Task 10. Inaugural addresses of other American presidents.

Analyse the inaugural addresses of later American presidents and discuss the following questions:  What aspects of
the American dream are touched upon?

Support you findings with corresponding lines from the inaugural addresses. 

What other aspects of the American dream (apart from those mentioned in Task 4) do the inaugural addresses
suggest? 

Did the American presidents follow the guidelines they had set before themselves when assuming the presidency? 

In your opinion, whose inaugural address reveals the notion of the American dream most accurately? Why?

Today’s ceremony, however, has very special meaning because today we are not merely
transferring power from one administration to another – but transferring it from Washington DC
and giving it back to you the people.

(sovereignty)

For too long a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government while the
people have borne the cost.

Washington flourished but the people did not share in its wealth. Politicians prospered but the
jobs left and the factories closed.

The establishment protected itself but not the citizens of our country.

Their victories have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs. While
they have celebrated there has been little to celebrate for struggling families all across our land.

That all changes starting right here and right now because this moment is your moment. It belongs
to you. It belongs to everyone gathered here today and everyone watching all across America today.

This is your day.

This is your celebration.

And this – the United States of America – is your country.

What truly matters is not what party controls our government but that this government is
controlled by the people.

Today, January 20 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation
again.

The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer. Everyone is listening to
you now.

You came by the tens of millions to become part of a historic movement –  the likes of which the
world has never seen before.

At the centre of this movement is a crucial conviction – that a nation exists to serve its citizens.

Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighbourhoods for their families and good
jobs for themselves.

(making comfortable living)

These are just and reasonable demands

Mothers and children trapped in poverty in our inner cities, rusted out factories scattered like
tombstones across the landscape of our nation.

An education system flushed with cash, but which leaves our young and beautiful students
deprived of all knowledge. And the crime and the gangs and the drugs which deprive people of so
much unrealised potential.

We are one nation, and their pain is our pain, their dreams are our dreams, we share one nation,
one home and one glorious destiny.

(association)

Today I take an oath of allegiance to all Americans. For many decades, we’ve enriched foreign
industry at the expense of American industry, subsidised the armies of other countries, while
allowing the sad depletion of our own military.

We've defended other nations’ borders while refusing to defend our own.

And spent trillions and trillions of dollars overseas while America’s infrastructure has fallen into
disrepair and decay.

We have made other countries rich while the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has
dissipated over the horizon.

(proud of the country)

One by one, shutters have closed on our factories without even a thought about the millions and
millions of those who have been left behind.

But that is the past and now we are looking only to the future.

We assembled here today are issuing a new decree to be heard in every city, in every foreign
capital, in every hall of power – from this day on a new vision will govern our land – from this day
onwards it is only going to be America first – America first!

Every decision on trade, on taxes, on immigration, on foreign affairs will be made to benefit
American workers and American families.

Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength. I will fight for you with every bone in my body
and I will never ever let you down.

America will start winning again. America will start winning like never before.

We will bring back our jobs, we will bring back our borders, we will bring back our wealth, we will
bring back our dreams.

We will bring new roads and high roads and bridges and tunnels and railways all across our
wonderful nation.

(development of American society)

We will get our people off welfare and back to work – rebuilding our country with American hands
and American labour.

We will follow two simple rules – buy American and hire American.

We see good will with the nations of the world but we do so with the understanding that it is the
right of all nations to put their nations first.

We will shine for everyone to follow.

We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones, and untie the world against radical Islamic
terrorism which we will eradicate from the face of the earth.

(cooperation with other countries)

At the bed rock of our politics will be an allegiance to the United States.

And we will discover new allegiance to each other. There is no room for prejudice.

(freedom from prejudice)

The bible tells us how good and pleasant it is when god’s people live together in unity.

When America is united, America is totally unstoppable.

There is no fear, we are protected and will always be protected by the great men and women of our
military and most importantly we will be protected by god.

Finally, we must think big and dream even bigger. As Americans, we know we live as a nation only
when it is striving.

We will no longer accept politicians who are always complaining but never doing anything about it.

The time for empty talk is over, now arrives the hour of action.

Do not allow anyone to tell you it cannot be done. No challenge can match the heart and fight and
spirit of America. We will not fail, our country will thrive and prosper again.

We stand at the birth of a new millennium, ready to unlock the mysteries of space, to free the earth
from the miseries of disease, to harvest the energies, industries and technologies of tomorrow.

