Demagogue for president: the rhetorical genius of Donald Trump

Trump and the Distrusting Electorate

"I don't, frankly, have time for total political correctness." (Ad Populum)

"It's going to be like this .... I'm going to continue to attack the press." (Ad Baculum)

"You could have a Trojan horse situation. You could

this could be the ultimate Trojan horse." (Reification)

"Now, the poor guy. You gotta see this guy." (Ad Hominem)

"I'm not saying that he conspired; I'm just saying that it was all over the place." (Paralipsis)

"I am 'America First.' So, I like the expression. I'm "America First.'" (American Exceptionalism)

Trump and the Polarized Electorate

"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." (Ad Populum)

"Low-Energy Jeb!" (Ad Hominem)

"I didn't tweet; I retweeted somebody that was supposedly an expert. Am I gonna check every statistic? All it was is a retweet. And it wasn't from me." (Paralipsis)

"If she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment, people, maybe there is. I don't know." (Ad Baculum)