Most 'bizarre' and 'menacing' quotes from Trump's presser dissected by rhetorician

The New Republic's Greg Sargent on Wednesday spoke with Jennifer Mercieca, a professor of rhetoric and communication at Texas A&M University, to break down what he described as the "bizarre, menacing" comments made by President-elect Donald Trump during his Tuesday press conference.

Mercieca took particular note of Trump openly boasting that his threats got Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to cave to his demands to end Facebook's fact-checking program entirely.

"That’s how authoritarians keep power," she said.