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(1,366 posts) Mon Nov 11, 2019, 07:10 PM Nov 2019

Drump's constant use of the term "Perfect" [View all]

I haven't seen anything on the subject of the use of this term that may apply beyond what we may understand and it is sort of scary.

Perfection and Perfect are terms and concepts held very strongly in the Evangelical world and in many Christian beliefs.

Simply; things that are "Perfect" are the Bible and Christ, etc.

There are a couple of links that describe this: Not that you need to read up on the subject but it may emphasize my point

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_perfection

https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionaries/bakers-evangelical-dictionary/perfect-perfection.html

That point is---The word "Perfect" and it's frequency of use by Drump in many areas, not just the Ukraine phone call, is another one of his code words to his followers. This is truly along the cult lines and rings many evangelical (not just them) bells. He even fully capitalizes the word PERFECT to emphasize this connection. He is deliberately drawing a comparison of himself with Christ.

Something to be aware of, esp, when dealing with his cult followers.

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Drump's constant use of the term "Perfect" [View all] marked50 Nov 2019 OP

I think he just has a limited vocabulary. patricia92243 Nov 2019 #1

And that's a bigly word, that I can tell you SonofDonald Nov 2019 #2

He's President Chauncey Gardener, except everything Trump touches dies. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #39

No doubt about that but we know marked50 Nov 2019 #3

Yep, Occam's Razor. OAITW r.2.0 Nov 2019 #8

His utter lack of a functional adult vocabulary is why it was "perfect"... Moostache Nov 2019 #37

Agreed, he's just a simpleton. TwilightZone Nov 2019 #14

That was my immediate thought. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #24

yes he doesn't know many words and he's ridiculously prone to hyperbole jcgoldie Nov 2019 #28

And he suffers from perseveration: tblue37 Nov 2019 #29

Perseveration certainly ties in with Berlin Expat Nov 2019 #40

Yep--dementia is one of the conditions that can cause perseveration. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #43

Deliberately so. maxsolomon Nov 2019 #34

the more immoral and criminal his actions...the more he uses that word. Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #4

I think he's picking up cues from The Family lunatica Nov 2019 #5

I am aware of "The Family" and the hand-picked from God thing sort of headed me in this direction marked50 Nov 2019 #6

It's just the sort of thing he would eat right up lunatica Nov 2019 #16

Rachel Maddow had an A block about Trump's use dewsgirl Nov 2019 #7

trump's use of the word 'love' is bizarre empedocles Nov 2019 #10

Yes it is. Sometimes it seems he is just a bot, needing dewsgirl Nov 2019 #12

IMHO, "perfect" more rightly translates to "perfectly fine" DeminPennswoods Nov 2019 #9

or it was just like on the note cards they gave me. mopinko Nov 2019 #15

He's trying to brand his way out of this, as he always does. Short, easy to remember phrases are key NCLefty Nov 2019 #11

The immaculate phone call? nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2019 #13

another speed rant azureblue Nov 2019 #17

Verbal stereotypy? Tanuki Nov 2019 #18

I think that, along with "beautiful", it's just indicative of his limited vocabulary Aristus Nov 2019 #19

That's Our President. RobinA Nov 2019 #20

Hey! Don't hate Kim Jong-un because he's beautiful! jcgoldie Nov 2019 #31

Or living in a cardboard box... 3catwoman3 Nov 2019 #32

He loves hyperbole Apollo Zeus Nov 2019 #21

He uses the word in a legal/criminality context. kentuck Nov 2019 #22

You might be right about it being a code word wnylib Nov 2019 #23

I think this is it. He does have a Mob background. MarcA Nov 2019 #27

Yep. That's how I see it. And apparently wnylib Nov 2019 #38

You may be reading too much into this. Caliman73 Nov 2019 #25

He's a perfect shithead, so there's that. Orrex Nov 2019 #26

Things that Donald Trump thinks are beautiful dalton99a Nov 2019 #30

It was a perfect call nykym Nov 2019 #33

I think he's just 100% full of shit. spanone Nov 2019 #35

When he uses the word perfect Butterflylady Nov 2019 #36

Yes, Psycho is a perfect Cha Nov 2019 #41

He only has a few words in his vocabulary. Ms. Toad Nov 2019 #42