I’m so confused by the way he ends so many messages with, “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
Is his brain so thoroughly fried that he can only regurgitate bits of corpo-speak regardless of whether they are applicable?
My headcanon is that someone sent him a letter with that closing 45 years ago and he thought, “That’s a classy way to close a letter,” so now he always uses it when he wants to feel official.
I also tend to read it as conveying the sentiment, “Please pay attention to me because I fear I will die if you stop paying attention to me.”
One thing we know Trump is legitimately good at is manipulating rubes.
“Thank you for your attention to this matter" is actually quite subtle; it’s got “you” and “your attention” in the same sentence, making it feel like he could be talking to you personally rather than as a group (compare e.g. Biden’s common “May God bless you all”).
“Hey, Trump thanked me for my attention, there’s a guy who respects and values my time and opinions, and the fact that he says it in every one of his messages only means that he really does care what I think.”
I’m so confused by the way he ends so many messages with, “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
Is his brain so thoroughly fried that he can only regurgitate bits of corpo-speak regardless of whether they are applicable?
My headcanon is that someone sent him a letter with that closing 45 years ago and he thought, “That’s a classy way to close a letter,” so now he always uses it when he wants to feel official.
I also tend to read it as conveying the sentiment, “Please pay attention to me because I fear I will die if you stop paying attention to me.”
The way he always signs his tweets, or whatever truth social calls them, that gets me. We know it’s you you idiot, it’s on your account
One thing we know Trump is legitimately good at is manipulating rubes.
“Thank you for your attention to this matter" is actually quite subtle; it’s got “you” and “your attention” in the same sentence, making it feel like he could be talking to you personally rather than as a group (compare e.g. Biden’s common “May God bless you all”).
“Hey, Trump thanked me for my attention, there’s a guy who respects and values my time and opinions, and the fact that he says it in every one of his messages only means that he really does care what I think.”
People at my work sometimes end emails with this phrase. I treat it as a dog whistle and stop respecting them.
I end some correspondance as such. I think its really funny. Sorry if this causes any confusion. I am not a big fan of the current US president.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
Lol big difference between doing it to copy him vs being facetious. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
It hurts my head that they were being unironic. I guess people really are like that, though :(
Next time I need to send one of those emails that you have to rewrite 6 times in order to not get fired, I’m going to end it with that.