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Rhetorical Analysis Of Trapped In Trump's Brain By Maureen Dowd

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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. The purpose is to show that Trump is very clueless as a president and does not understand the full extent of his actions. Maureen Dowd uses many rhetorical devices that help develops her argument. In the article, she uses rhetorical questions such as “So Trump is even using the rhetoric of

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