Donald Trump Sees You Seeing What’s Happening
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Donald Trump wants you to know that he sees you, and more importantly, he sees⊠that you see⊠whatâs happening.
If youâve watched our video on Donald Trumpâs public speaking tricks, then youâre aware of the standout methods our president employs to not only hold an audienceâs attention but also connect deeply with them. (Watch his public speaking tricks here http://bit.ly/2yOz10D)
Now we can add âYou see whatâs happeningâ to that bag of tricks.
How does it work exactly? Well, itâs very simple: Just say âYou see whatâs happening with âŠâ and then slot in any topic of your choosing. It can be specific (say, the company Chrysler) or vague to the point of meaninglessness (what theyâre doing with certain countries) or ominous-sounding to stoke fear (what’s happening in our country). And â boom! â you accomplish multiple things at once. For one, you convey the impression that you have some knowledge of the topic, without having to provide specifics (Uh-oh, Iâm in the middle of an important policy speech and I just realized I donât have the precise details or statistics on this subject at my fingertips). Not a problem! You already see whatâs happening, so I donât need to give you those details.
Just as importantly, âYou see whatâs happeningâ flatters the audience by telling them you realize theyâre smart and savvy enough to already see this thing themselves. And what is it that they see, exactly? Well, thatâs the genius of âyou see whatâs happeningâ: You give the audience the freedom to fill in that blank with whatever opinions/hopes/fears/fantastical conspiracy theories they might have. By saying âYou see whatâs happening,â youâre not only complimenting your audienceâs intelligence, youâre also implicitly saying that you share whatever opinion they fill that space with.
Itâs just one more rhetorical trick Trump uses to give people the feeling that he feels what they feel. And he’s got a bagful of ’em.
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