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Donald Trump's Super Tuesday victory speech was delivered on the occasion of the Republican nominee winning five states during the presidential primaries, including Florida, the home state of one of his opponents, Marco Rub…
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Donald Trump’s victory during the presidential primaries
The overall purpose of the speech is to celebrate Donald Trump’s victory during the presidential primaries. In the US, the presidential elections are organized in two phases. First, candidates compete inside their own party to become the only party nominee in the presidential race. This stage is known as primary elections. Trump’s speech was delivered in this phase of the electoral process. Winning in the state of on…
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The presidential race
Furthermore, part of his speech focuses on his ongoing presidential campaign; on winning against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, should he win the primary elections: “I beat Hillary in many polls.” (l. 186). Trump bases this claim on public surveys that favored him. Furthermore, he exploits Clinton’s weaknesses: “I don't know that she's going to be allowed to run.” (ll. 184-185) – alluding to the email scandal in…
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Other topics
Donald Trump also touches on a variety of other topics in his speech, including the economy, immigration, and terrorism.
Much of his speech is focused on the American economy. He points to the lack of jobs, the hardships of the middle class, and to the role of American companies: “…we've forgotten the middle class. So we're going to lower taxes. We're lowering taxes on business. You look at all the companies that are moving…
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Argumentation
Donald Trump argues for his views using open and direct argumentation.
As we have mentioned, Donald Trump's Super Tuesday victory speech is mainly about his victory in several states in the primary elections, but it also touches on topics like economy, immigration, and terrorism, or the presidential race.
Whenever the speaker presents his views on his victory or one of the related topics, he states these views explicitly: “The Virginia one was just a great win because it's a place that is just spectacular and a place that we have big investments in…” (ll. 44-46); “We have tremendous power over everybody because we are really the source. We have great, great power. The problem is we have politic…
