Trump's tweets include grammatical errors. And some are on purpose

[DonViejo]

Source: The Boston Globe




By Annie Linskey GLOBE STAFF MAY 22, 2018

WASHINGTON — The hallmark of President Trump’s Twitter feed is that it sounds like him — grammatical miscues and all.

But it’s not always Trump tapping out a Tweet, even when it sounds like his voice. West Wing employees who draft proposed tweets intentionally employ suspect grammar and staccato syntax in order to mimic the president’s style, according to two people familiar with the process.

They overuse the exclamation point! They Capitalize random words for emphasis. Fragments. Loosely connected ideas. All part of a process that is not as spontaneous as Trump’s Twitter feed often appears.

Presidential speechwriters have always sought to channel their bosses’ style and cadence, but Trump’s team is blazing new ground with its approach to his favorite means of instant communication. Some staff members even relish the scoldings Trump gets from elites shocked by the Trumpian language they strive to imitate, believing that debates over presidential typos fortify the belief within his base that he has the common touch.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It's really sad when people are feigning incompetence

in order to match their boss' actual incompetence.

[dalton99a]

3. +1

[PatSeg]

4. I was thinking the same thing

At what point do you stop and ask yourself, "What the hell am I doing?"

[RKP5637]

7. I just can't imagine working in an environment like that. n/t

[PatSeg]

11. Me either

We've all had jobs we hated and temperamental bosses who kept us on edge all day, but this White House looks far worse than any I can imagine or recall. It will be interesting to hear some day in the future, what their stories are and why they chose to stay.

There will be so many books and movies!

[Girard442]

2. You can't have it both ways:

It can't be true that Trump's tweets are actual public statements of the POTUS, yet there's no way of knowing who's actually tweeting.

What happens when there's a tense international situation and a tweet pops up saying, "I've had it! Nukes will fly if this isn't over today"? How do we know that someone didn't hack Twitter or Trump's cell?

[IronLionZion]

10. The crazier tweets are probably really him

the staff must be doing more routine tweets like offering thoughts and prayers after a school shooting, since he would never think to do that.

[Docreed2003]

5. Maybe so...

But it is HIS twitter account. The moment those diatribes hit the airwaves, they become his own words. Whether he wrote them or not at that point becomes irrelevant.

[Girard442]

14. Exactly my point.

What if the words came from someone who hacked Twitter? Twitter is a civilian social-media company. Why would there be any reason to believe they have any kind of super-high-level security? We can only hope the person who does succeed in sending a fake Trump tweet is a practical joker and not someone who wants to set the world on fire.

[truthisfreedom]

6. Making POTUS into POS one twit at a time.

[SayItLoud]

8. Tuition $ down the drain...

After your gig in the Oral Office writing dumb ass tweets you will be looking for a job.

Employer: So what did you do in the White House?

You: I wrote fake tweets, that had bad grammar and misspelled words.

Employer: You did what?

You: I wrote fake tweets.

Employers: Thank you, we will get back to you if there is a position for you.

[beachbum bob]

9. really..who the f*ck cares about trumps grammar and spelling? I'll tell you that is

such a petty thing when we have some real f*cking concerns. If grammar and spelling is all it takes to get the panties in a wad, time to get a life my friends.

[Towlie]

12. I can see why you're taking offense.

It's sort of like a fat Democrat getting upset about people ridiculing Rush Limbaugh.

[wcollar]

13. I feel sorry for Borowitz

I started to read this & immediately jumped to the end looking for the "Borowitz Report" tag.
Trump is single handedly destroying satire as a political art form. You can't make anything up that is
weirder than the things they do.