• litotes

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sun Sep 10 11:56:45 2023
    litotes - ironic understatement in which an affirmative is expressed
    by the negative of its contrary (e.g., you won't be sorry, meaning
    you'll be glad ).


    Xeorge Xonway @gtconway3d

    A question for all you English majors: Is this a great example of
    litotes, or what? Or is there a better term to use?

    "It is not clear what steps Trump is taking to ensure a wall of
    separation between official and campaign business for aides who are on
    his political payroll."
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    Jonathan Allen @jonallendc......Replying to @jonallendc

    Aides on political payroll have worked out of the government-leased
    office.

    It is not clear what steps Trump's taken to ensure no political work
    is done using federal resources.

    Much more: https://nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-post-presidential-office-hiding-plain-sight-rcna104235

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