Diction: Donald Trump speaks with short sentences and repeated phrases, often in the same format for every speech. "It’s so incredible. It’s brilliant. It’s genius. Our technology, our equipment, is better than anybody by a factor of five."
Devices: Trump uses repetition of phrases and words to uselessly put additional meaning onto the idea he is trying to push forward into comprehension, although not quite ever making it understandable to others. The repetition and conversational air to the dialogue adds to his authenticity of speech.
Tone: The tone of this article is questioning and pursuing, looking into specifically why Trump responded the way he did when asked about the military's performance in a setting or event.
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to address Donald Trump's horribly performed explanation for the military completing a task in Syria and then in Afghanistan for his own personal gain: bragging rights.
Argument: You could almost see the president make the realization that the praise for the state of the military might be a political problem, because he’s spent a year and a half telling Americans that Obama left the military a complete train-wreck. The rhetoric was a lie, which in turn leaves Trump in a jam: how can he celebrate the might of our military without discrediting his own talking points? The answer, apparently, is to clumsily argue that the military is amazing and it was depleted by that rascally predecessor of his.
Devices: Trump uses repetition of phrases and words to uselessly put additional meaning onto the idea he is trying to push forward into comprehension, although not quite ever making it understandable to others. The repetition and conversational air to the dialogue adds to his authenticity of speech.
Tone: The tone of this article is questioning and pursuing, looking into specifically why Trump responded the way he did when asked about the military's performance in a setting or event.
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to address Donald Trump's horribly performed explanation for the military completing a task in Syria and then in Afghanistan for his own personal gain: bragging rights.
Argument: You could almost see the president make the realization that the praise for the state of the military might be a political problem, because he’s spent a year and a half telling Americans that Obama left the military a complete train-wreck. The rhetoric was a lie, which in turn leaves Trump in a jam: how can he celebrate the might of our military without discrediting his own talking points? The answer, apparently, is to clumsily argue that the military is amazing and it was depleted by that rascally predecessor of his.
Original article: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trumps-praise-the-military-comes-caveat