The cadence of Trump's delivery is just as irritating as the words he spews

[Siwsan]

There is just an annoying rhythm to his speech pattern where he drops his voice at the end of every string of words. I can't call them sentences, because he rarely manages to complete one

[Cakes488]

1. He says Hillary Clinton like he's drunk and slurring..I must say I do a pretty good impression..LOL

[Madam45for2923]

2. Totally agree! I dislike his tone and cadence! Sounds like a snake.

Like an asshole old man being hateful and creepy.

It's the voice of a movie's slippery oozy villain.

[GWC58]

3. tRump has become

The Dirty Oldman!

[Ligyron]

4. His syntax and sentence structure, word choice and tense are ridiculous.

But he may just be speaking to his deplorables in a language deficit only they, and not us, can understand and relate to.

I'm from the South myself and not bashing it but I'm surprised he hasn't tried faking more of a uneducated, southern accent.

That may be a stretch tho' coming from a big city New York smart-ass that many of his southern supporters formerly despised.

[Siwsan]

7. I've heard some older tapes of him from the 90's - it is the same pattern

Although he did manage to complete a complete a couple of sentences, back then.

[PatSeg]

8. Surprisingly,

he much more articulate back then and he didn't make those weird faces.

[Siwsan]

10. He was already deeply into using superlatives. The same he's using, now.

The biggest difference is he didn't end his sentences with that whining drop.

[PatSeg]

12. Yes

I would think that he has used superlatives all his life. It is part of his over inflated ego, but he was more inclined to speak in complete sentences back in the 80s and 90s and had a softer tone of voice. I wonder when he started with that "whining drop". Maybe when he became a TV star?

[raging moderate]

32. That is an uneducated northern accent Trump is using.

And really, he has not earned the right to use that accent, which was developed by hardworking, hardnosed, underprivileged but not self-pitying laborers in the north (both city and country folk).

[ScienceIsGood]

5. I agree! n/t

[MH1]

6. I can't listen to him.

I really can't. I don't think I've gotten past the 3 minute mark on any of his appearances.

[kimbutgar]

21. Ditto

The debate for 90 minutes was agonizing. His look, voice and unattractive bulky appearance. Yuck!

[SamKnause]

9. Everything about Trump is irritating, absolutely everything.

I can not find one redeemable quality in Trump.

This includes his children.

Why Clinton praised his children is beyond me.

He has stated he had nothing to do with raising them.

He stated he has never changed a diaper.

He only showed interest when they were old enough to

work for the Trump dynasty.

He is a disgusting human being.

[PatSeg]

14. I agree

Not a single redeeming quality whatsoever. I think Hillary praised his children because she couldn't think of anything else. Obviously she knows that Trump didn't raise them, so it really wasn't a compliment. Could have been a subtle zinger.

[tblue37]

15. Ivanka is Chelsea's good friend, so maybe Hillary actually likes her--though I find Ivanka

to be just a pretty and deceptively articulate mask for the same nasty attitudes and behavior her brothers display.

Furthermore, Ivanka's husband was a major player in setting up that disgusting pre-debate stunt with those 4 women. I was disappointed to see Chelsea sucking up to her after the debate. I suspect that is a pretty one-sided "friendship" there.

But Clinton had to say something positive in response to the question, and praising the kids he had NO hand in raising rather than Trump himself was as much a backhanded slam as a compliment, if not more so.

Apparently, after the divorce from Ivana Donald Junior didn't speak to his father for a year. I imagine the promise of money and a future inheritance is what drew the boys into Daddy's circle of (evil) influence, though he did always have that weird relationship with Ivanka.

They were obviously raised to be spoiled rich brats by Ivana, but now they all aspire to be Trump's mini-me's.

[BSdetect]

16. This I find very unsettling.

Some friend.

[spiderpig]

17. Agree with you and your responders

I have never seen a single sign of warmth or affection from this creature - not toward a fellow human being or an animal.

I always get this creepy feeling that if he ever had a pet as a child he abused it.

[Fast Walker 52]

19. Me too... totally-- but Clinton's complement was kind of brilliant

since it really didn't reflect on him so much. Though his sons are totally gross.

[tblue37]

11. What bugs ME most is that perpetual belligerant jaw jut with his lower teeth locked in front.

It is a sign of aggression, but also a sign of insincerity and deception.

Obviously I am not the only one who's noticed it, since Alec Baldwin emphasizes it in his impression of Trump.

If you watch videos from before his campaign, you can see that he didn't do it in regular interviews before running for president. It is part of the tinpot dictator character he has chosen to inhabit as his political ideal.

I wish someone could just slam him under the jaw every time he juts those lower teeth out!

