Donald Trump has become known for his inflammatory and sometimes wild posts on social media, but what is often overlooked is his linguistic style in general. For instance, in a recent post on Truth Social he capitalized the phrases “First Debate”, “Second Debate”, “Radical Left Candidate” and this is just one oddity of his writing and speech patterns. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00Donald Trump has become known for his inflammatory and sometimes wild posts on social media
00:04But what is often overlooked is his linguistic style in general for instance in a recent post on truth social
00:11He capitalized the phrases first debate second debate and radical left candidate
00:16And this is just one oddity in his writing and speech patterns now experts are weighing in telling HuffPost what this says about the GOP
00:23Presidential candidate linguist and co-host of the because language podcast
00:28Daniel Midgley says that Trump's use of highlighting certain words or topics is how he controls the conversation
00:34Explaining when Trump settles on a topic and hammers away at it using lies or outrageous bluster
00:39It has the effect of setting the agenda for everyone saying that's exactly what he was doing during his debate with Harris when this happened
00:45They're eating the dogs the people that came in they're eating the cats with Midgley adding the story was debunked and ridiculed
00:53But that didn't matter because what was everyone discussing immigration an area where Trump feels solid
00:59So what about his use of capitalization professor of communications and journalism Jennifer Murchia says it's all about boosting outrage
01:06Explaining to HuffPost he is the first president to take advantage of outrage media and the algorithmic bias toward outrage and use it for
01:14Campaigning and the presidency adding that well to many all caps feels like shouting to those who find his posts relatable
01:20It likely feels impassioned
01:22instead