 "Barack Obama greets Donald Trump at the ceremony to swear in the latter as the 45th president of the United States in Washington on Friday. Photo: Reuters")
Six months have passed since Donald Trump entered the Oval Office. His administration remains deeply understaffed. His legislative agenda is stymied. He has been active in issuing executive orders, but many are toothless, others are only in the early stages of undoing Obama policies and some are tied up in the courts. So far, Trump’s leadership has mostly been defined by his rhetoric.
And his rhetoric, the conventional wisdom holds, could not be more different from his predecessor’s.
Barack Obama was, as president, eloquent. His language was sophisticated. He spoke
