Compare And Contrast John F Kennedy's Inaugural Address

“January 20th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again.” and, “Ask what your country can do for you...Ask what you can do for your country.” These two quotes are taken from two presidents inaugural speeches, as they were about to embark on the presidency of the United States of America. Every president in the United States of America has to give a speech at the beginning of their presidency that set the tone for their presidency. Therefore, Former President Donald Trump, who voiced his speech on January 20, 2017, and earlier President John F. Kennedy, while marks his special moment on January 20, 1961. Both speeches shared a similarity and differences. However, each president presented under different circumstances during American History. Kennedy is dealing with the Cold War, while trump is dealing with the post 9/11 Era. On the other hand, Trump and Kennedy both presents different ideas and promises. President John F. Kennedy starts his inaugural address by exclaiming his understanding that America was very different from that of the nation’s predecessors. In this inaugural address, Kennedy connects Americans together as one country and humans together as one population with a call to duty that relies on a heavy appeal to the ethics and morals of himself

He talked about the country’s rates of violent crime are at all-time lows and many cities are beacons of prosperity by many economic measures. Nonetheless, Trump’s description of the country resonates deeply with many Americans. However, Trump pledged to “unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate completely from the face of the earth.” unlike Kennedy, Trump focused on terrorism, which Kennedy did not because of 9/11 which came forty years after Kennedy’s speech. In contrast to 9/11 trump inaugural speech was after the attack by sixteen years which made him talk about