David Marcus: President Trump, Master of Common Focus incendiary

In his recent successful presidential campaign and in his first month in office, President Donald Trump It has used a remarkably effective rhetorical device that can be better described as “incendiary common sense.”

The clearest example of the race, and where it became clearer, was the infamous accusation migrant Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, were Eat cats and dogs. There was a three -step process at stake.

First, the liberals became absolutely crazy, calling Trump a racist for suggesting that it could be happening. Having gone to Springfield, the truth of the statement is not left without conclusion, but that did not matter, because step 2 was informing about what was happening precisely in Springfield.

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Finally, step 3 arrived when the American people asked: “Well, why do we think that throwing 20,000 Haitian migrants in a 50,000 city was a good idea?”

Obviously, it was a horrible idea, as I learned from the residents from there who never asked.

When indignation fires were extinguished, and smoke cleared, Trump was sitting on the common sense. Suddenly, the Democrats had to try to defend something indefensible.

We see something similar that now develops with Doge. At first, Trump’s White House bowed to the idea that Elon Musk and his cheerful band of Boy Geniius encoders ran on government spending. This led directly to the chillido and howling on how Musk is an un chosen autocrat or the true president.

But once again, when the screams vanished, Americans stay wondering why they are financing Trans Theater Companies in Ireland or organizations that actively censor US citizens through agencies such as USAID.

Once again, Trump lands on the side of common sense.

For another example, take Trump’s reference to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the “Governor of Canada.” The Snark caught everyone’s attention, and when it disappeared, we were left with very real and common meaning about why our commercial relationship with our neighbor to the north is so unbalanced.

What Trump manages to do, again and again, is to frame a problem of common sense in such an offensive way for the Democrats, or seem so exaggerated or ridiculous that they cannot resist attacking him for it.

Common sense is a very old concept. Aristotle refers to him in his works on rhetoric by insisting that public speakers have the responsibility of addressing widely sustained attitudes. “Common” here does not mean ordinary, it means shared.

Subsequent philosophers would argue that common sense is the mechanism by which our five discreet senses create our reality. Others think about it like what we all know without thinking too much.

But of all things is or not, one thing that tends to be is a bit boring. How interesting can it be to say that 80% of people already take for granted?

This is where incendiary common sense becomes essential. What Trump manages to do, again and again, is to frame a problem of common sense in such an offensive way for the Democrats, or seem so exaggerated or ridiculous that they cannot resist attacking him for it.

Trump is not the first important American to use the tactics of the incendiary common sense; That honor would go to Thomas Paine, whose brochure entitled with those two words helped establish the flame of the American Revolution.

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Paine applied the rules to the common sense of freedom and freedom with such incendiary rhetoric and a call to such overwhelming action, that even those distrustful of the revolt had no choice but to take note of it.

And here we are again.

Paine wrote:

Perhaps the feelings contained in the following pages are not yet fashionable enough to obtain them in favor; A long habit of not thinking anything wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right and at first raises a formidable protest in defense of custom. But the tumult soon decreases. Time does more converts than reason.

In fact, time has prepared the converts of the grateful descendants of Paine ready and welcome to the severe accounting that Trump is ready to give to our government.

But let’s not be too hard in this accounting. Let us keep our concerns just for the poor and homeless. The conservatives, including myself, have long sought this power, and was well won.

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My grandfather fought in World War II. He never had to go to university, but he put three children, and when he was in the preparation school he told me: “God made you intelligent. You won’t win that. You never use it against people who don’t have it”

Donald Trump, Thomas Paine and my grandfather really said the same. Use common sense and be listed in this regard when necessary. And always use it for those in need.

We have not had common sense at some time. If Trump has to light some fires to restore it, I am in favor.

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