Perspectives

This part of the study guide will help you add a few other ideas to your analysis that will put Donald Trump’s presidential announcement speech in perspectiv…

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Current issues

Donald Trump’s presidential announcement speech was delivered in 2015 and was followed by an 18-month campaign until he won the US elections in 2016 and became US President in 2017. In your analysis you should consider linking some of the electoral promises mentioned in the speech with what h…

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Textual perspective

In your analysis, you might find it useful to compare Donald Trump’s presidential announcement speech with Barack Obama's presidential announcement speech from 2007. While Trump talked about lack of jobs, immigration, terrorism, and international trade, Obama focused on the importance of American unity, the war in Iraq, economic recession, the educational system, and big…