The highly controversial book by Michael Wolff highlights the current Trump administrations processes, from the beginning of his campaign, through the transitory period, and well into the first year of Mr. Trump's presidency. The book is based on both on and off the record interviews with the staff, political advisors, and other friends of those in the White House conducted by the author in a very “fly on the wall” setting where he was allowed to stay in the White House simply because nobody was telling Mr. Wolff to leave. Using these interviews, the author paints a picture of how the President is constantly manipulated by those around him, how he is extremely unprepared for his position, and how he is regarded by those around him. The nature …show more content…
The books attempt at a neutral covering is most clear in the style of evidence collecting. Using the notes directly from interviews should create a perfect representation of what is really going on, but the slight left leaning spin comes out in the timing of quotes or the specific ones used. For example, when covering the inauguration speech, the author states that the previous meeting with the at the time current President, Barack Obama, Mr. Trump felt scorned, and as a result, “wore what some around him had taken to calling his golf face: angry and pissed off, shoulders hunched, arms swinging, brow furled, lips pursed. This had become the public Trump—truculent Trump.” (page 44). The fact that the description of Mr. Trump is so extensive, and doesn’t mention the more right leaning idea that it was an extension of his “game face” lends itself to the understanding that the book was written by somebody who doesn’t like the President. Another example of the more left leaning attitude is the quote from George W. Bush used to sum up the inauguration speech “That's some weird shit.” The use of a quote like that instead, or without the acknowledgement of someone saying something for the speech shows a very “this is all a mess” attitude, consistent with the more liberal …show more content…
His father, Fred Trump, was a man of power and acumen. As a result, Mr. Trump gained many of his personal attributes from a respect of his father in his formative years, including the President’s natural competitive nature. When he got out of college, Mr. Trump immediately joined his father's real-estate management company,which he then expanded upon on his father's business ventures. As a window into the kind of person he is, after Mr. Fred Trump passed away at 93, he was quoted saying “I don’t think I wanted to outdo him, but maybe psychologically I did. You’re always looking to do a little better than your parents... deep down, maybe I did.” As a result, Mr. Trump defines himself as as a successful businessman, a good decision maker, a member of the “lucky sperm club.” As all successful businesses do, Mr. Trump branched his areas of influence out, being the owner of a line of steaks (sold at radioshack), the owner of a college, an airline, a hotel chain, casinos and other such oddities. While many of the ventures proved to be drains on his wallet, others such as his hotels gave him money in which to tout. The man eventually moved from New York to Los Angeles, where the people more closely resembled his style of flattery for influence. There he became a reality T.V. star, in his show “The Apprentice”. Although his political career officially started with his announcement of candidacy for the Presidential race, Mr. Trump
Presidency Article In Richard Neustadt’s often read book, “Presidential Power and the Modern President”, Richard observes the essence of presidential power while working in the executive branch. He served under President Franklin Roosevelt term and also stayed to serve under President Truman as well but it is said that President Kennedy brought presidential power with him in his time. During the first bit of his well written book, Neustadt expresses how the president’s good behavior and image can come with persuasion of others but the final page concludes Neustadt’s opinion on the struggles the president faces along with worldwide issues. According to Neustadt, presidents are expected to do much more than what the Constitution
Bill O’Reily in his article “Trumps Silent Plurality” argues that President elect Donald Trump, despite wide opposition by the “Left Wing” media and experts has managed to win the presidential election as well as “rewriting the manual the manual for how to run a presidential campaign. O’Reily supports this claim by introducing the perspective of a trump supporter, giving reasons for why and how Trump was opposed, and finally he explains the importance of the elections results and how they will affect the future. One of the most salient strategies O’Reily employs in order to convey his argument is addressing the situation from a new perspective. From the onset of the article the reader is introduced to the mindset of a fairly informed American voter, who finds presidential candidate Donald Trump very
Matthews, Chris. Hardball: How Politics Is Played: Told by One Who Knows the Game. Touchstone, 2004. Hardball, by Chris Matthews presents some of the tactics politicians use to get ahead politically. The book is chalk full of examples of each principle Matthews presents.
Joseph Epstein in his article “Trump and the Plutocrat’s Hubris,” speaks to Trump’s role in the government, and the extent to which businessmen can be successful in a political setting. Although it could be argued that Epstein’s article in objective, the use of pathos, diction, and tone throughout his article shows that the article in innately subjective. “My father was a moderately successful businessman…” By stating this, the article automatically becomes subjective. Epstein brings in a personal story, which in turn alludes to the reader that the article is his opinion.
