Ronald Reagan, the "Great Communicator" was a self-made orator.  With or without a script, his words were sparse, and those selected were decisive.  His most memorable lines barely contained a half-dozen words: "I'm paying for this microphone"; "As government expands, liberty contracts"; and "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." Donald Trump's lines plumb a bubble's brevity.  His speeches, usually staccato-styled acute exhortations, rarely exceed more than three lines for each topic, and each line often contains only two or three words. While Reagan used subjects and verbs, Trump predominantly uses adjectives and nouns.  Reagan described a manner of knowing and making.  Trump judges people, things, and situations using a super-saturated shorthand, leaving the action of what to do about it to your imagination. Contrast Reagan's "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" to...(Read Full Post)