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WinkyDink

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3. The article goes on to "interpret" Trump's words. This is not good methodology. One analyzes EXACTLY
Mon May 1, 2017, 01:50 AM
May 2017

what the speaker says, no more, no less, to understand his lies and obfuscations.

http://www.statementanalysis.com/

In this case, Trump uses the general pronoun "this" without explicit antecedent; he refers to a vague "us" to disperse personal guilty knowledge; and he deliberately uses confusing sentence structures.

As to the last: If the subject is the "hacking," Trump replied, "had nothing to do with us."

What, then, does the following "Had nothing to do with this" mean? No subject, no reference for "this."

"Everyone knows it." Trump cannot know what "everyone knows," and again, he uses a pronoun ("it&quot without clear antecedent.

All of the above is to say: Don't try to figure out "what Trump means."

It's "how" and "why." The "how" is to speak in meaningless vagueness with "this," "it," and "could've been."

The "why" is to lie to your face and get away with it.

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