... it would be more effective

Definitely seemed like he was reading from a teleprompter. I suppose that is better than letting him go off-script.

That was such a I don't give a flip line

religious fervor. It relied too heavily on a thesaurus to create a doom and gloom prediction to justify his unilateral attack.

He sounds so sullen and slow, like a teenager forced to recite the Lord's Prayer.

Even when he talks about something important, his every word proclaims, "I don't give an sht about any of this."