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Tanuki

(14,918 posts) Sat Jan 25, 2020, 12:08 PM Jan 2020

"Paused" in Trumpspeak

I keep hearing 45's illegal extortion of Ukraine described as a benign "pausing" of releasing the funds Congress had allocated. When have we heard a similarly creative/gaslighting use of "pausing"? When it was learned that Melania was a college dropout after less than one year and had been lying about having a degree in architecture and design, they updated her bio and now say that she "paused" her studies! That is quite a pause....nearly thirty years and counting! No wonder Ukraine was worried about having their aid "paused."

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/melania-trump-university-degree-slovenia-website-missing-paused-studies-model-donald-trump-a7422996.html%3famp

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"Paused" in Trumpspeak (Original Post) Tanuki Jan 2020 OP

Yeah. I paused rownesheck Jan 2020 #1

Well, guess it was paused until they did an investigation of Biden spanone Jan 2020 #2

I think it means "illegally withheld" translated to standard English NotASurfer Jan 2020 #3

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)

1. Yeah. I paused

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 12:39 PM

Jan 2020

my collegiate studies 24 years ago. I'm thinking of adding that to my resume.

spanone

(135,841 posts)

2. Well, guess it was paused until they did an investigation of Biden

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 12:41 PM

Jan 2020

NotASurfer

(2,151 posts)

3. I think it means "illegally withheld" translated to standard English

Reply to Tanuki (Original post)

Sat Jan 25, 2020, 12:45 PM

Jan 2020

As in:

"paused hurricane relief assistance to the Americans of Puerto Rico over corruption concerns"

Meaning, in standard English

"illegally withheld aid to Puerto Rico because Fox showed that nasty woman mayor saying horrible things about me so all those foreigners deserve to suffer bigly"

(I ask your indulgence in the additional translation there for purpose of illustration)

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