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One of the most effective strategies used by Mob Bosses is “strategic ambiguity” which facilitates “plausible deniability”. What is strategic ambiguity? A Mob Boss doesn’t say “break his legs”, a Mob Boss says “give him an offer he can’t refuse”. A Mob Boss doesn’t say “I support White Supremacists”, a Mob Boss says “there are very fine people on both sides”. “Very fine people on both sides” gave Trump wiggle room to apply plausible deniability two full days later when he could weigh the response.

“He doesn’t give you questions, he doesn’t give you orders, he speaks in a code. And I understand the code, because I’ve been around him for a decade,”
— Michael Cohen, testimony before Congress.