06-15-2019, 07:17 AM
It's part of the President's job to communicate clearly and effectively to all the people he serves and on behalf of the country he serves.
It's not a failure on any of the people's part when presidential communications are so unclear as to require the audience to assume or attempt to interpret what the President really means.
It's instead a failure on the President's part, which predictably leads to different interpretations and causes confusion/division.
Leaders who aren't naturally gifted with clear communication skills usually work at it and get better at it over time. If they don't, there are really only three possible reasons -- because they don't care, or because they lack the ability, or because causing confusion and division is the intent.
I don't know which of the reasons applies to President Trump. But, if he's re-elected, I sure hope he's able and willing to communicate more clearly and concisely on a consistent basis in his second term.
It's not a failure on any of the people's part when presidential communications are so unclear as to require the audience to assume or attempt to interpret what the President really means.
It's instead a failure on the President's part, which predictably leads to different interpretations and causes confusion/division.
Leaders who aren't naturally gifted with clear communication skills usually work at it and get better at it over time. If they don't, there are really only three possible reasons -- because they don't care, or because they lack the ability, or because causing confusion and division is the intent.
I don't know which of the reasons applies to President Trump. But, if he's re-elected, I sure hope he's able and willing to communicate more clearly and concisely on a consistent basis in his second term.