If no one is completely over Donald Trump yet, President Obama definitely is. Lately, President Obama has been doing everything in his power to make sure that Hillary Clinton is the frontrunner in this debate. For most of his speeches that he’s made lately, he has been targeting the working class to ensure that they do not place Donald Trump in the Oval Office. “This is a guy who spent all his time hanging around, trying to convince everybody he was a global elite … and flying around everywhere and all he had time for was celebrities,” Obama said. 
“Suddenly he’s going to be the champion of working people?” “Come on, man,” Obama said with a sardonic laugh.. Although Donald Trump may very well not be the best candidate to become our next President, he is definitely a rhetorical pro. His rhetoric skills have by far been his biggest asset in this election and could very well be the reason why he has majority of the white working class on his back.
What Trump does very well in this election is his use of rhetorical skills and figures of speech to sound like a real person. This has helped him by far in the election because he has been able to grab and keep the attention of the people, especially the working class, whether they are for him or not. The best speeches are memorable and persuasive, and whether or not one agrees with Trump and his ideas, it cannot be denied that he does just that whether the things he says evoke the worst or best emotions in people.
I just saw a clip where President Obama was reading a tweet about himself from Trump and said “at least I will go down as a president” (http://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/499284942/watch-obama-reads-mean-tweets-including-one-from-trump). Trump really does have great rhetorical skills and I do believe that that is the reason he has captured so many people’s attention. What is interesting is that he does sound like a “real person” but he talks about his wealth and power often (which seems contradictory). I do wonder if he knows he is eliciting these responses though.
Interesting view on Donald Trump’s rhetoric. I definitely appreciate how you used Obama and his lack of patience for Trump at this point as evidence to Trump’s tough fight to gain all support from the working class. I am a bit confused on what you are trying to say overall. You say Obama has been destroying the connection between Trump and the working class, but then you say that he has one of the best rhetoric to appeal to the working class. Based on these two aspects, which do you believe voters should follow? Also very interesting how nobody likes to admit but, whatever Trump says, it grabs your attention. No matter who you are, Trump will provoke a strong emotion from you. I definitely agree with this.