he is the smartest man in the room. All too often, he has gotten caught in the middle of crucial mistakes when it has come to both the country and himself. He is a real-life Simple Simon.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)As if Trump himself has anything to do with them