A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS: EXAMINING DONALD TRUMPS POLITICAL SPEECHES

Donald Trumps linguistic strategies have been analyzed using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Trumps speeches feature issues, such as domestic political considerations, individualism in decision-making, and his political vision. Trumps dialogues disclose in the ideology of consistent with tactical patterns of us versus them. He constructs reality for his audience via representations of social actors. Language continues to be used to communicate political ideas and actions to followers. This study utilizes the Political Discourse Analysis (PDA) approach to illustrate the influence of President Trumps language (in political speech) to his audience. The review attempts to identify and explain influential aspects of the Presidents speeches, such as modality, coherence, and transitivity. President Trump remains as one of the most prominent global leaders meaning that his use of linguistic CDA linguistic concepts impacts how he communicates with audiences across the United States as well as globally (Wang & Liu, 2018). Overall, this research discussion identifies and discusses the strengths and weaknesses of Trumps speeches to understand his political discourse that he discloses via different linguistic elements to influence his followers and audiences.