Rhetorical Analysis Of Trump's Inaugural Address

Although, I have never been one to really focus on politics, the persuasion of the audience plays an important aspect on my view of both speeches. In President Obama’s speech, the audience was chanting his name which indicated that they were fond of him. Yet in President Trump’s speech the audience did not support him as much. There were few claps from the audience in President Trump’s video. This had indicated that many citizens were far more supportive of President Obama and not so much of Donald Trump.
President Trump’s inaugural speech discussed how the citizens are suffering and the how much power there was for the citizens of the United States. President Trump had amazing word choices! He used a reasonable vocabulary which benefited the …show more content…
President Trump had horrible hand gestures. He used the same hand gestures repeatedly which was irritating, because this is not the only time in his speech which I noticed the same hand gestures. President Trump constantly puts his hand in the air, pointing his finger and using the “it’s okay” hand gesture (pinching his thumb and pointer finger together and keeping the other fingers up). I believe a speaker should constantly try something new when presenting a new speech. Although in the middle of President Trump’s inaugural speech, the audience was being more supportive of his ideas for our country by clapping and cheering him on. I did not like President Trump style of speaking because he was not sincere about having that amount of power. President Trump was not humble whatsoever in his inaugural speech which personally plays a big factor when speaking. He started off by thanking a few people who were in office before him. “Chief Justice Roberts, President Carter, President Clinton, President Bush, President Obama, fellow Americans, and people of the world: thank you.” I believe this was great until he stated his next sentence. “We, the citizens of America, are now joined in a great national …show more content…
His speech was about the citizens of the United States and what binds the nation together. “We recall that what binds this nation together is not the colors of our skin or the tenets of our faith or the origins of our names.” He constantly discussed everyone should have freedom not just in the United States but in other countries as well. President Obama had astonishing delivery verbal and nonverbal. President Obama had amazing hand gestures. President Obama used his hand gestures when needed, this indicted which parts of the speech were important. He would use the hand gestures to point out the important words. He also did a fine job on his vocals as well. President Obama would use a different tone when speaking about an important subject or to point out important words. His voice was bold and very entertaining which made me want to hear his speech. Although, his voice did not change, it was at the same tempo throughout his speech. Personally, I would like for the speech to have bold and timid moments not just bold throughout the speech. The audience was supportive throughout the speech by clapping and cheering President Obama. In President Trump’s speech, the audience was not that involved in the speech which played a bit factor in my opinion. I loved President Obama’s speech and his speaking style because he was genuine and humble. Personally, I believe that is the key to mastering the