A Presidential Speech Steeped in Hypocrisy
David Frum David Frum wrote an article criticizing President Trump for bringing religion into his speech sending condolences to the victims and the victim's families of the horrific Las Vegas shooting on Sunday. Frum had a very strong opinion in his article, he argued that Trump should not bring religion in his speeches if he has not expressed religious affiliation before his presidency. David Frum opposed Trump's actions strongly, he came off as angry and annoyed in the article. He used the word "steeped" (in hypocrisy) instead of "full" to convey how passionate he is. He also described Trump's speech as "shifty, nervous, and false.", and sent advice to Trump's Cabinet telling them sarcastically to "not make him better". David Frum used sarcasm in addressing Trumps Cabinet, "You can’t make him better, and you can’t make him different. Let him be the man he is, just tidied up a little. Cut the God talk. It’s insulting to those who believe, and no comfort to those who grieve." to ridicule them. He utilized the sarcasm to try to convey that the Cabinet tries too hard to make Trump add up to a good person, who David thinks he is not. The device is intended to convince the reader that Trump should not be mentioning religion, his Cabinet is attempting to make him someone he isn't by adding religious statements into his speech to clean his image up. Essentially, Frum is trying to debunk President Trump's religiosity. He tries to prove that Trump only uses religious statements to try to appeal to a larger audience, and convince others that he is a good person, when in fact, he states that it is offensive to Christian and extremely annoying to others. Frum succeeded, his loaded language and angry sarcastic tone brought his point across.
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