verbal

There are verbal routines in “Godot” that Abbott and Costello would have been right at home parroting and physical comedy sequences that Laurel and Hardy would have gladly taken a tumble for.

The first is a verbal reminder to the student, followed by a “referral to a counselor” and then outreach to a parent or guardian.

The verbal fireworks seem inevitable: that is the Trump way but don’t get distracted by them, is the mantra for some.

The octogenarian president’s bent posture and halted speaking manner didn’t reassure many Democrats, even as they pointed to the many verbal miscues of Trump, just three years his junior.

And that is on top of the prospect of sky-high import taxes, or tariffs, let alone the minute by minute verbal explosions on social media.