Uh...no, LOL.
" Have you ever made or heard of a promise that was a grand, sweeping generality? "
Yeah, Trump's been making them ever since he announced.
"Second, “people who knew him” is a grand, sweeping generality all by itself. That encompasses his jealous enemies."
Of course! That must be it! Anyone who says a negative word about Trump is a hater. He must be praised, and then we know the source is valid.
One of the promises referenced was a huge statue of Columbus, bigger than the Statue of Liberty, that Trump and some foreign artist were going to erect on the Hudson River. It was already made, ready to go.
Never happened.
Then there were the claims of a few years ago about the Obama BC "bombshells" Trump's investigators found. Trump was going to release them at any minute, remember?
We're still waiting.
“Of course! That must be it! Anyone who says a negative word about Trump is a hater. He must be praised, and then we know the source is valid.”
Reverse “hater” to “truth-teller” and you have described yourself. And your sources, as you have stated, is “anyone”.