By using the rhetorical method of ideological criticism, I plan to analyze President Trump’s 2016 RNC acceptance speech to identify and develop what ideologies he was portraying through his words. It is observed that in rhetoric, social beliefs are reflected through the words that speakers of that time carefully choose to craft a statement. Ideological criticism then strives to identify a pattern of beliefs that a specific group has, through the rhetoric they present. Once they are identified, these beliefs show the groups “fundamental social, economic, political or cultural interests” (Foss, p.209). To determine what ideologies are most present in Trump’s speech I will look for common themes within his words. For example, I man group together
