Barack Obama Compare And Contrast
Former president Barack Obama and Donald J. Trump have different views on many topics. In fact, they do not compare to each other in any way. In Barack’s Farewell Address he is hopeful and optimistic as he offers change. He makes the impression that he will never stop servicing and fighting for the rights of all citizens. While Obama stays encouraging, Trump in his Inaugural Address only seems to be concerned with power. The values promoted in Barack Obama’s Farewell Address are hopeful for the future as he talks about the safety of all citizens of the United States of America. He seems concerned with the education of the youth and the increase in jobs. Trump describes America as “A Mad Max-like dystopia” when the United States has accomplished things that we may never have accomplished without former president Barack Obama.
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Trump’s Inaugural Address was unsurprisingly bleak as he talks about “making america great again”. During this address Trump’s focus was power, the wealth of the United States, and what seem to only be his best interests. “Obama took office in the midst of a massive economic crisis, with Americans losing their jobs by the thousands, and the outgoing president was historically unpopular. Yet Obama’s address, while acknowledging those challenges, reached for a tone of optimism. Trump, by contrast, enters office at a time when the nation is more politically divided than it has been in decades, but is by most other metrics in better shape. The unemployment rate is at its lowest in years, and crime rates are near historic lows. This is not the picture one would get from hearing Trump’s speech out of context”, says The Atlantic Monthly. In Donald Trump’s Address he does not portray that we have came a long way in the last eight years when we
Trump’s Inaugural Address was unsurprisingly bleak as he talks about “making america great again”. During this address Trump’s focus was power, the wealth of the United States, and what seem to only be his best interests. “Obama took office in the midst of a massive economic crisis, with Americans losing their jobs by the thousands, and the outgoing president was historically unpopular. Yet Obama’s address, while acknowledging those challenges, reached for a tone of optimism. Trump, by contrast, enters office at a time when the nation is more politically divided than it has been in decades, but is by most other metrics in better shape. The unemployment rate is at its lowest in years, and crime rates are near historic lows. This is not the picture one would get from hearing Trump’s speech out of context”, says The Atlantic Monthly. In Donald Trump’s Address he does not portray that we have came a long way in the last eight years when we