Rhetorical Analysis Of Donald Trump

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Fear is alive and surging. Americans are more afraid today than ever before. Polls show Americans constantly worrying about becoming victims of terrorism, crime, and war. Since the 2016 election, widespread fear has skyrocketed. Concerns as to why have sparked curiosity in media influence, the GOP/DNC and even the President of the United States, Donald Trump. When we allow fear to prevail our emotions, thoughts, and actions, we are left with an irrational view of political concepts which fuels the fire for a fearful America.
Donald Trump imposes and utilizes fear as political rhetoric. In his bid for the Republican Nomination in 2016, Trump generates an unexpected statement concerning America and Mexico. "When Mexico sends its people, …show more content…

In addition to Trump, his affiliated party, the Grand Old Party (GOP) imposes fear. "The end of the DACA program threatens all the things that the young people he works with have achieved...You see in their eyes the fear, that's the heartbreaker" (Sanchez, par. 1,2, 2017). Just recently, the GOP propositioned for the repeal of DACA, a program that allows illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States illegally as children to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and become eligible for a work permit in the U.S. (“Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,” par. 1, 2018). Threatening to take away something so helpful yet unhelpful in the eyes of many presses tremendous anxiety on hundreds of thousands of immigrants living and working in the states. When fear is near, the capacity for control is even more prominent, therefore the GOP successfully benefits from using fear factors to get immigrants to sign or agree or in return for being granted amnesty. I personally believe and have second handedly witnessed the GOP inflicting fear upon immigrants, as for example, of hearing horror stories of families being …show more content…

It is of my judgment that broadcasting stations are fixated on the words, "breaking news." It seems today that any circumstance holds as current breaking news as highlighted by Psychology Today. "News programming uses a hierarchy if it bleeds, it leads. Fear-based news programming has two aims. The first is to grab the viewer's attention. In the news media, this is called the teaser. The second aim is to persuade the viewer that the solution for reducing the identified worry will be in the news story" (If It Bleeds, It Leads: Understanding Fear-Based Media, par. 1, 2011). Our emotions guide us through our anxieties and most of the time, things seem worse than they actually are. All the discussion regarding Mexicans are taking our jobs (PBS NewsHour, 20:48-20:54, 2015), and North Korea missiles heading for the Pacific border of America etc., are all heightened by the kind of media we consume. The intention of news is to inform us of what's occurring around us and possibly suggest solutions to how to cope or resolve them. However, the real question that should be asked of ourselves is, is it sensationalized or real news and does it seek to benefit or instill fear in its audience? Editor of the Atlantic, Molly Ball uses news outlet, The Guardian, in agreement and opens up about how the media is like a cloak of protection for Americans. When the anxiety is high, people crave protection (Ball, par. 9, 2016), therefore concise reasoning is almost

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