A lot of Trump’s stories begin similarly, so those in the audience at his Las Vegas rally this weekend would be forgiven for not predicting the multiple tangents the former president was about to take. Even when his next sentence narrowed it down — “We’re going to end the mandate on electric one day” — no one could have guessed what the next 2½ minutes would bring., a weekly dive into the data behind the news.
“I say,” Trump said,"'What would happen if the boat sank from its weight and you're in the boat, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery's now underwater, and there's a shark that's approximately 10 yards over there?' ” It is also not the case that an electrical charge in the water spreads everywhere at the same strength indefinitely. When lightning strikes the ocean, it is not the case that every fish dies or that every person swimming on every coast is fried. The fish survive in part because the charge is, so the analogy here isn't perfect. But being at a distance from the charge matters regardless of the source of the charge.