|#|propaganda technique|section|full quote|<br>
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|1|Appeal to fear|Democracies have retreated|Democracies have retreated.|<br>
|2|Appeal to fear|vacuum that is filled by bad events|Now, however, the United States has discovered what happens “when some other country tries to take our place or, maybe even worse, no one does, and you end up with a vacuum that is filled by bad events.”|<br>
|3|Exaggeration|respect for American leadership is in free fall.|“On top of Trump embracing the world’s autocrats and poking his finger in the eye of our democratic allies, that’s another reason respect for American leadership is in free fall.”|<br>
|4|Exaggeration|Power vacuums have been created|Power vacuums have been created, and filled, often by China.|<br>
|5|Guilt by association|embracing the world’s autocrats|“On top of Trump embracing the world’s autocrats and poking his finger in the eye of our democratic allies, that’s another reason respect for American leadership is in free fall.”|<br>
|6|Loaded language|poking his finger in the eye of our democratic allies|“On top of Trump embracing the world’s autocrats and poking his finger in the eye of our democratic allies, that’s another reason respect for American leadership is in free fall.”|<br>
|7|Minimisation|one place Donald Trump has made ‘America First’|Tragically, the one place Donald Trump has made ‘America First’ is his failed response to the coronavirus|<br>
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