Topic

Donald Trump's Republican nomination acceptance speech is an electoral campaign speech, given on the occasion of Trump’s nomination as the official Republican Party candidate for the US presidential elections. This implies that the topics of the speech are related to American politi…

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American economy, immigration, violence, and corruption

The main topics that the speaker explores in his speech are the American economy, immigration, violence and terrorism, and the corruption of American politicians.

When he talks about the American economy, he focuses on the decrease in Americans’ welfare, caused by loss of jobs, lack of investments, and disadvantageous international trade deals:

Another 14 million people have left the workforce entirely. Household incomes are down more than $4,000 sinc…

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Argumentation

Donald Trump uses a combination of direct and hidden argumentation in his speech. Direct argumentation means he presents his views and arguments explicitly. Hidden argumentation means he uses examples and facts to suggest his arguments implicitly.

In the first part of the speech, there are a few instances of hidden argumentation, when the speaker describes the situation in the US:

Decades of progress made in bringing down crime are now being reversed by this Administration's rollback of cri…