Donald Trump Political Speech Analysis

Politicians usually use directives and commissives in their political speeches. Perhaps, the commissives are even present to a greater extent than directives because the main characteristic of commissives is to express what the speaker intends to do. They are used by politicians to commit themselves to some future action. Like other politicians, Donald Trump also uses commissives in his political speeches. To restrict illegal immigration, President Trump has promised to build a wall on the southern US border and to deport illegal immigrants living inside the United States. Moreover, these commissives presented the cornerstone of his entire campaign because he mentioned it in almost every statement, as in:
TRUMP: “I will build a great wall …show more content…
It is obviously a violation of the quality maxim because political rallies are tightly organised and every spokesman must adhere to the already established protocol. This violation also creates the implicature portraying Melania as a perfect wife, both beautiful and religious, who decided to recite the prayer in this special occasion. Moreover, this example again portrays Trump’s excessive usage of the representative and expressive speech acts, probably used to reach a close and harmonious relationship with his supporters in Florida. When Trump uses representative speech acts, he does not provide arguments for his opinion, as in: TRUMP: “I think it was Russia. Putin should not be doing it. He won't be doing it. Russia will have much greater respect for our country when I am leading it than when other people have led it.” This analysis demonstrated that Trump’s discursive strategies are characterised with representative and expressive speech acts, mostly used to violate conversational implicatures which Trump created consciously. Although highly ambitious and driven, Trump has a tendency to be undisciplined, with a penchant for thinking superficially and speaking in