Comparison:
Electoral campaigns always feature some degree of political spin. But combatting Mr. Trump’s claims is like wrestling with smoke. The truth, unfortunately, doesn’t really matter. What matters is whether people are convinced, and whether they will turn out to vote for Mr. Trump’s version of the truth in less than two weeks.
Debra Thompson writing in The Globe and Mail uses a simile to grapple with the elusive nature of combatting lies. Have you ever wrestled “with smoke“? Not easy. If smoke can serve as a metaphier in this comparison, what other nouns can you think of that would signal “elusive,“ “hard to grasp,“ or “impossible to grab"?

Context:
Electoral campaigns always feature some degree of political spin. But combatting Mr. Trump’s claims is like wrestling with smoke. The truth, unfortunately, doesn’t really matter. What matters is whether people are convinced, and whether they will turn out to vote for Mr. Trump’s version of the truth in less than two weeks.
Citation:
Thompson, Debra. “Donald Trump is Losing it. He Still Might Win the Election.” The Globe and Mail, 25 Oct. 2024. Web.
(Image by Lee Aigue, base image courtesy of Bing, Oct. 2024.)
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