Every four years on January 20th the President of the United States of America is sworn to office. This event has been a tradition since 1937. Recently our 45th President Donald Trump swearing into office took place at the U.S Capitol on Friday January 20, 2017. All of the Presidents have given an inaugural speech to the nation, and the world. These speeches mark the beginning of a new path that America takes in the following four years. There have been short and long speeches, such as George Washington’s and William Harrison, respectively. Each speech marks a trend that let Americans infer the path in which the President plans to take the country. In this paper, one will compare and contrast the path President Trump wants to take us, with …show more content…
He wants to eradicate Islamic terrorism. He continues expressing that many countries have been enriched at the expense of America. President Trump’s speech has one characteristic, unusually specific promise, which is to “no longer accept politicians who are all talk and no action, constantly complaining but never doing anything about it.” (line 81) One can infer that this might be a warning to other politicians (even his own), to do a good job, and it can also be seem as a challenge to himself. The challenge that President Trump has now is to see if his campaign slogan can be transformed into a governing agenda. President Clinton’s inaugural speech his purpose was to reassure American people about their voting choice, and he also echoed the foundations in which America lies. One can see how he used persuasion to assure government effectiveness. He stated “to renew America, we must be bold.” It is necessary to understand that Bill Clinton was the first president elected after the end of the Cold War, and URSS collapse. There was a lot of uncertainty about world events. In his speech he tries to make the citizens understand that there needs to be a political reforms and changes inside the U.S., and worldwide. Being the first Democrat president since Franklin D. Roosevelt, he envision liberal ideas to uphold the nation as part of his Democratic
Donald Trump before he became the 45th president, his famous campaign motto “Make America Great Again” caught the attention of many Americans, but mostly by white Americans. Trump’s tactics made him a very clever man throughout the election, he had many techniques on how to gain the American vote. Throughout his campaign, he was attentive of the men around him. For example, Trump knew exactly what to say to get the attention of the American people. He already had in mind who he was going to pick in position for foreign policy, national security, and defense (“Donald Trump is the ultimate Machiavellian prince”). With this intention, he brought comfort to Americans, yet the people he was going to pick for these positions all have a common trait, which was all of them are specialist in the Middle East and Russia. Not only, was Trump attentive of America, yet he kept in mind how it was going to affect
The presidential inauguration is uniquely sacramental: the peaceful transition of power is representative of the strength that has made the United States the oldest democracy on Earth. Every 4 years, a new or incumbent president delivers this address to the nation, setting forth the principles that will guide the new administration, and uniting the nation under shared commonplaces. Each president is given the opportunity to establish themselves as distinct from the presidents before them. In the past decade, we have seen two unique presidents with two drastically different visions of America deliver their message to the United States of America. While both call upon shared national values and the unity of the nation under difficult circumstances, they differ in terms of inclusion and diversity within America. Both presidents deliver compelling arguments that encourage the American people to serve their country in diverse ways.
Finally, Trump uses multiple metaphors to make very specific points. Trump says, “We are one nation and their pain is our pain. Their dreams are our dreams; and their success will be our success. We share one heart, one home, and one glorious destiny”. As a result, Trump is trying to unify the nation. In a time where the nation feels divided and political parties cannot seem to agree with each other it is important to remind Americans that the country beats with the same heart. Therefore, this statement is meant to leave the nation feeling inspired to work together to face what is yet to come (Trump Inauguration Speech, 2017).
When George W. Bush started his first term as president, the country and the economy was at its peak, but soon, it slowly spiraled downwards. Bush is a Republican, who has previous political experience, such as helping his father with his campaign, and being the former governor of Texas. On November 7, 2000, George W. Bush competed in his first election, and running against Democrat Al Gore. His vice president was Dick Cheney of Nebraska, and he was Bush’s vice for both of his presidential terms. The results of his 2000 campaign were 50,456,002 for popular votes, and 271 as the electoral votes. On November 4, 2004, Bush engaged in his second election as his reelection, but this time around, he was running against John Kerry. For this
The president is the most important job in the United States. Not the ruler of the United States ,but have some power over the country. The president of the United States is a person who symbolize the country and leads the country by making decisions of what is the best thing to do. The president needs to know about the past history such as the conflict of World War I and II and different events that led to violence in our own country. The president of the United States needs to know how the system of the government works and different problems that have been happening right now such as immigration, terrorism and hunger. The president needs to have the people votes so that he or she could be able to have the position of being the president
The President of the United States has a very important, and no doubt, stressful job. Yet not a king, the President carries multiple job titles which include, but not limited to: chief of state, chief executive, chief legislator, and commander in chief. Harry Truman (33rd U.S. President), displayed to the whole world his role as commander in chief, when he made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on Japan, in April of the year 1945. President Truman’s actions and reasons for the bombings showed that he used a utilitarianism view, as the bases of his decision.