Donald Trump defended Republican presidential rival Ben Carson for his comments on the recent Oregon college shooting. On Wednesday, the real estate mogul jumped to the defense of Ben Carson who said he would have attempted to foil the gunman’s efforts in the Oregon college shooting. Donald Trump posted a statement on Twitter saying it was unfair to judge his GOP rival based on his comments on the incident last Thursday at Umpqua Community College, according to the New York Post (NYP). “Ben Carson was speaking in general terms as to what he would do if confronted with a gunman, and was not criticizing the victims, the NYP quotes Trump’s tweet on Wednesday.
In “Trapped in Trump’s Brain” is an editorial written by Maureen Dowd, a democratic columnist. Recently, President Trump has been passing many laws that the public disagree upon such as the Ban Act. He also lack giving a good and efficient response in interviews. Many people see him having characteristics of a dictator. Her is that because Trump does not trust anyone who disagrees with him it leads to a political mess and shows his narcissistic side.
Ivanka Trumps familiarization with the Trump Organization helps show her father as a fair entrepreneur, by him creating equal wages for men and women throughout his companies. With Donald Trump making his company equal, she explains that he would do the same for the United States. Her father wants women to be a “significant portion of the work force” (Drabold, par. 19). For that to happen, Ivanka Trump said he will “focus on making quality child care” for all (Drabold, par. 19). The information from Ivanka Trump’s personal experiences has shown her father to be a fair man from the way he has developed his
Everyone wants the truth and with Leonard Pitts Jr. you get it. Pitts writes for the Miami Herald daily newspaper in southern Florida. His style is very unique in all of his writings, and different from other authors. Pitts mostly focuses on the outbreak of the daily news. For instance, Don’t Lower The Bar on Education Standards is strictly states lowering the bar will not fix anything it will only decrease the standards.
An Ethnic Trump by Gish Jen narrates how a Chinese-American mother teaches her son about the involvement of racism. It is a personal essay about Gish Jen’s experience as the mother of a child that is biracial. Jen’s husband is of Irish descent and she is Chinese-American. Yet evidently, people view their son, Luke, as mainly Chinese. The author’s primary aim in writing this essay was to reflect on how multiracial people are perceived.
Donald Trump Should Be Impeached Donald Trump is the 45th president of the United States however is not known to be a not a great president. Trump has said many ignorant and racist remarks, and has no regrets for anyone. Donald has not only offended America, but has offended various countries as well. Trump has been considered the worst president in history, therefore he should be impeached. (Thesis) Donald Trump has been called out for his ridiculous statements, overconfidence and prejudice beliefs.
Jonathan Wolff’s article primary addresses the unfair treatment of social and economic rights, emphasizing on the current global health crisis in particular; it disputes human rights not equally prioritized. He then poses a challenging but essential question: “How can there be a human right to health if the resources are just not there to satisfy it?” He obviously takes to heart the necessity of good health care as a natural right for humans and he believes it should be legally our right to have a good health system. His believe can draw once mind to reevaluate Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 speech in which he alleged that the “four freedoms”—freedom of speech and worship, and freedom from fear and want—are basic human rights. Wolff construes, the right to health is a human right as reported by the Declaration of Human Rights.
Based on the evidence in Patrick Shanley’s play, Doubt: A Parable, I conclude Father Flynn is guilty because of his desire to help boys and his ability to hide his past. Father Flynn has a strange liking of boys. He is the basketball coach at the school and loves spending time teaching kids how to play basketball. Although he is suppose to be teaching the boys about basketball, He tends to boys how to be men. When talking to the boys Father Flynn says, “I’ve noticed several of you guys have dirty nails.
In my paper, I will analyse Donald Trump’s political activities before and after the election to get an objective viewpoint of America’s President. We’ll start off with the history of Trump, both personal and political, to see whether there was some sort of significant development over the years indicating a tendency towards ‘good or evil’. Next, we will take a look at what Donald Trump promised to do – the wall, lowering taxes and repealing Obamacare to name a few – and evaluate if he managed to keep his election pledges. This success rate is a major factor in definitively assessing Trump’s influence on America.
A dogged work of reminiscence by an author not naturally given to introspection, “Decision Points” lacks the emotional precision and evocative power of his wife Laura’s book, “Spoken From the Heart,” published earlier this year, though it’s a considerably more substantial effort than Mr. Bush’s perfunctory 1999 campaign memoir, “A Charge to Keep.” Certainly it’s the most casual of presidential memoirs: how many works in the genre start as a sort of evangelical, 12-step confession (“Could I continue to grow closer to the Almighty or was alcohol becoming my god?”), include some off-color jokes and conclude with an aside about dog poop? The prose in “Decision Points” is utilitarian, the language staccato and blunt. Mr. Bush’s default mode is
A meticulous analysis of President Donald Trump through the theoretical paradigms would enable one to adopt some of best strategies followed by the model leader Donald Trump, or else it might throw light on the need to be thinking on one’s