Donald Trump's Essay: The Isolation Of America

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.

America, along with its commitments, needs to “stand behind [its] word, and make sure [that the] word stands up” (Trump 138). This means that we need to take back control and never step back. Compromises should be kept to a minimum, and strong leaders need to take control in Washington (Trump 139). These leaders can be attracted by creating an exciting atmosphere for them to work in, as opposed to a failing government which only a bare minimum of Americans have the heart to try to fix (Trump 140). America needs to increase its power, successfully, military-wise (Trump 137) and financially. This will allow the country to start winning all the time by continually starting at the top of every race, and will force other countries to see it as a serious and strong national

Trump uses the word “great” to push the idea of American exceptionalism. This provides a newly embraced sense of pride and patriotism that the audience had not felt since. Trump then uses the word “again” to suggest looking backward towards past eras for models that will move America forward to meet the unprecedented demographic, technological, climatological and ethical challenges faced with today. Although his campaign does not specify the details of what era was ‘great’, this appeals to older generations that be post WWII to either the early seventies or early eighties, when middle class incomes rose in lockstep with the wealthy- when one was proud to call themselves American. The word “again” also instills fear in the audience. It implies that America is currently not ‘great’, and changes need to be made. Trump then takes advantage of the nation’s fear. He positions himself as the nation’s hero - the only one who can secure borders, fight off terrorists, and install that ‘greatness’ once again. He boasts himself up as this hero, making his greatness America’s greatness as well. This slogan helps promote Trump as a savior figure, earning his popularity among a scared

Will Republican President Donald Trump make America great again? According to Paul Bartow, a research assistant at the American Enterprise Institute, the president and the American people will be unable to fulfill Trump’s campaign promise to “Make America Great Again” unless we the people embrace and revive four fundamental principles set forth by our founding fathers. The first principal in the article discusses man’s inherent evil nature and the need for a centralized, legitimate form of government to maintain order. Federalist James Madison’s view of human nature supports this basic principal, “If men were angels, no government would be necessary.” The second principal held by the founding fathers was that a centralized government should

Trump won the highest number of states and votes in the primaries and stands a chance on becoming America’s next president. The metaphor “make America great again” was created in 1979 during a time in which the United States was suffering from a bad economy with high unemployment and inflation rates. The phrase was used during Reagan's 1980 campaign. Donald Trump vows to "Make America Great

On January 20th, 2017, President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office after a tough year and election. Many people believed that he would not be able to win presidency, they said that he wasn't capable of winning an election since he was against very acknowledged candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. People believed that Hillary would definitely win but by surprise Trump won the electoral vote with his prize being a whole nation to lead. After being sworn in and officially becoming the president, Trump gave his moving but controversial inaugural speech. Through the longevity of the speech, Trump uses various rhetorical devices in order to get his point across to the audience.

During the 1920s, the United States was believed to have followed a foreign policy of isolationism that led to the Great Depression and World War II. However, this is a historical misconception known as the myth of isolationism because the U.S. followed a foreign policy in the 1920s called independent internationalism, which was a new idea to promote economic diplomacy through peaceful relations and non-military intervention. In Jeremi Suri’s Opt-Ed article, Trump is repeating the isolationism that led to the Great Depression and WWII, he argues that Donald Trump is following similar foreign policies of isolationism such as the increase on tariffs, restriction on immigration, and the dismembering of alliances, that mirror what occurred in

“Make America Great Again!” This is the campaign slogan for the republican candidate Donald Trump, who is running for present in the 2016 presidential election. His slogan is simple yet complex, it’s easy to dream about but hard to do. The United States of America is starting to become an extremely corrupt place. We now live in a time where police officers are viewed as our enemies instead of our friends, where if you give someone in your local supermarket a friendly “hello” they look at you as if you are mentally unstable. How is this problem ever going to be solved? The answer is we need a new leader, His name is Donald J Trump.

