Why Does Donald Trump Keep Talking About ‘Tic Tac’?
THE SO WHAT
The ‘Tic Tac’ discourse is another example of how small verbal tics can dominate political attention cycles. For operators, the lesson is simple: narrative surface area is scarce—assume any repeated phrase or motif can be memed and weaponized, whether you intend it or not.
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