>>He has done feints and doublespeak - you just have to dig a little to find them.
Yep- but also he has the ability to call a spade a spade. Whereas those who spent their lives in politics sometimes seem to wonder whether more wiggle room is indicated when describing a (generally) sharp metal bladed implement for evacuation of soil and detritus.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1