When sowing doubt, possible can be even more effective than likely because it requires less evidence.
If the Trump shill had said it was ‘likely’ he meant something else it would suggest he intentionally misspoke OR doesn’t know what he is saying. By going with ‘possible’ it hints at a possible human error that we all make and allows what was said to be dismissed more easily.
I agree the word “possible” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, but it shouldn’t be confused with “likely”.
When sowing doubt, possible can be even more effective than likely because it requires less evidence.
If the Trump shill had said it was ‘likely’ he meant something else it would suggest he intentionally misspoke OR doesn’t know what he is saying. By going with ‘possible’ it hints at a possible human error that we all make and allows what was said to be dismissed more easily.
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