Bell Ringer Activity:
Watch the 2-minute video, "Donald Trump's Best Speech of 2016" and pick one of the following quotes:
"I will never, ever put the special interests before the national interests."
"I will never put a donor before a voter."
"...or a lobbyist before a citizen."
"So, while sometimes, I can be too honest, Hillary Clinton is the exact opposite."
1) What does the quote mean literally (state explicitly)?
2) What does the quote imply (strongly suggest)?
1. The last quote means literally that Hillary Clinton is a fat liar.
ReplyDelete2. The quote implies that Trump should be favored when looking at who is more truthful.
What Donald Trump is saying when he says "So, while sometimes, I can be too honest, Hillary Clinton is the exact opposite." is that Hillary Clinton is a liar and that he's knows that in the past that he has been too honest by speaking his mind because he doesn't care what people think about him but Clinton lies to make people think she is great.
ReplyDeleteThe quote I was particularly struck by was the first one: "I will never, ever put the special interest before the national interest." "National interest" is a term we hear a lot in politics, meaning, the interests of a nation/country (i.e., what goals a country has for the future of its nation). However, "the special interest" doesn't seem to mean anything...at all...and I can't figure out what Donald Trump means when he says, "the special interest." What interest is he talking about? Is there only ONE interest, "THE interest," of which American voters and citizens should be aware?
ReplyDeleteOn a surface level, I'm not sure this quote means anything, but on a "below the surface" level--"implied meaning"--it seems to be using a term we will discuss a lot in class, "glittering generalities." Generalities are words or topics that don't really mean anything because they are too general or not specific. "Glittering," the adjective, means that the generality sounds good or "pretty." To me, as a voter and American citizen, I think "the special interest" is vague for a reason. This phrase allows Americans to impose whatever meaning they want onto Donald Trump's words...almost like he's a blank sheet of paper and we can see what we want reflected in him.
Does anyone feel these same way/differently? Agree/disagree with my comment about "the special interest?"
"So, while sometimes, I can be too honest, Hillary Clinton is the exact opposite." This quote means basically what it says. Donald Trump is saying that he can be too honest, while Hillary isn't honest at all. He compares some things she has said to her "33,000 deleted emails," meaning that you will never find the truth. This quote implies that he is greater than her because she always lies.
ReplyDeleteWhen Donald Trump said, "so, while sometimes, I can be too honest, Hillary Clinton is the exact opposite" he meant that he always tells the truth, and sometimes he shows it too much. While Hillary Clinton always lies, and never is truthful to her people. This implies that Donald Trump is so much better, and more sincere than Hillary is in a way that makes people think that Hillary is worth nothing. Donald Trump is pretty much trying to say that his information that he shares is worth everything and Hillary's is never correct. This will make people think badly of her.
ReplyDeleteThe first quote means he will not put the interests of himself or specific groups ahead of the country. The quote also shows that he wants to put major issues ahead of temporary or minor issues that may not impact as many people at this time.
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