[samtheman]

I think even his staunchest backers will acknowledge that Donald Trump isn’t Churchillian in his eloquence.

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Actually, in his own way, I think he is. It’s not the eloquence of style, but the eloquence of unvarnished truth instantly delivered in response to the latest onset of leftist lies.

Churchill, as eloquent as he was from and English Debating Society perspective, didn’t have twitter and if he did I doubt he would have known how to use it with the brutal efficiency and stark (yes) eloquence with which Trump uses it.

[FiddlePig]

Re: “Churchillian eloquence”... in the mid 1930s, when Sir Winston first warned of Hitler... he was chastised by the British “elites” and politically and personally attacked for his “careless, irresponsible warmonger” statements. His “insults” to (peaceful) Heir Hitler could anger the Fuhrer and lead to hostility. What’s changed in these last 80 years?

[expat2]

I think he is very clever. If there is an issue that the MSM won’t cover (e.g., Muslim crime in Sweden), he tweets something that the MSM can interpret in a way to denigrate him. Of course, they then make a big deal about it and, lo and behold, the issue is on the front pages.
He uses the MSM’s urge to denigrate him to beat them — ju-jitsu 101. He’s used this trick many times.

[jcon40]

Good point. Churchill is more eloquent than 99% of Americans today and the pompous high speak is all the left can pretend to have. ........... They are not Chuchillian in their ideas only their snobbishness.

Though I cringe at some of the way Trumps says things his heart is open and easily seen. .............. That the media thinks they can explain better what he says is laughable. His low speak will resonate with middle and lower Americans. His ideas will resonate with everyone even those who are paid not to admit it

[OddLane]

Fair point.

His mastery of this new medium as a cutout for the drive-by media has been remarkable to watch.