Analysis of Donald Trump's State of The Union Speech
The State of the Union address is a yearly speech given by our current president in front of the two houses of Congress. During this speech he presents his views on the current state of the nation and expresses his goals for the rest of the current year.
One of the first things Donald Trump addressed was asking Congress to approve a $1. 5 trillion plan to rebuild America's roads and bridges. If this were to be approved by Congress it would result in significant improvements in the roads and bridges and will create a large number of jobs. Unfortunately, he didn’t provide any details on the improvements or roughly how many jobs would be created.
He also requested Congress to support his immigration policies that would put the desires of American citizens above those of immigrants. The policy would offer a path to citizenship for 1. 8 million U. S. immigrants who arrived illegally as children. He is trying to implement this policy because he is attempting to find a link between crime and terrorism through which he believes the policy will help eliminate. Additionally, as many were expecting Trump did not go into much detail about education. He briefly mentioned creating more vocational schools, job training opportunities, and offering paid family leave.
It was also interesting to observe that Trump clapped several times during his address. I’m not aware of this usually happening as often as it did during an address. Then again, he may have been clapping only to encourage others to continue their applause. Last but not least, I found it very remarkable that he decided to include stories of heroes and survivors of tragic events. He provided these examples to claim that “the state of our union is strong because our people are strong. ”
In conclusion, it was interesting watching my first address. Although Trump expressed his plans and goals confidently, I used my critical thinking skills to research and further learn more about his plans before believing the statistics of what he was saying. It was disappointing that he did not provide any details for his goals that he plans on putting into place. I was convinced that we would see Trump go off-script, but to my surprise he stayed rather calm and on script the entire night and did not ramble on any subject that he addressed.
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