Rhetorical Analysis Of Donald Trump's Address

“Beginning today, the United States of America gets back control of its borders, gets back its borders (Sweet).” This famous quote said by Donald Trump marked a change in the future safety of America. Trump held a speech on 1/25/2017 at the Department of Homeland Security to announce his future plans of building a wall along the United States and Mexico border. Throughout history, The United States was notable as “a nation of immigrants. It was settled by immigrants and has been enriched and strengthened by those from other countries. Throughout US history, however, the general sentiment toward newcomers has been negative. In any given period, more citizens have opposed immigration than have supported it ("Economic”).” The United States was

built upon people immigrating in search of a better and safer lifestyle for themselves and their families, but there has been an increasing problem of illegal immigration. Illegal immigration has caused many problems for our economy and our safety. During Donald Trump's speech, he believes that illegal immigrants need to be kept out of the United States. Trump proposes a future plan to uphold his belief that illegal immigrants should not be in the U.S and also lists the benefits that come with following his plan.
In January of 2017, Donald Trump held a speech to announce his plans to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico. During his speech, Trump persuades the audience by using authoritative and passionate hand gestures and allowing briefs pauses in his speech for the audience to applause and fully digest the information he’s presented. Throughout the speech, Trump uses very effective pathological appeals to persuade the audience's emotion and uses repetition to further exclamate his plans for America’s and Mexico’s future. It was important for the American people to hear Donald's Trump’s information in his speech, in order to know why the wall needs to be built and what problems illegal immigration has had on our country. A little over a year ago, Trump made this speech addressing the importance of finding a solution to illegal immigration. Today, the President has followed through with his plans and has now begun the process of building a wall. The construction of the wall means that we will hopefully decrease the problem of illegal immigration within the United States.
During Trump’s speech, he uses pathological statements to appeal to the audience's emotions and to get the audience to listen to what he has to say about his future plans for our country.

Trump uses this technique to evoke emotions when talking about the loss of loved ones from families by illegal immigrants. In his speech, Trump states “We are joined here this afternoon by parents whose children were horribly killed by individuals living here illegally. I will now read these parents' names and ask them to stand (Sweet).” By listing out the names of the ones who died and presenting them to the audience, Trump is trying to garner sympathy and understanding for the current immigration crisis. The president believes that it was important for the families to feel as though they're children's lives will be remembered. This part of the speech is still relevant because by putting up the border wall, Trump is upholding his promises to the families and the American people, to decrease the amount of lives lost and increase safety along the

border.
Trump uses repetition to restate the main purpose of his speech, which is to share his future plans of building a border wall and the benefits of having the wall, not only for the United States, but also Mexico. Trump repeats throughout the speech that by putting a border between Mexico and the United States, we will eliminate the ability for illegal immigrants to cross the border and increase both the U.S and Mexico's economic system. Trump explains his idea in a very patriotic way to persuade the American population into believing his idea will actually help benefit our country. Trump’s speech explains the importance of building the wall in order to increase safety for the American population and add more jobs to improve the economy. The speech is still significant today because the construction of the wall has begun, providing multiple new jobs for Americans.
Trump not only used very effective rhetorical devices , he also used vigorous body language to help improve his speech.

“The term “body language” refers to the nonverbal cues that you communicate to others during interpersonal interactions and may include things such as posture, gestures, and eye contact. According to some experts, body language typically accounts for approximately 50 to 70 percent of all communication (“Preparation”).” Although Trump uses numerous types of body language, the ones that stood out the most were his use of hand gestures and pauses in his speech. The hand gestures help show authority and that he is strongly passionate about his future plan to build the wall and the idea of making America more safe and to have a better economy. Throughout the entire speech, Trump never lays his hands down by his side and constantly uses them to emphasize the importance of his speech. His use of hand gestures demands attention and expressess "I am in command." The pauses in the speech create a moment for the audience to fully digest what Trump is talking about, and allow applause for Trump until he continues in his speech. It was important for Trump to give this speech in order to show that he cares about the safety of our

country.
Subsequently, Donald Trump utilizes his speech at the Department of Homeland Security to propose his solution for decreasing illegal immigration. Trump announced that he just “signed two Executive orders that will save thousands of lives, millions of jobs, and billions and billions of dollars (Sweet).” Trump effectively states his speech by using authoritative hand gestures, appropriately placed pauses which allow time for the audience to comprehend the information given, repetition to thoroughly get his point across, and pathological appeals to persuade to the audiences emotions for the loss of loved ones to illegal immigration. Trump inspired the American population to trust in him to protect the future of America. One way to protect the future of our country is to diminish our enemies, and Trump believes that our enemies can be eliminated by decreasing illegal immigration. In his speech, Trump offers a future plan to end illegal immigration and improve America’s safety and economy.