Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Opinion | The Two Adverbs That Define Biden and Trump - The New York Times
The contrast between Biden saying America is still a democracy and Trump vowing to make it great again is more than a quirk of speechwriting. What presidents say — especially what they grow comfortable repeating — can reveal their underlying beliefs and basic impulses, shaping their administrations in ways that are concrete, not just rhetorical. Biden's "still" stresses durability; Trump's "again" revels in discontinuity. "Still" is about holding on to something good that may be slipping away; "again" is about bringing back something better that was wrested away. Both candidates, now in a dead heat in the 2024 presidential race, look to the nation's past but through divergent lenses. It's the difference between America as an ideal worth preserving and an illusion worth summoning...
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