Trump's America Rhetorical Analysis

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In his first ten days in office, the concept of "Trump's America" has shown itself already to be significantly different from any President prior and potentially any future, and his inauguration speech acted as a key method of setting the stage for this. Every four years on January 20th at 12pm is officially the beginning of a new presidency. People from all over the world come together as one, as they vigilantly await the inaugural speech that would presumably indicate the intentions of their future as a nation. Though Trump is currently known as one of the world's wealthiest men, owning properties all over the world through his exceptional accomplishments in businesses, he didn't always have such luxury. In
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The continual reminder that the power is now with the people not only emotionally evoked happiness, but also showed that he is a man that is unselfish and considerate. With such a powerful and vivid word when mentioning his last breath, will leave anyone to see the …show more content…
Alluding religion, God, in his speech would often be acknowledged as him being a man of God, that might lead people to presume that Trump is not only a strong, respectable, unselfish man, but also an ethical man, which is one of the strongest ascription that anyone can hold. Ultimately, Trumps last appeal was his usage of logos, including some numbers in order to ensure his audience that he knew what he was talking about. His first, and strongest appeal to logos came up fairly quickly when he references the constitution of the united states when mentioning giving the power back to the people in regards to controlling the government (9). Though it may be debatable, Trump mentions America’s predicaments of lives lost, flushed education system, and more, which could be seen as a logo primarily because these statements are very much true (14). After all, Trump goes on to acknowledge the ten’s and millions of people that have come together, as a historical movement to America (12). Trump uses a repetition of logos appeal similar to this one where he mentions a number to describe the number of people who lost a job, came to America, or when emphasizing the amount of money America

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