Intention

Donald Trump's Super Tuesday victory speech was a result of the speaker winning the primary elections in five US states, while also being projected to win several more and to become the official Republican Party nominee for the Presidential elections.

This implies that the main topic of the speech is Donald Trump’s electoral victory. Within this overall topic, the speaker also touches upon issues related to the American economy, immigration, terrorism, and the presidential campaign.

His official intention with the speech is to celebrate his victory and thank his supporters in the campaign: “It's been amazing to have so many wonderful employees, so many of whom are here tonight, really urging us on.” (ll. 49-51); “And when we unify, there's nobody, nobody that's going to beat us. Thank you very much everybody. Thank you.” (ll. 642-644)

However, the speaker’s overall intention is to convince and assure the audience that he can win the election and that he is a unifying force for the Republican Party and American society, despite the fact that he is a political outsider: “And we've actually expanded the party. Look at the number of votes (...) Four years ago, they had 390,000 or so votes. We doubled it. We were almost 800,000.” (ll. 173-176); “So I –  look, I'm a unifier. I know people are going to find that...

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