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“Words and Things” – a comment on three recent turns-of-phrase by Donald Trump and Elon Musk

Summary by The Law and Policy Blog
26th June 2025 Three recent turns-of-phrase are perhaps worth a comment before they are forgotten. * The first is from Elon Musk, about the “big beautiful” tax bill before Congress: The phrase which caught the eye was “disgusting abomination”. You see, abominations are inherently disgusting. Either the bill is “disgusting” or it is an “abomination”, but there is no need to say both. * The second is also from Elon Musk: The key phrase here is…
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The Law and Policy Blog broke the news in on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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