(the future progress)

A new national pride will stir ourselves, lift our sights and heal our divisions. It’s time to remember
that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget, that whether we are black or brown or white, we all
bleed the same red blood of patriots.

We all enjoy the same glorious freedoms and we all salute the same great American flag and
whether a child is born in the urban sprawl of Detroit or the windswept plains of Nebraska, they
look at the same night sky, and dream the same dreams, and they are infused with the breath by
the same almighty creator.

So to all Americans in every city near and far, small and large, from mountain to mountain, from
ocean to ocean – hear these words – you will never be ignored again.

Your voice, your hopes and dreams will define your American destiny.

Your courage, goodness and love will forever guide us along the way.

Together we will make America strong again, we will make America wealthy again, we will make
America safe again and yes – together we will make America great again.

Thank you.

God bless you.

And god bless America.

 В приведенном ниже примере используются анафора и синтаксический параллелизм: “We will face challenges, we
will confront hardships, but we will get the job done.” [Trump]
Подобный анафорический повтор в сочетании с употреблением параллельных конструкций встречается неоднократно:
“We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our
dreams” [Trump].
В следующем примере масштаб вовлеченности граждан Америки в новый курс политики подчеркивается
сочетанием параллельных конструкций с антитезой: “So to all Americans in every city near and far, small and large, from
mountain to mountain, from ocean to ocean, hear these words.” [Trump].
Так, в речи неоднократно используется эпифора в сочетании с синтаксическим параллелизмом: “Their victories
have not been your victories. Their triumphs have not been your triumphs.”
Помимо этого, при вербализации контраста между прошлым и настоящим встречаются следующие виды повтора
и параллелизма: - анадиплосис:“Everyone is listening to you now. You came by the tens of millions…” [Trump]; - рамочная
конструкция: “The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.” [Trump]; - хиазм: “What truly matters
is not which party controls our government, but whether our government is controlled by the people.” [Trump].
Особенно сильную положительную эмоциональную реакцию аудитории вызывает речевая репрезентация
патриотизма: “From this day forward, it's going to be only America first, America first.” [Trump] “We will get our people off of
welfare and back to work, rebuilding our country with American hands and American labor.” [Trump] “We will follow two
simple rules; buy American and hire American.” [Trump]
В приведенных высказываниях патриотизм подчеркивается последовательным, анафорическим и эпифорическим
повторами лексических единиц “America” и “American”. Подобным образом репрезентируется образ сильного
национального государства: “America will start winning again, winning like never before.” [Trump] В приведенном примере
используется анадиплосис для акцентуации лексической единицы “ winning ”. Идея защищенности страны
подчеркивается путем повтора лексической единицы “protected ”: “We are protected and we will always be protected. We
will be protected by the great men and women of our military and law enforcement. And most importantly, we will be protected
by God.” [Trump] Защищенность как ценность выражается и посредством озвучивания негативных факторов,
сказывающихся на безопасности страны: “We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our
products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs.” [Trump] В приведенном примере синтаксический параллелизм
подчеркивает серьезность перечисляемых проблем и создает особый эмоциональный эффект. Повторение местоимения
«наше» акцентирует внимание слушателей на том, на кого направлена угроза. Многочисленные повторы и параллельные
конструкции создают особый ритм речи, а также придают ей целостность и высокую эмоциональность. Помимо этого, в
нескольких случаях Трамп прибегает к инверсии: “From this day forward, a new vision will govern our land.” [Trump]
В речи неоднократно встречается многосоюзие, при помощи которого акцентируется важность каждого из
перечисляемых элементов: “We will build new roads and highways and bridges and airports and tunnels and railways all across
our wonderful nation.” [Trump] “No challenge can match the heart and fight and spirit of America.” [Trump] Лексические
стилистические средства употребляются Трампом в меньшем количестве, чем синтаксические. Они используются как для
вербализации ключевых ценностей, так и для придания языку дополнительной яркости и выразительности. При
репрезентации понятий свободы и патриотизма используются эпитеты: “…the great men and women of our military and law
enforcement.” [Trump] “We all enjoy the same glorious freedoms and we all salute the same great American flag.” [Trump]
Эпитеты употребляются для характеристики населения Соединенных Штатов и для выражения благодарности: “…
righteous people and a righteous public.” [Trump] “…and we are grateful to President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama for
their gracious aid throughout this transition.” [Trump] Трамп активно использует метафоры (в некоторых случаях стертые) и
персонификации при описании проблем недавнего прошлого: “Washington flourished, but the people did not share in its
wealth. Politicians prospered, but the jobs left and the factories closed.” [Trump] “…mothers and children trapped in poverty in
our inner cities…” “…the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has dissipated over the horizon.” [Trump] “The wealth
of our middle class has been ripped from their homes...” [Trump] “…and the crime and the gangs and the drugs that have stolen
too many lives and robbed our country of so much unrealized potential.” [Trump] Для этой же цели используется
метафорическое сравнение: “…factories scattered like tombstones across the landscape of our nation…”[Trump]

 Almost 4 million jobs created since election.

