Is Donald Trump An American Putin?
Colimn published August 18th, 2015
In this column, David Ignatius discusses the parallels between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American politician and presidential candidate Donald Trump. Throughout this, he utilizes rhetorical devices such as appeals to pathos as well as charged diction to create an effect of strong judgmental feelings towards trump. Ignatius uses words such as "narcissist" and "bully" when describing both figures to allow the reader to observe the flaws in their political approaches. The charged diction also aides in establishing appeals to pathos by evoking feelings resentful feelings towards Trump after reading the column,.
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