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[Iowa] Evangelicals on Trump: "God looked down on his planned paradise and said, 'I need a caretaker,' so God gave us Trump." (www.bbc.co.uk)

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The video is bombastic, even by Mr Trump's standards. Just consider the title: God Made Trump.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is this video showing Trump's public speech evolution since the 1980s:

https://youtu.be/_FLo14GMYos

He started quite eloquent and on point, then went on adding trick upon trick. I don't think he's gone out of character for a long time, as demonstrated by the infamous "grab them by the p🙊" private-ish conversation.

As a better test of his abilities, I propose you pick any of his speeches and see how many rhetorical devices you can spot:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetorical_device

(fair warning: don't make it a drinking game)