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摘要

EVERYONE KNOWS how to do a Donald Trump impersonation. In speech, adopt his raspy timbre, bellowing volume and start-stop rhythm. In writing, throw in "bigly", capitalise Emotional Noun Phrases and end everything with an exclamation mark. Such quirks of enunciation and spelling make Mr Trump easy to mimic, but they do not easily explain his political success. The way he constructs sentences, however, does offer some insight into how he captured the presidency. Underpinning Mr Trump's distinctive language is an extreme confidence in his own knowledge. Like Steve Jobs-who inspired his colleagues at Apple by making the impossible seem possible-Mr Trump creates his own "reality distortion field". One of his signature tropes is "not a lot of people know..." He has introduced the complicated nature of health care, or the fact that Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president, as truths that are familiar only to a few. A related sound-bite is "nobody knows more about...than I do". The fields of expertise MrTrump has touted this way include campaign finance, technology, politicians, taxes, debt, infrastructure, the environment and the economy.