What can you say about Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton that hasn’t been said a million times? The 2016 election has been more discussed than perhaps any other, and people are disturbingly well-informed, so bluffers might regard Tuesday night with apprehension. Never fear, though, America is still the land of opportunity as far as blagging is concerned, and American politics lends itself to BS like nothing else. So here, to get you started, are ten handy phrases for bluffing your way through election night
1. I’m sorry, but Trump isn’t Brexit and Brexit isn’t Trump. At some point in a conversation about Trumpism, somebody is bound to make the Brexit comparison, so raise the stakes. This remark shows you’ve heard it all before, and you’re not impressed. Be sure to hedge it: ‘I’m not saying there aren’t similarities …’, thus demonstrating an open but critical mind. You can then do the standard political bluffer’s riff on globalisation, those ‘left behind’, and the growth of anti-immigrant populism.
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