Existing comment:
"NOBODY HAS MORE RESPECT"
15 OCT 2016 - 2:29 PM
MEDIUM: TWITTER FOR ANDROID
DIMENSIONS: 137 CHARACTERS
Beset on all sides by the Access Hollywood "Pussy Grab" tape and multiple accusations of sexual assault, Donald Trump is a candidate on the brink, pushed to the very limits of his character count. Forged during the darkest days of Trump's late Campaign Era, this tweet is a master parry intended to deny, deflect, and riposte -- and it succeeds on all counts. As this tweet begins, America's concern is for his thirteen alleged victims, yet 137 characters later, there is concern for but one victim: Donald Trump. The true crime being committed is not sexual assault, but rather election theft. And then comes the ultimate denouement -- "Nobody has more respect for women than me!" -- a statement of climactic hyperbole that stuns the reader into submission. This is an artist who can, linguistically, do whatever he wants. "When you're a star, they let you do it." Indeed. |