Adduce:
to give reasons why you think something is true:
- None of the evidence adduced in court was conclusive. [Cambridge Dictionary]
Noted in “Donald Trump’s Coronavirus Optimism, Explained,” Kevin Drum:
Why is President Trump so obsessive about insisting that the coronavirus is no big deal, everything is under control, no worries, etc.? It seems self defeating. Obviously the virus is going to do what it does regardless of what he says, and Trump’s Pollyanna routine is just going to make him seem ever further out of touch the worse things get.
Maybe. But I have another theory. This is not something that I believe Trump has thought through, but something that he’s adduced via pure, subconscious animal cunning, of which he is well endowed. Here it is: …
I’m not entirely sure Drum’s usage is adroit.