Will Donald Trump fulfill America’s request and actually “make America great again”? When friends of mine who are Trump supporters inform me that they support him, I don’t understand the reasons why they picture him as our future president of the united states. Donald Trump has never been an elected official. He has never been elected into an office of any kind. He’s never had to broker political compromise or gave any political speeches prior to him running for president. With no experience in politics at all, why would people think he’d make a good president? Sure, Donald Trump is a barefaced self-promoter and experienced businessman. But people don’t realize all of the mistakes he has made as a businessman. Washington, D.C., is not a type of Wall Street or anything for him to lose money or make some reckless decisions that would put our country into a deeper hole that we are already into, and also getting multiple things done within the nation’s capital takes more than a huge personality and a strong will. If Donald Trump is elected to be our president, he’ll have to quickly learn how to deal with his Democratic associates in the House of Representatives and Senate. He’ll also have to get used to the pace of government because there are moments when things can accelerate pretty quickly and also where things can move extremely slow at times. He’ll also have to get used to giving speeches on topics

Civil unrest is happening in the United States, again. Since starting his election, Donald Trump has managed to offend may minorities such as Muslims, Women, African Americans and Hispanics. These groups, along with many others, feel that under Trump’s leadership they will become a lesser citizen and not have the equal rights that they should be allowed. In the days after the election, there were many reports of racial threats and violence to these minority groups(The Washington Post, 2016). These seem to be coming from white supremacy groups who supported Trump during his campaign. Protesters in many U.S. cities took to the streets to chant “We reject the president elect!”(Thomson Reuters) . Immediately following

Mr. Trump always argues that the outside world is bringing harm to the U.S. and that America should no longer be involved with foreign countries, like Mexico. But what he does not understand is that, by cutting these connections, he is dooming America, both economically and socially. My full argument about this that I and my two classmates wrote in class is: Trump’s misleading, falsely based data, leading to America’s economic failure. This you might disagree with; however, we should not hold hands with someone that will lead us, no ensure

So first of all, what is democracy? “Democracy is a form of government that is not attached to any pre-given political or ideological ends, but allows ends to be chosen by the majority vote of free citizens.”(Fish, Opinionator.blogs.nytimes). In a democracy, anyone can run for office, and all eligible citizens can participate equally by voting. Everyone’s views, whether one is part of a majority or minority, are represented, and people can also freely express themselves and voice their own opinion. Furthermore, we peacefully solve internal conflicts, without

President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, now an Executive order, has been the topic of controversy since the order was signed on January 27th, 2017 (BBC.com). An improved order was again signed on March 6, 2017 (BBC.com). However, a case in the Supreme Court of USA will determine the future of the ban, which runs between October 2nd and December 21st (BBC.com). The first executive order banned people from seven countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and Libya from entering the United States for a period of 90 days. It also put a halt on refugee resettlement for 120 days and banned Syrian refugees permanently (Park). However, as per the revised executive order issued on March 6th, Iraq was removed from the list and the

When Donald trump announced his candidacy it was somewhat of a joke to some of the establish GOP members, but as time went on it became clearer that he is what the American public wanted. Donald Trump is a man that to the public may seem like he has no idea what the is doing, but that is not the truth at all. Walter Meade said that, “In both domestic and foreign policy, this century will be profoundly influenced by the values and concerns of Jacksonian America (Mead 2002, 231).” Donald Trump embodies those Jacksonian principles almost down to the mark, with a small percentage of Jeffersonian thrown in. He believes in first and foremost protecting America and its interests while still protecting the liberties at home, and that is what has shaped and will shape his foreign policy if and when he becomes president.

Earlier this year, Donald Trump delivered an address at one of his New York City hotels. In it, he presented an almost post apocalyptic America that is torn apart my illegal immigrants. Although he succeeds in delivering his message to his voter base, Trump’s claim is wrong. He argues that America is failing as a country, presenting himself as the authority to fix it. I assert, however, that America is thriving now more than ever, and remains a global, economic, super power.