Do kids diagram sentences* these days? I've always enjoyed the activity. For my own amusement (and perhaps for yours), I decided to diagram a few of Donald Trump's "sentences"** from the first debate. His peculiar rhetorical structure forced me to get a little creative at times, so I cannot claim 100% accuracy in my diagramming. But as far as I can tell, Mr. Trump has never been concerned with 100% accuracy, so I'm not too worried.
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| That's the kind of thinking our country needs. |
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| One of the more bizarre sentiments uttered in a presidential debate. |
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| Palm Beach, tough community. |
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| We need to abandon coherent sentences. It is the kind of thinking our country needs. |
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| RAGE RAGE RAGE RAGE MY STRONGEST ASSET IS MY TEMPERAMENT RAGE RAGE |
*Great resource for those of you who want to revisit 6th grade English.
**Straight from the transcript provided by the New York Times, which surely is misrepresenting Mr. Trump at Hillary Clinton's behest.
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