Paul Chilton
paulchilton.bsky.social
Paul Chilton
@paulchilton.bsky.social
European. Internationalist. Humanist. Retired Prof of Linguistics, affiliated to Oxford, Warwick, Lancaster. Can’t stop thinking, reading, writing.

My latest book is a political one: “Brexitspeak: Demagoguery and the Decline of Democracy”.
His David speech was basically aggressive. That will go away. As he spoke his violent gang were busy brutalising his own citizens. When he got home they shot a man ten times at close range.
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 AM
This article is the most sane — if I may use the term — that I have read since Trump ascended his throne. The man is mad. It’s obvious in his language. How on earth can he be sane-washed? I’ve argued this too in some detail in my recent Substack post.
January 23, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Trump is certainly a fascist, and his henchmen/women. White supremacy, yes, it’s deeply ingrained in American history… think the Civil War and the still active Confederates fanatical for Trump.
January 22, 2026 at 9:27 AM
His so-called joke is in line with all the indicators he is on track to make himself a fascist dictator. I’m not joking.
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
This was always the move we should have been expecting. He
Says he was joking but he knows damn well he’s making an announcement and testing the waters. Even a threat.
January 16, 2026 at 1:12 PM
January 6 2021 was an attempted insurrection, incited by Trump.
January 15, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Hi Laura! Thanks for following. I’m very interested in your cognitive approach. I’ve recently posted on Substack, analysing Trump on Greenland, using CMT.
January 15, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Make no bones about it, ICE is terrorising US citizens. Is Trump trying to provoke more protests, lie about them, invoke the Insurrection Act, declare a state of emergency, and block the midterms, prior to a coup?
January 11, 2026 at 2:52 PM
The video evidence on what happened is clear when closely analysed. So is the evidence that Noem et al. are lying. They reframe events to turn them upside down.
January 8, 2026 at 10:20 PM
They don’t care about evidence. If it goes against them they just deny it or verbally frame it as something exactly the opposite.
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Yes, and the Trump regime keeps framing it as self-defence against liberals, leftists and immigrants of colour.
January 8, 2026 at 10:07 PM