Sunday, January 17, 2016

TOW #15 - Donald Trump

            This piece shares that Donald Trump believes to be close with God, but instead of focusing on his religious practices, the author shares how Trump is not good at maintaining his marriages. The article was written by Gregory Krieg, and was published by CNN. Mr. Krieg is an established writer at CNN. Before this job, he was a senior political reporter at mic.com. Gregory Krieg also reported for ABC News for eight years. Krieg graduated from the University of Maryland in 2006.
            The audience of this piece could be anyone, but it is more likely to be those who do not like Donald Trump. The article pokes fun of his inability to maintain a marriage. It also does not give any reason why anyone would like Trump. This piece may be important now that Donald Trump is running for president. However, he was famous before he decided to run, and this piece does not discuss his politics. This piece could have been equally relevant at any point throughout Trump’s career.
            I believe that this entire piece is nothing but an ad hominem. It has nothing to do with Trump’s politics, and barely explains why he thinks he has a good relationship with God. In my opinion, this piece was poorly written and incorrectly labeled. If Krieg wanted to discuss Trump’s poor marriage skills, he should have done so without briefly mentioning trump’s supposed relationship with God. This piece discredits Krieg, because it has nothing to do with anything.

            The author’s purpose was probably to show a reason why Trump is a fool. I do not think that Krieg achieved anything. If discussing Trump’s relationship with God, he should have mentioned that Trump hates immigrants and all Muslims. I hope God doesn’t hate all those people. If Krieg wanted to criticize Trump’s failed marriages, he could have done that without the pretense of a discussing a relationship with God. I say this is an ad hominem because instead of attacking Trump’s polices or political beliefs, Krieg is questioning Trump’s ability to hold a marriage.

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