Donald Trump Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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Amidst the crowded race for the 2016 GOP nomination, one candidate has constantly been making headlines: Donald Trump. Trump has set himself apart from the rest of the candidates as he has become a sort of media sensation. His celebrity makes him a novelty in the journey to the White House, and his incendiary rhetoric has caught the attention of the nation. The contents of Trump’s rhetoric can be broken down into Aristotle’s three artistic proofs, which are described in Topoi: An International Review of Philosophy as: ethos—or character, pathos—drawing on the audience’s emotions, and logos—logical discourse (Meyer 249). Trump’s appeals to logos are weak, so he depends on his appeals to ethos and pathos to make up for his lack of legitimate …show more content…

In regards to unemployment, Trump stated that “the real number is anywhere from 18 to 19 and maybe even 21 percent, and nobody talks about it, because it’s a statistic that’s full of nonsense” (“Donald Trump Transcript”). Trump’s claims are the ones that are nonsense. He is running for president on statements that he blatantly exaggerates to scare people into voting for him. In regards to immigration, Trump states that the problem is “coming from more than Mexico. It’s coming from all over South and Latin America, and it’s coming probably—probably from the Middle East” (“Donald Trump Transcript”). There is no appeal to logos here—Trump is just saying what he wants to believe is happening at the border so that he can make himself out to be a candidate that would be able to overcome his grand, fabricated problems. Although these statements are not well supported, he discusses them in a more informal and angry tone. This in fact helps the ethos that Trump is trying to build, by sounding unintelligent and rash—or “not like a

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