 More Americans are now employed than ever recorded before in our history.
 We have created more than 400,000 manufacturing jobs since my election.
 Manufacturing jobs growing at the fastest rate in more than THREE DECADES.
 Economic growth last quarter hit 4.2 percent.
 New unemployment claims recently hit a 49-year low.
 Median household income has hit highest level ever recorded.
 African-American unemployment has recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
 Hispanic-American unemployment is at the lowest rate ever recorded.
 Asian-American unemployment recently achieved the lowest rate ever recorded.
 Women’s unemployment recently reached the lowest rate in 65 years.
 Youth unemployment has recently hit the lowest rate in nearly half a century.
 Lowest unemployment rate ever recorded for Americans without a high school diploma.
 Under my Administration, veterans’ unemployment recently reached its lowest rate in nearly 20 years.
 Almost 3.9 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps since the election.
 The Pledge to America’s Workers has resulted in employers committing to train more than 4 million Americans. We are committed to
VOCATIONAL education.
 95 percent of U.S. manufacturers are optimistic about the future—the highest ever.
 Retail sales surged last month, up another 6 percent over last year.
 Signed the biggest package of tax cuts and reforms in history. After tax cuts, over $300 billion poured back in to the U.S. in the first
quarter alone.
 As a result of our tax bill, small businesses will have the lowest top marginal tax rate in more than 80 years.
 Helped win U.S. bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
 Helped win U.S.-Mexico-Canada’s united bid for 2026 World Cup.
 Opened ANWR and approved Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines.
 Record number of regulations eliminated.
 Enacted regulatory relief for community banks and credit unions.
 Obamacare individual mandate penalty GONE.
 My Administration is providing more affordable healthcare options for Americans through association health plans and short-term
duration plans.
 Last month, the FDA approved more affordable generic drugs than ever before in history. And thanks to our efforts, many drug
companies are freezing or reversing planned price increases.
 We reformed the Medicare program to stop hospitals from overcharging low-income seniors on their drugs—saving seniors hundreds
of millions of dollars this year alone.
 Signed Right-To-Try legislation.
 Secured $6 billion in NEW funding to fight the opioid epidemic.
 We have reduced high-dose opioid prescriptions by 16 percent during my first year in office.
 Signed VA Choice Act and VA Accountability Act, expanded VA telehealth services, walk-in-clinics, and same-day urgent primary
and mental health care.
 Increased our coal exports by 60 percent; U.S. oil production recently reached all-time high.
 United States is a net natural gas exporter for the first time since 1957.
 Withdrew the United States from the job-killing Paris Climate Accord.
 Cancelled the illegal, anti-coal, so-called Clean Power Plan.
 Secured record $700 billion in military funding; $716 billion next year.
 NATO allies are spending $69 billion more on defense since 2016.
 Process has begun to make the Space Force the 6th branch of the Armed Forces.
 Confirmed more circuit court judges than any other new administration.
 Confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch and nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
 Withdrew from the horrible, one-sided Iran Deal.
 Moved U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.
 Protecting Americans from terrorists with the Travel Ban, upheld by Supreme Court.
 Issued Executive Order to keep open Guantanamo Bay.
 Concluded a historic U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal to replace NAFTA. And negotiations with Canada are underway as we speak.
 Reached a breakthrough agreement with the E.U. to increase U.S. exports.
 Imposed tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum to protect our national security.
 Imposed tariffs on China in response to China’s forced technology transfer, intellectual property theft, and their chronically abusive
trade practices.
 Net exports are on track to increase by $59 billion this year.
 Improved vetting and screening for refugees, and switched focus to overseas resettlement.
 We have begun BUILDING THE WALL. Republicans want STRONG BORDERS and NO CRIME. Democrats want OPEN
BORDERS which equals MASSIVE CRIME.

