Rhetorical Analysis: Make America Great Again

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

On June 16, 2015 Donald Trump officially announced that he was running for president of the United States. With his solange being “ Make America Great Again”. Trump is a republican and is a supporter of the Republican Party. His political stand point is often not looked positively throughout society. A republican is someone who believes that every person is responsible for their own self within their surroundings. They are opposite of the democrat party. The democrats are basically the people who supported slavery oppose to the republicans who did not. Both sides have many different opinions on the government. From taxes, social issues, free trade and labor laws, health care, and etc. Trump 's vision for america is way different than our current president Barack Obama.

Donald Trump is our absolute last hope for not just the United States of America but the entire world.

“The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.” John F. Kennedy

“We’ve had enough Bushes,” his mother, Barbara Bush, observed prophetically before her son announced his candidacy last summer.

Annually, the President of the United States addresses not only the Congress but millions of people globally. On January 28th, 2014, President Barack Obama delivered his sixth State of the Union Address. Its purpose, which is required by the U.S Constitution, is “from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient”(Smith et al., 2014, p. ). President Barack Obama utilizes this platform “making more statements that made him appear likeable (ingratiation) and strong (intimidation) than did their traditional counterparts” (Smith et al., 2014, p. ). Typically the president develops a delivery

There is no one reason that can explain President Donald J. Trump's controversial, but enduring appeal; however, the combination of charisma and a powerful message (i.e. “Make America Great Again”) were some of the greatest contributors to the success of his 2016 Presidential campaign. Donald Trump’s bold and non-politically correct approach to politics, along with his charismatic personality appealed to many Americans, and his campaign slogan of “Make America Great Again,” made many American’s feel nostalgic, because it allowed them to attach their own individual perception of when they felt America was at its greatest.

No matter where you live in The United States, you have heard of the tragic mass shootings that have occurred throughout our history. Whether it was the high school students of Columbine High School, or the victims at Ft. Hood, or even the elementary school students of Sady Hook Elementary, we have heard the horrific stories that are quite surreal to think someone would want to harm so many innocent people. It is clear that something has to be done, even if only one life is spared, then it would be worth it. President Obama’s Address to the Nation on January 5, 2016 presents to Congress the idea that strengthening the laws on gun violence, will not stop law abiding citizens from purchasing or keeping their fire arms. Instead, the purpose

“A spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of Communism.” This is the opening line of Karl Marx’s famous Communist Manifesto and in 1848, when it was written, Communism was haunting Europe, though not nearly so much as it would nearly a century and a half later, at the height of the Cold War. Under the looming threat of nuclear holocaust, the bitter conflict between the west and the communist world seemed intractable, omnipresent and all consuming. Fear of communism reached hysterical levels with McCarthyism in the United States; similar movements throughout the west leeched off of the paranoia and despair of a world seemingly condemned to interminable war. With the fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Soviet Union, the triumph of the market economy and the official end of the Cold War, the fear of Communism has dropped from our collective psyche. In its place, however, has emerged a new spectre for the twenty-first century- the spectre of Islam. Within this position paper I will be proving how the political rhetoric from the most recent U.S presidential election plays a role in fuelling the occurrences of Islamophobic hate crimes around the world. Political rhetoric during elections serves as a way for a candidate to attempt to sway voters opinions and get

President Donald Trump announced an extremely important policy that he wanted to an enact… through the popular social media site called Twitter. A summarization of what his tweet means is as follows; Transgender individuals are a disruption to the victory of the military. This message provoked outrage and, consequently, little approval nationwide. In order to formulate his message, President Donald Trump used the tool of rhetorical appeals. As stated by Doug Downs, Aristotle observed that people usually made three kinds of appeals: to logic, to emotion, and to a rhetor’s credibility (Downs 469). Emotional appeals, also called pathos, toy with a reader’s feelings, through the use of manipulative claims, in order to convince the reader of something

Recent remarks by Donald Trump are pretty dark. It was easy to shrug off when the celebrity first caught a lead in the primary polls. Media contributors casually called it an early election-cycle phenomena, with references to the Godfather of pizza Herman Cain and his brief rise and hard fall. All the usual caveats about primary battles occurring such a long way from Iowa have been made. Republican strategists brush it aside. “Trump is an entertainer, that gave him high name recognition and an instant following. Eventually, party loyalists will, respectfully, choose a more substantive candidate.”

Since the announcement of his running for presidency, Donald Trump was not taken seriously by the mass media and politicians. Trump who is an American businessmen and television personality announced his run for presidency from Trump Towers, New York in June of 2015. Trump was among several candidates who ran for the republican party. During the 2016 republican convention, Donald Trump was announced the winner and would be running against democratic nominee Hilary Clinton.

“Make America Great Again” has been plastered across America on television broadcasts, billboards, hats, T-shirts, and other profitable items. This slogan was used not only by Donald Trump, but Margolin (2016) wrote that Ronald Reagan similarly campaigned “Let’s Make America Great Again” in his 1980 race for the White House. The Framers of the Constitution would have agreed with the slogans that Trump and Reagan selected and would have truly supported the way these men have influenced one of the greatest countries in the world.

Donald Trump has implied a desire to run for president on more than one occasion, but on June 16, 2015, he formally announced his candidacy for the 2016 presidential election (Ballotpedia, 2015). Trump is from New York City, New York and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (Politicks.org, 2015). Trump is a real estate developer, television personality, and author and his theatrics in the public and political arenas have created both fame and popularity (Politicks.org, 2015). Trump has shown moderate success since declaring his candidacy holding as much as 30.5% of the popular vote in polls, but currently holds 24.3% of the vote (Real Clear Politics.com, 2015). According to the website, On The Issues, Trump’s political stance is Right Conservative based on the twenty topics the site uses to determine political stance.

Kanye expressed his desire to run for president during this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Although it is still too early to tell if the American rapper is serious about his intentions, Obama surely thought that it was a topic of concern that