The author uses very persuasive language in an aggressive manner to get the reader to agree with their negative views of President Donald J. Trump. The author makes a proposition of value judging Trump and expressing their view of the president. Many fallacies and rhetorical devices are used throughout the article to persuade the reader, with every reason being opinion based. With every opinion coming from the authors view, a lot of manipulative language is used to generally show Trump as incapable of running the country. Throughout the article, many insults appeal to ignorance and depict Trump as unqualified and uninterested. Once the negative image is painted, the author puts in to place false dilemmas with no positive outlook for Trump. …show more content…
It is made clear what side the author takes and their opinions towards the president. From the very first paragraph to the last, the author uses manipulative language to influence the reader to agree with their views and beliefs. The first paragraph tackles the idea that Trump is a “real estate tycoon that does not qualify to serve as president” and he has his own views but they are “wrong in the diagnosis of what the real problems in America is, and his propositions are even worse.” (Editorial Board, 2016, para. 1). The author attempts to show why Trump is unqualified and describes his campaign as all “snarl and sneer” (Editorial Board, 2016, para. 1) but with no actual substance to presidency. In the article, each paragraph starts off with another reason persuasive reason degrading Trump. The rest of the paragraph explains their reasoning to believe this and why we should also believe
In the article from The Atlantic, “American Institutions are Pushing Back Against Trump,” the author Peter Beinart discusses how the bureaucracy, judiciary, press, and public have been tirelessly working against Trump and his administration since his inauguration in January. Beinart goes on to speak about the problems that have already risen during Trump’s presidency and how various organizations and groups have been able to put a halt to some of his policies. By discussing topics like this, it shows that Peter Beinart’s viewpoint regarding Donald Trump is that he believes Trump is not fit for the presidency and does not agree with his beliefs.
His use of negative diction paints Trump in a way that is irresponsible and unqualified, as well as only driven by money. He follows up this by using hyperboles. In addition to exaggerating missteps that the president has taken, he exploits them to convey a point to the reader. All in all, Epstein is very successful at crafting a subjective article. He is extremely efficient at convincing the reader that Trump is unqualified by pointing out his many
Gail Collins, an American writer known for writing under the opinion pages for the The New York Times, has turned the recent presidential debate, into something comical. In Gail’s most recent articles, “How Could Anyone Vote for Trump”, “The Dark Days of Donald Trump”, “Don’t Take Donald Trump to Dinner”, and “The Debate in One Scary Answer”, her purpose is to show that Donald Trump is not qualified to become the next president of the United States. In these four articles, her audience is the general educated reader that will be voting in the 2016 presidential election. Gail Collins has a recurring pattern of using the rhetorical modes; illustration and description. In addition, she uses the rhetorical strategies; metaphor, dialogue, and contrast
Since the author describes Donald Trump in a negative way, I think this article is
The entire editorial board at the New York times decided to cooperate on an op-ed piece covered on Donald Trump concerning his post election actions and decisions. The Op-Ed was titled “What President Trump Doesn’t Get About America” and was published on the New York Times on January 20, 2017. The rhetorical situation behind the piece is the after-effects of Mr. Trump's official inauguration which took place on the same date the Op-Ed was published. The author's purpose and intended audience is to inform and persuade the American people that America was and will be fine even with some of the so-called harsh executive decisions of Trump.
He talks about how America is easily manipulated by images. They cannot differentiate between lies in the truth. Many people in America are illiterate or barely literate. They could read somewhere around a 6th grade level. This affects them when they have to vote since they do not make decisions off facts. Moreover, politicians are very aware of that. Their campaigns are made so they could get emotions out of the audience rather than go based off facts. “We prefer happy illusions. And it works because so much of the American electorate, including those who should know better, blindly cast ballots for slogans, smiles, the cheerful family tableaux, narratives and the perceived sincerity and the attractiveness of candidates. We confuse how we feel with knowledge” (Hedges). Politicians use the slogan such as “yes we can” and they would tell stories so we can sympathize in voting for them. They make fake that they will take care of all of your problems as healthcare, schooling, taxes and a nation united. Yet, when the candidate wins, they forget about promise that they made in the campaigns. Matt Taibbi’s article “How America Made Donald Trump Unstoppable” stated, “Like the actual circus, this is a roving business. Cash flows to campaigns from people and donors; campaigns buy ads; ads pay for journalists; journalists assess candidates…Nine out of 10 times in America, the candidate who raises the most money wins. And those candidates then owe the most favors” (Taibbi). This quote shows it does not matter if people vote or not, their votes are not a key factor in the campaigns it is the donors. When the campaigns are over, the illiterate have no voice once again. Politics is not about the ideas about the ideas
In Bj Gallagher’s article “Donald Trump Is the Epitome of Everything the World Detests -- And Admires -- About America”(Sep.2, 2015), She Implies the positive and negative attributes in Donald Trump, and whether you should vote for him or not. Gallagher first demonstrates by showing the negatives of Donald Trump and his “arrogance” in an article written by Paul Thomas; Gallagher then argued the positive, admirable side of him by comparing his life to one we would all like to live, and to conclude she suggests that Trump is a “fresh breath of air” for millions of Americans by demonstrate that he is unique compared to past presidential leaders. Her purpose is to surpass his brash ego in order to to show he is worth putting your trust in.
