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Comparison Of Trump And Hamilton

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As time has advanced, politics, people, and society have changed, but even with this, two politicians, Hamilton and Trump, are similar. In the time of Hamilton, there was revolution and turmoil in the political arena. Hamilton and others of the time were working through setting up the basics of how the United States would function. Hamilton had his hand in all aspects of government, but more specifically in economics. Through the wear of centuries, government has changed. While it still has turmoil over topics such as foreign affairs and debt, government today is different because it is more complex in areas such as political parties and approval procedure. Even with these differences Trump and Hamilton hold similarities in areas such as personality …show more content…

The first trait is being cocky. While both Trump and Hamilton bring a certain amount of cockiness to the table, they both show it considerably differently. Trump shows his cockiness largely through his speeches and interactions with other presidential candidates. He taunts and pokes at other candidates with an arrogance and confidence that portrays cockiness. An example of Trump’s cockiness through arrogance is when he tweeted, “Rosie is crude, rude, obnoxious and dumb - other than that I like her very much!” (Qtd. in Bustle) Hamilton, on the other hand, is not quite as arrogant, but still cocky. Hamilton expresses his cockiness in the way he approaches the duel which ultimately led to his death. As described in Founding Brothers, Hamilton went into the duel choosing a faulty gun and then assumed that he would miss purposefully while Aaron Burr would miss because of lack of prowess. This was not the case and even though Hamilton missed Burr did not leading to Hamilton’s fatality (Ellis). The second personality trait shared between the two politicians is their energy (Farshtey). Both politicians are extraordinarily energetic in the way they go about life. Trump goes about speeches and portraying his messages with high energy and excitement. He emphatically waves his arms around and yells getting himself and the crowds pumped up and excited to support the cause at hand. …show more content…

The debate of federal government size versus states rights is one that has been occurring from Hamilton’s time and is still continuing today. It started with The Articles of Confederation and later led to the civil war. The fact that these two politicians differ on this matter likely leads to the fact that they are in opposite political parties, Hamilton being in the Federalists, which eventually becomes the modern day Democrats, and Trump being a Republican. It is because of this dividing factor that the comparison is not perfect, but is close to

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