Successful politicans and sociopaths are experts in double meanings.
"I will not drop bombs on Acmeland." Instead, I will send missiles.
"At this point in time, we do not intend to end the tariffs." The intent will change when conditions change, which is forecast next week.
"We are not in negotations to acquire AI Co for $1B." We are negotiating for $0.9B.
"Our results show an improvement for a majority of recipients." 51% saw an improvement of 1%, 49% saw a decline of 5%...