If things didn’t work out well, then he could seek cover in the don’t-take-me-literally explanation, but his intent was often obscure. And so many in Trump’s base do take him literally that ...

Oct. 10, 2024 Certainly Trump’s most zealous and unstable loyalists take him both seriously and literally. More than 200 Jan. 6 defendants testified that they were heeding Trump’s orders when ...

Donald Trump's supporters, in conservative writer Salena Zito's memorable formulation, take him seriously but not literally. They will be forgiving if, say, he doesn’t literally get Mexico to ...

One of the best explanations of the Donald Trump 2016 phenomenon is this, via Salena Zito: "The press takes him literally, but not seriously; his supporters take him seriously, but not literally." ...

If things didn’t work out well, then he could seek cover in the don’t-take-me-literally explanation, but his intent was often obscure. And so many in Trump’s base do take him literally that ...