[randome]

13. His inflection and delivery is starting to sound more like Cliven Bundy's.

Maybe this is the first clue that a zombie apocalypse is just around the corner.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]“If you're not committed to anything, you're just taking up space.”
Gregory Peck, Mirage (1965)[/center][/font][hr]

[ColemanMaskell]

18. His cadence is similar to an "itinerant tent revival preacher" and some other evangelical preachers

In fact, in the Blues Brothers movie, the preacher in the small church -- played by James Brown I think -- spoke with that rhythm. I think the intent is to be hypnotic. I've always found it highly annoying. Trump's modifications to that style, while minor, make the effect even worse. I don't know if he's trying to do that style but hasn't quite mastered it, or whether he's trying to improve on it (by making it worse), or if it just comes naturally.

Addendum: Come to think of it, the style may have originated from an old method of gospel church singing that originated because they had few hymn books. The preacher would call out the lines one at a time prior to the congregation singing each line. Oh, before that, in the Catholic church, they had a style of prayer where the priest would say each line of a scripted prayer and then the congregation would repeat it. It seems as though when it is adapted for actual speeches, the pause after each line is to give the congregation a chance to say "amen" -- or, I suppose, "lock her up", depending on the congregation.

[mopinko]

20. bigly.

[hlthe2b]

22. I also hate his "fat-throated" emphasis, as though mimicking the singing of Louis Armstrong, and

the way he drops the cadence to say Peeepul (people).... Uggh. (I do love Satchmo, btw)

[ailsagirl]

23. He's a terrible speaker

And his hand gestures are weird-weird-weird

As Lawrence said, they're not linked at all to what he's saying

[Siwsan]

24. His hands are in constant 'okey dokey' mode. It's my debate drinking game trigger.

By the end of the first answer, I'm pretty much under the table.

[ailsagirl]

25. Yes, the ''okey-dokey' mode ALWAYS followed

by the stabbing-index-finger-in-the-air mode

[Buns_of_Fire]

34. Between the "okees", the "dokees", the finger stabs, and the occasional

double-handed attempts at levitation, I think he's trying to summon Cthulhu. He either hasn't found the right sequence yet, or Cthulhu doesn't want anything to do with him, either.

[Phentex]

26. He needs speech therapy. Sincerely.

His lips should not be pushed out so much and held there when he is speaking. The only time he spreads his lips open to speak is when he's wincing and squinting.

His resting face is more of a scowl.

Meanwhile, Hillary seems to be copying Obama's cadence as much as she can. It's better than her former forced preacher style but still not as good as her normal voice when she's not making a speech IMO.

[Siwsan]

27. Maybe he is trying to appear alluring??

[raging moderate]

31. Glad to know I'm not the only one writing behavoral objectives for him.

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Mostly involving Pragmatics, but also some grammatical, and many semantic problems. Definitely some relaxation exercises, a little tongue thrust therapy, some echo-completion, some role-playing, and a few distinctive features.

[pnwmom]

28. I can't stand that either. It's like the drone of a chain saw. n/t

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

29. Saying things in threes came from Hitler (google trump hitler speech patterns - also interviews w

author of new very relevant book Hitler: an ascent from Dunderhead to Demagogue

No secret DT has studied rise of Hitler and apparently applied some of it. I have to admit that early on what he had to say did get my attention - many of us I think -it was interesting to hear and wonder just how far he would push it.

But no more. I cannot tolerate the sound of it anymore - even progressive radio plays way too many clips of him saying the same old crap day after day after day - I just turn it off immediately. Been switching over to classical music a lot more these days!

BREATHE..... CALM..... CENTER....

[Siwsan]

30. I was just watching 'The Evolution of Evil' episode about Hitler

Eerie. But those of us who study history have been drawing the comparison for quite a while.

I'm going to check out that book. Thanks!

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

33. with this candidate its now entirely appropriate to make Hitler comparisons, that in itself is

rather shocking. Even with the worst of the Rs previously you coudlnt really do that without trivializing the holocost/ WW2.

Ive asked myTrump loving sibs how they propose to transport and deport millions of people who cant produce papers -and where exactly are they deported to if/when countries do not want or unable to take them back? And how exactly do we ID Muslims considering there are no genetic dna tests for religion? They dont really have much to say about that except they think Hillary is worse.

[Hekate]

35. It's aimed right at the hindbrain of his listeners. The repition and rhythm score a groove ...

...in their little troglodyte brains.

He's got the skill, I'll give him that.

[VOX]

36. Believe me, it's a disaster. A complete disaster. It's a disaster. Disaster.

If I hear that orange turd say "disaster" one more time, there'll be some sort of a disaster. Bigly.

[Jane Austin]

37. He pronounces "airplane"

as "aeroplane".

What century is he in?

[LeftRant]

38. He also hits this certain register with his voice that is VERY grating.

Palin had that too, but in a different way.

It makes me want to cover my ears ><

[Cha]

39. It's alarming close.. what he spews is beyond

irritating.. they're mind crushingly, dangerously stupid.

[Monk06]

40. It's a power mode of speach. It drops off at the end to show patrician superiority and indifference

toward the person he is talking about

It is the verbal equivalent of a rich dandy waving a handkerchief in someone's face

Or rudely waving off a waiter to impress your hired date