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It's funny both articles posted here refuse to use the proper title "President Donald Trump", they add a qualifier or won't capitalize it in insult like they do
by yellow07 5y ago
It's funny both articles posted here refuse to use the proper title "President Donald Trump", they add a qualifier or won't capitalize it in insult like they do "white", very passive aggressive.
- toomanybeersies 5y agoI'm not sure how you got the idea that "former President Trump" is incorrect. It's pretty standard style. Reuters uses the exact same terminology for Obama [1] too. Same goes for the AP [2] and the BBC [3]. Even the U.S. Government prescribes the use of "former President" [4] [1] https://www.reuters.com/world/us/obama-holds-groundbreaking-ceremony-presidential-center-chicago-2021-09-28/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/obama-holds-groundbreaking-... [2] https://apnews.com/article/ed-gillespie-terry-mcauliffe-ralph-northam-barack-obama-virginia-ad0de7d8778a879dcba2e898474cc3e2 https://apnews.com/article/ed-gillespie-terry-mcauliffe-ralp... [3] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-58937970 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-58937970 [4] https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/pdf/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2016/pdf...