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In the USA Today piece “Will Trump’s lows ever hit rock bottom?” (2017) written by their editorial board, they assert that President Trump is not fit for the presidency not because of his policy decisions, but due to a lack of decent ethics and morals and common decency. They attack the president with hard hitting comments, clearly pointing out his public sexist comments, his predator like behavior and the subsequent aggressive denial, and describing the man Donald Trump as “uniquely awful.” The board aggressively and assertively seeks to portray President Trump as a disgraceful man, let alone president, someone society should look down upon and someone unfit to preside over our one-of-a-kind country. The board speaks to the American people to clearly demonstrate that Trump and the presidency do not fit together. Fiery rhetoric is a very powerful force, especially in popular and well read newspapers. When used properly, it can have an extremely strong and meaningf...

Abraham Lincoln in his “Second Inaugural Address” (1865) suggests to the American people that the tragic continuation of the Civil War has been directly influenced by G-d and serves as retribution for the troubles and injuries caused by slavery. Lincoln explains how America fell into the Civil War using antithesis, details the irony and oddities of slavery in America, and describes G-d’s possible role in the war, its irony and payback. President Lincoln intends to expound and pinpoint America’s mistake in their long overdue refusal to eradicate slavery through using G-d, in addition to providing an explanation for the long and detrimental war. He stands as a moral leader towards his American audience, as he reflects and regrets on slavery and accepts G-d’s punishments and retribution for the country. As a Jew, from my youth I’ve learned about war in the Bible and G-d’s hand in every battle. In fact, in almost every battle in the Bible, the great adversity and defi...