The commentary “How Trump can Prove he’s Very Stable” focuses on how Trump has been criticized as being unfit for presidency. Dean Obeidallah gives examples of how the president acts very unprofessional, which is mostly shown in the president’s Twitter posts. He explains that these impulsive posts and acts could be because Trump is mentally unfit to be president. However, the Trump thinks he is fine and with his first presidential physical coming up can possibly prove this by asking for a check on his mental state. The writer does a good job of presenting his argument through the use of logos.
Mair’s best argument in her article as to why Americans should oppose Mr. Trump when she gives the few examples of some of the views Mr. Trump has on certain policies. I found her use of giving actual examples of Mr. Trump’s views more effective than crying foul and saying the “political tone and everything else is all Mr. Trumps fault” (Mair 2016). Ms. Mair’s successfully uses her aggressive strategy as an experienced communications professional to bolster the concerns that many Americans justifiably have about Mr. Trump and to make her case overall. Where she fails, does not understand the underling movement that many American want a change, not some “hope and change” but a “real change” in the political system for better or
Donald trump is a very successful businessman and Republican nominee for President; he has attracted many people towards himself, some happy with him and some with hatred for him. The author explained how Trump was under heavy criticism when he wrote “Trump came under heavy criticism when he attacked Khizr Khan, the father of U.S. Army captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq.” Not only did Trump attack Khizr he also insulted their religion, which caused anger throughout the country. Khan, who is a captain in the U.S. Army responded by criticising him about banning Muslims from entering the U.S. and gave out an emotional speech against Trump. Donald Trump criticising Khan was not the only time he dishonored American heroes, but he also
Not even three full months into his presidency, President Donald Trump has received massive backlash for even the most miniscule of things. The media coverage that Trump has is unparalleled to any president before him. Journalists from all over the world realize that the President is the biggest story on earth right now, and they do not intend to ease off. Presented with a story as tantalizing as this one, one has to think why would they want to stop? Readers dig the stories the press writes about Trump almost as much as they disagree with what he says. The columnists have made their opinions overtly clear in their writings with the help of rhetorical devices such as metaphors, motifs and paradoxes. They then follow up on this with cherry
Donald Trump recently gave a speech discussing rising Radical Islamic Terrorism, immigration from the Middle East, and a need for a rise in national security while Manchester, New Hampshire on June 13th 2016. He centers his whole speech around discussing how bad a President his opponent, Hillary Clinton, would be in difficult times. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of Finance in 1968 with a bachelor 's degree in economics, and has become a very successful businessman. He’s the Republican nominee for this upcoming presidential election, and is a very controversial candidate and person. He has come under fire for many of his views that he discusses in his June 13th speech. While Trump does make some agreeably points, he renders his speech ineffective because of his heavy reliance on Clinton’s opinion to form his own. If Trump were to become President, his stance on important issues would need to be reached with careful consideration, and not just based on doing the opposite of his opponents.
Donald Trump was elected president of the United States of America on November 8th, 2016, and now has been running our country for over a year. As Trump’s first year in office slowly began, his reputation seems to be creating different outside views of our nation and arguments started producing everywhere. After competing with Hillary Clinton for the presidential term in office, Trump defeated her along with her democratic supporters causing one of the most shocking elections in U.S. history. Using public media web pages, we are reviewing both sides of the argument regarding Trump’s election and we are going to decipher why each arguer supports their side, and why each side is reasonable for the benefit of our country.
President Obama addressed faith leaders for his last National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning, during which he mainly focused on the fears that people may have, and having the courage to conquer those fears.
Donald Trump’s speech addressed to the United Nations General Assembly on September 19, 2017 was not effective. Despite the speech having a universal message that is hard to disagree with, you can tell exactly which parts of the speech were written by a speech writer, and which parts of the speech were written by Trump himself. This wouldn’t be an issue if Donald Trump’s inflections weren’t full of fallacies and unnecessary statistics. For example, in the third paragraph, President Trump tries to establish his Ethos by listing improvements in the United States since he took office. But many of these cherry-picked improvements have absolutely nothing to do with him being elected. They also have nothing to do with the general theme of the speech. This speech did have examples of effective rhetorical strategies. However, the bad far outweighs the good in this speech and takes away from the good message it originally had.