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31 MAY 2017 - 12:06 AM (DELETED APPROXIMATELY
5:45 AM)
MEDIUM: TWITTER FOR IPHONE
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Here in his single-tweet Minimalist phase, the real subject is not Trump's wholly original non-word, but rather that which is not seen: the ghostly remainder of the sentence that would have followed. With confident reference to Gilbert Stuart's "Unfinished Portrait" of President Washington, President Trump compels viewers to a greater level of engagement, demanding that they fill the post-fragment negative space. Seeking guidance along this path not taken, we find ourselves shocked at how familiar we have become with his oeuvre -- feeling, as a community, the unspoken "Sad!," the silent boast, the invisible #MAGA. |