I was thinking about Trump's "sir stories". Where he tells about conversations with about anyone

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7. People tell stories differently.

I might mention meta details in recounting a story if it added to the story.

Trump on the other hand, straight up lies, and uses the "sir" reference to signal that he is the "superior" person in the room. It is almost always when someone is asking him for something, or thanking him.

I often notice that Mary Trump, his niece, rarely refers to him as Uncle. She will describe him as, "my uncle" if identifying who she is talking about but she doesn't say, "Uncle Donald used to take me fishing...." She says, "Donald is very corrupt" . I usually see it as a sign of respect, at least for your elders. I still call my aunts and uncles "aunt/uncle ...." or "tia/tio (Spanish) ....." I never call them by their first name alone, that would be a sign of disrespect.