Intention

Donald Trump's Republican nomination acceptance speech was a political speech delivered by Donald Trump in 2016, during the US presidential election campaign.

The speaker’s overall message with the speech is that he is the most suitable candidate for becoming the US president. To convey this message, the speaker explores topics like the decline of the economy, illegal immigration, violence, terrorism and foreign policy, and the corruption of the political system.

The speaker’s overall intention is to convince the audience that the situation in the US has become worse in recent years and that he is the only one suitable to improve things: “I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people that cannot defend themselves. Nobody knows the system better than me, which is why I alone can fix it.” (ll. 217-219)

His official purpose with the speech is to present his electoral campaign platform (his plans for his time as President): “The most important difference between our plan and that of our opponents, is that our plan will put America First.” (ll. 147-148). By claiming that America will come first, the speaker also sends a powerful message to other countries—that he will...