In interviews in the 1980s and 1990s, Mr. Trump speaks in complete sentences, using mature vocabulary and expressions. Some suppose Mr. Trump started talking down deliberately in order to portray folksiness. More likely, Mr. Trump has simply taken the path of least resistance. Note, for example, another difference between the younger Mr. Trump and today’s: comfort. The articulate Mr. Trump of yore was wearing a linguistic tuxedo; today’s swivel-tongued Mr. Trump is in a linguistic track suit.

Source: New York Times February 06, 2018 16:07 UTC