Will be speaking with Italy this morning!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 3, 2017

Like kings in Shakespeare, Trump uses the names of countries as synonyms for the leaders thereof. https://t.co/CMJOweLTq3

— David Frum (@davidfrum) July 3, 2017

.@davidfrum dares to accuse Trump of synecdoche. Inference of metonymy, too. Are you just going to take that, @realDonaldTrump? https://t.co/Mr8nlmifuX

— (((tedfrank))) (@tedfrank) July 3, 2017

Suddenly I’m back in grad school reading Hayden White…..