Rhetorical Analysis of Trump's 2016 Campaign Speech

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Back in 2016, Donald Trump gave a speech to try to appeal to those who may or may not support him. He gives an in-depth speech to try to persuade the ones who are indecisive about their decision. The speech provides various rhetorics including logical and emotional appeals, repetition, and post hoc fallacy. These and many other rhetorics serve to attempt to give Trump more votes. In the opening remarks of Trump’s speech, he provides an introduction to what he will promise to change further on into his theoretical presidency. Within that introduction, he uses personal pronouns, such as “we” and “our”, to have the audience feel like they are included into his perspective. Following the use of personal pronouns, he goes to say, “ These are the facts”, providing information about the homicides and a number of illegal immigration that happened in the country. “Homicides last year increased by 17%... In the President’s hometown… more than 2,000 have been victims of shootings… Nearly 180,000 immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country... “ This implements the logical appeal in the speech and lets the audience know to trust his authority. On top of this, Trump applies the propaganda technique of …show more content…

Trump compares her mistakes and misfortunes to what he believes would be a better solution to what America needs. He leans into a post hoc fallacy when he states, “America has lost nearly one-third of its manufactury jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton,” Trump makes Clinton seem like a less appealing candidate by saying one disaster was caused by her and her husband. Then, Trump begins to repeat, “My opponent” to compare himself to her faults to create the illusion that he is more appealing to be president, “My opponent on the other

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