How he talks.
“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, okay? It’s, like, incredible.”
“There may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience. If you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them, would you? Seriously. Okay? Just knock the hell — I promise you, I will pay for the legal fees.”
“Well, number one, I’m not stupid, OK? I can tell you that right now,” Trump said.
“I might lie to you like Hillary does all the time, but I’ll never lie to Giacomo, okay?”
“I’ve been treated very unfairly by this judge. Now, this judge is of Mexican heritage. I’m building a wall, OK? I’m building a wall.” -Donald Trump
Notice the OKs ?
tvtropes.org defines verbal tic:
Verbal Tic
An exceptionally (Narf!) odd Catch Phrase used to the point it seems more like a bodily emission than speaking.
I spent my high school years, middle `60s, in Chelsea, Manhattan, so I’m all too familiar with the trope.
It’s NYC shorthand speak for “Don’t think so ? Shove it up your ass”.
Street talk.
Elegance and grace on the world stage, so twentieth century.
