Sarcasm

April 27, 2020

Donald Trump backed-tracked on his comments about injecting and ingesting disinfectants by saying he didn’t mean what he obviously said because he was using the literal device of sarcasm. I guess he thought he was the next coming of Cicero. However, the text book definition of sarcasm per Merriam-Webster says something else. Here is the definition of sarcasm:

: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain.
: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual

So, based on Trump’s explanation, he was trying to be bitter and administer pain during a pandemic. Does that make you feel better. As Trump says, everyone knows what he said. Going forward, he should fact check the lies he uses to walk back the lies he has already made. I know it is exhausting, but so is the coronavirus. Maybe the Orator-in-Chief can clean things up with a little Lysol as he addressees 1,000 cadets called back to West Point…unless he was just being sarcastic. That is sarcasm.