Trumpism is a unique phenomenon. Its essence has been described as “the destruction of international law” and “the end of the familiar system of international relations.” This is inaccurate and superficial. Trump has destroyed language itself as a means of communication. Trump’s statements are completely unreliable. This is not just lying. It is inconsistency in everything—both in falsehood and in truth.
Trump’s language differs from the demagoguery of ordinary politicians, differs from propaganda, and differs from the mockery typical of Putin. Demagoguery, propaganda, and mockery are consistent. Trump’s language lacks consistency.
Trump’s speech brings to mind the theorem about monkeys that, by randomly striking keys, could—given eternity—type out all of Shakespeare’s plays. But Trump, in contrast, does not aim to produce anything rational. He consistently generates texts that do not form a coherent whole. In essence, he turns all parts of speech into adjectives: great, smartest, strongest. These are adjectives without nouns—definitions without what is being defined, frames without paintings.
24 March, 2026