It matters how a president speaks.
Because their words don’t just persuade — they set the boundaries of what feels possible, acceptable… even inevitable.
That’s how the unthinkable starts to sound normal, according to a scholar of presidential rhetoric.
https://theconversation.com/presidential-words-can-turn-the-unthinkable-into-the-thinkable-for-better-or-for-worse-280126
https://theconversation.com/presidential-words-can-turn-the-unthinkable-into-the-thinkable-for-better-or-for-worse-280126
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