In 1787 our founding fathers believed that that the general population was not educated enough to select the president of the United State (Bronson, K and Dove, L 2015). This was one of the concerns our founders had when the wrote the Article II, section 1 of our constitution which laid out the framework for the electoral college process that we use still to this day. An article by Bronson, and. Dove” stated that the Electoral College provided security to concerns that the governing people had in this era of our nation’s history to ensure a viable election process, such as the unlikelihood that a candidate would have a national presence amongst the general public.”(2015). Due to the vast geographic distances candidates would not be able to appeal their platforms to the people since there was no televisions or radios throughout the country. The founding fathers even feared that the more populous states would force their influence on the less populate states making the popular voting process not viable to receive the true will of the people(Bronson,K and Dove, L page 1, para 2). These concerns where ligament in that society and era of our nation’s history and the Electoral College process gave security. With key transformations that have accord in our society, such concerns are less prominent. The Electoral College Process no longer protects us from concerns of the past, but directly effects new problems in our current society The Electoral College denies the will of the
Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States. Elected in 1992 and sworn into office on January 20, 1993 Clinton lived a lively presidential life and broke many records as president. Clinton was the third youngest president ever elected and won his first ever presidential campaign. Clinton was slick and extremely well spoken. The man had a way with people that had never been seen before. Clinton gained his nickname as “The comeback kid” once he won the election even after being in dead last in the beginning of his campaign and the primaries. Clinton is a well known name and he achieved a lot during his presidency, and it all started in a small town in Arkansas.
The president of the United States (POTUS) “authorized U.S. Central Command to work with partner nations to conduct targeted airstrikes of Iraq and Syria as part of the comprehensive strategy to degrade and defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL.”1 October 2014, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that “U.S. military operations against ISIL in Iraq and Syria had been named Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR). Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR), a US and international coalition designed to degrade and defeat ISIL in Iraq and Syria is dependent on the ability to build partner capacity (BPC). This line of effort continues to be a major challenge for the “whole-of-government strategy.”2
Immediately after a new president is sworn into office, it is the de facto rule that he address his people with a message of thanks, a reminder of what was and hope for what is to come. The “Inaugural Address,” by President Lyndon Baines Johnson and the “Inaugural Address,” by President Barack Obama both utilize persuasive rhetorical purpose supported by nariation and evaluation in an effort to unify the people of America under a new President’s promise of leadership and change.
In the article, “Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address Was Great”, the author, James Poulos, states that Trump delivered a magnificent inaugural speech. Trump even echoed Bill Clinton’s promise about how no matter what is wrong with America, it can be fixed. Poulos also agreed with Trump about putting the people and our country first. For example, Poulos states, “For Trump, "America first" is once again not a principle of vanity or greed, but of grim necessity.” He also suggests that the people of America can never withdraw from the world in reaction. The character of America colors the character of the entire world, more than any other country. Poulos mentions that the first step to making America great again is
The United States first declared its independence back in 1776. Just a decade later, the Constitution was written and signed on September 17, 1787. To this day, this document represents the supreme law of the United States of America. The first President of the United States was elected on February 4th in 1789. His name of course was George Washington. This was the start of the United States, since then we have had 43 other presidents. Each and every one of those presidents has done something for our country. Whether good or bad, effective or not very effective this is how our country has become what it is today. Since WWII, the United States has had 12 different Presidents that have led our nation and looked over significant events and decisions that have shaped this country.
1) The President of the United States is certainly one the most powerful people in the free world, but interestingly, the Constitution 's drafters did not expect this to be the case. Constitutional provisions limited the early presidency. James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution”, was worried that the "power balance" tilted toward the House of Representatives. Madison believed that its control in terms of taxes and spending and its ability to legislate laws that narrowed the powers of the executive and the judiciary made the legislative branch the real center of national power.
“His power, his passion, is the fabric of America. And it’s woven by work ethic and dreams and drive and faith in the Almighty, what a combination.” (S, Palin) Donald Trump is powerful, persuasive and risky. As a candidate for President of the United States, Trump stands strong to purported morals. His campaign video depicts him as the “ultimate candidate”; an individual is who has the ability to stand up for middle class American’s yet be strong enough to institute change, which the Obama administration has been perceived as failing to do. However we are also able to see how Trump has used his power to shape his ideal self into something he is not. Someone who uses codes and signifiers in his favour to fabricate new ideas and conventions.
The 45th president of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump. Trump’s platform is based on the two nationalistic concepts: “Make America Great Again” and “America First.” These concepts have encapsulated Trump’s run for presidency, his current term, and his policy. The concept of “Making America Great Again” taps into white people's belief of an white Christian country and their fear of immigration. Additionally, Trump’s comments of Mexicans being drug dealers, rapist, and criminals helps to exacerbate the issue and make White America fearful of being overrun by immigrants that are taking jobs away from hard working tax paying American system. This shown through Trump’s Muslim ban and his decision to reverse Obama’s 2012 executive DACA. DACA essentially protects thousands of young immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children and allows them to remain in the country without constant fear of deportation. Essentially, the slogan “Make America Great Again” talks about returning America to it’s former glory and putting American citizens, especially America's white citizens, first. And, this concept of “America First” is displayed on whitehouse.gov for Donald Trump reads “America First Energy plan” and “America First Foreign Policy.” Both of the plans essentially puts America’s need and American citizens front and furthermost before entering any agreement. This idea can be explained in Trump’s decision to withdraw from Paris environment agreement unless it the agreement is better for American businesses and taxpayers. While Trump’s nationalistic approach helped him win the election, as policy it essentially serves to cut America away from other countries and turn inward if we now as a country refuse to work with