Trump And FDR Rhetorical Analysis

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected as the 32nd president of the United States in 1932, the third year of the worst economic depression in America's history. At the height of The Great Depression about 25% of America's workforce was unemployed, and the country was crying out for change. This is what he promised in the inaugural address he gave on March 3, 1933: change. He gave his speech to show the hearts and minds of the people of the USA that they will come back from this great hardship. Franklin Delano Roosevelt used a powerful yet sympathetic tone of voice, dramatic pauses for emphasis, and plan to change how the country operated, in his Inaugural Address to reassure the nation that they will come back from the Great Depression.

“A date which will live in infamy” is a phrase most associated with this day. An unprovoked attack aimed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 left the nation vulnerable to various outside powers. Franklin Delano Roosevelt knew the vital importance of creating and leading a crusade, so his purpose in addressing the nation was to declare war against Japan and rally the support of the citizens of America. Until the devastating bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japan had been considered an ally. Roosevelt’s speech was about bringing justice to the nation and being honest with the people about the terrible events that had just occurred. Roosevelt, serving as the thirty-second president of the United States, was in his second term when the attack happened.

The “Infamy Speech” was a brief speech, running to just a little over seven minutes. Secretary of State Cordell Hull had recommended that the President devote more time to a fuller exposition of Japanese-American relations and the lengthy but unsuccessful effort to find a peaceful solution. However, Roosevelt kept the speech short in the belief that it would have a more dramatic effect.

After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the US declared war against Japan and Germany. Before this, however, President Franklin Roosevelt urged the US to join the war. In fireside chats and speeches to the public and congress, FDR discussed offering aid to allied countries and a course of action that should be taken. Overall, Roosevelt visioned that America’s role should be to help countries in need by upholding democratic values and lending war materials and money, which would be accomplished by Congress passing laws that allow joining the war effort and offering such aid.

Lastly, each article differs in the way they reveal their overall purpose. Cohen’s article, for example, puts his main focus towards defending the craft that he has dedicated his entire life to perfecting, along with manipulating his audience into believing a straw man that he set up in his article. The straw man, of course, was President Trump, and Cohen continuously used diatribe in order to lessen the president’s stature. After Cohen had lowered Trump’s credibility, Cohen used a questioning strategy to manipulate his audience even more into thinking that Trump is on the same path as Hitler was under his rule of Nazi Germany. In the end, Cohen’s purpose was directed at persuading his audience into believing that news outlets such as the

The next article I examined was from NBC News, this article toyed with pathos right from the get go. The headline is “Trump Critics Dismiss New Immigration Order as Repackaged ‘Muslim Ban’” (Arkin). That plays with emotion by adding the idea of “Muslim Ban” because everybody has his or her own feelings and ideas within the connotation of that word. It also becomes a factor, because that is what the first immigration ban was dubbed before it was repealed, which shows an immediate sign of a more democratic bias. The article will go onto to convey ideas that makes the idea that this ban is a bad thing, and has religious prejudice within the order. The logos of the article is true, but gives a left-wing approach to the situation, which could affect

In April of 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered a speech to express his plan to overcome economic problems they were facing in order to meet the needs of the upcoming war. His job was to convince Americans to not lose hope and to trust the war effort. To do so he used a substantial amount of Rhetorical Strategies. The clearest use of Rhetorical Strategies is repetition.

This shows that the author uses fact based points. However, they also used lots of connotative words and clearly despised Trump, the article is also pathos, or appeal to emotions. For example, the author said “Trump’s words are alarming in their resemblance to the rhetoric from the early 1940s” (Trump pa. 6). The author tries to persuade the reader into believing that Trump was inadequate to be president because of his proposition to ban all Muslims. The author also wants the reader to believe that FDR was a bad president for putting the Japanese people in internment

President Roosevelt paced an embargo on the countries of Bolivia and Paraguay due to their "armed conflict," because Congress allowed him to place the embargo through joint resolution-" a legislative measure that requires approval by the Senate and the House and is presented to the President for his approval or disapproval."

Readers have already heard about Trump’s similarities to Hitler and have become unresponsive to the idea. The mention of the Trail of Tears and the Great Depression are not only a fresh perspective of the implications of Trump’s plans, but elicit a much more personal response for Americans. This utilization of historical fact not only adds credibility to the article, but also an emotional impact. The mentioning of the Bosnians in Yugoslavia brings even more historical credibility to the article. Americans many not know much about the topic so it does not elicit the same emotional response, but the story does add an educational

You’ll encounter ads everywhere you go, on television, social media, billboards, newspapers, movies, posters all with a common goal such as to manipulate and change the public’s point of view. Most of us pay little attention to advertisements believing they have little to no effect on how we think or how we make our decisions. However, they do affect us, good or bad. Just like the cartoon drawing “Waiting for The Signal From Home” drawn by Theodor Seuss Geisel who devoted his full time to cartooning after coming back to America where he later he later was asked to illustrate his first children 's book as where now he is known as Dr. Seuss famous for writing children’s books (Bio.com. A&E Networks Television). This 1942 World War II cartoon depicts Japanese Americans living on the West Coast implies the Japanese-Americans are sympathetic to Japan but it doesn 't directly imply they bombed Pearl Harbor. As well as this image depicts Japanese Americans to be untrustworthy and so President Roosevelt signed an order in February of 1942 ordering Japanese Americans to live in internment camps ("Japanese-American Internment." Ushistory.org. Independence Hall Association).

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

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton talk about their visions for the future of America. I think Trump one because he has a plan for money growth, and Hillary just lies too much. This audience is for upcoming voters for which president they want leading their country. This article is to Inform us about the plans the presidents have for the future of the United States of America.

Furthermore, the bias language that was used throughout the article was weasel words. The value words that were used to elicit an emotional response of confusion, and fear will be denotation, connotations and, ambiguity. The language that was used in getting the point across was effective. The reason why is that the words Twitter, politician and news anchors were used variously throughout the article, as if this argument was directed toward and for the news broadcasters and

"December 7th, 1941-a date which will live in infamy" are the famous words Franklin Delano Roosevelt used to describe one of the most damaging surprise attacks placed on the United States. On this day of heartbreak, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, killing over two thousand people and leaving Americans terrified and confused. The day after Japan attacked the U.S, Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered a speech to the nation, now known as FDR's Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation. With the use of pathos, ethos, and logos, FDR creates one of the most persuasive speeches in history convincing