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House Subpoenas White House
Budget Office and Pentagon
Democrats are looking for
information that could reveal
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plan for Syria troop
withdrawal despite outcry
from GOP lawmakers
WASHINGTON – President
Trump left isolated as
Republican allies revolt over
US withdrawal from Syria
Mitch McConnell and Lindsey
Graham lead condemnation of
Brexit: Voters are turning
against no deal as deadline
approaches, poll suggests
Just a third of voters believe
Boris Johnson should crash the
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decision to withhold security aid
from Ukraine was tied to his bid
to pressure its government to
investigate rivals.
Barr and a Top Prosecutor
Cast a Wide Net in Reviewing
the Russia Inquiry
The attorney general and a
veteran prosecutor, John H.
Durham, have charted an
unusual course that could bolster
President Trump’s pet theories
about the Russia investigation.
President Endorses Turkish
Military Operation in Syria,
Shifting U.S. Policy
The operation would sweep
away American-backed Kurdish
forces near the border in Syria.
The White House said U.S.
forces “will no longer be in the
immediate area.”
Rick Perry’s Focus on Gas
Company Entangles Him in
Ukraine Case
The energy secretary pushed
for changes at Naftogaz with
Ukraine’s new president as
President Trump sought
inquiries into political
opponents.
North Korea Rules Out Quick
Resumption of ‘Sickening’
Talks with U.S.
The North said that it would not
meet with American negotiators
again until after Washington
took a step toward “complete
and irreversible withdrawal of
hostile policy.”
Italy’s Connection to the
Russia Investigation,
Explained
A Trump adviser met a professor
in Rome whose actions figured
into the opening of the Russia
inquiry in 2016. Now the
attorney general is reviewing it.
Mueller Warns of Russian
Sabotage and Rejects
Trump’s ‘Witch Hunt’
Claims
Robert S. Mueller III laid out
damning insights about
President Trump, calling his
responses to investigators
untruthful and acknowledging
that he could later be charged
with a crime.
Austria’s Kurz, Leading in
Polls, Looks Open to Reunion
With Far Right
Four months after scandal
imploded Sebastian Kurz’s
coalition, the wunderkind
conservative looks set to win
again in Sunday’s election. Will
he embrace the far right a second
Donald Trump defended a plan
to move U.S. troops out of
Northern Syria despite a
backlash Monday from GOP
lawmakers who say the move
would leave Kurdish allies in the
region in grave danger from a
Turkish invasion.
Trump's remarks – his first
public comments on a decision
announced late on Sunday –
followed a storm of criticism
from Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell and other
Republicans who described the
move to withdraw from the
region as a betrayal of allies who
fought alongside U.S. forces
against ISIS.
On Syria, Donald Trump cites
'my great and unmatched
wisdom' – others say no way
WASHINGTON – Defending
his Syria decision on Monday,
President Donald Trump cited a
much-mocked reason:
"My great and unmatched
wisdom."
Trump claimed these attributes
while saying he would not allow
Turkey to do anything he
wouldn't approve of in northern
Syria after U.S. troops leave the
region: "If Turkey does anything
that I, in my great and
unmatched wisdom, consider to
be off limits, I will totally
destroy and obliterate the
Economy of Turkey (I’ve done
before!)."
Democrats see echoes of
Russia in Trump’s call for
China to investigate Joe Biden
WASHINGTON – Already
facing the threat of impeachment
for his interactions with Ukraine,
President Donald Trump
embraced the same tactic
Thursday by publicly calling for
China to launch an investigation
into his leading Democratic
rival.
The remarks stunned legal
observers, quieted many of the
president's allies and provided
ammunition to Democrats who
are hoping to convince voters
that Trump's controversial call in
July with Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky wasn't a
fluke but rather part of a larger
pattern of conduct unbecoming
of the Oval Office.
"China should start an
investigation into the Bidens,"
Trump said at the White House
minutes after discussing his
administration's longstanding
trade war with Beijing. "What
happened in China is just about
as bad as what happened with
foreign policy move that could
prove ‘disaster in the making’
Lindsey Graham said
abandoning the Kurds would be
‘a stain on America’s honour’.
Lindsey Graham said
abandoning the Kurds would be
‘a stain on America’s honour’.
Donald Trump was dangerously
isolated on Monday as, in a rare
rebuke, some of his most loyal
allies revolted against his
decision to withdraw US troops
from north-eastern Syria.
No-deal Brexit would 'push
national debt to levels last seen
in 60s'
IFS says public borrowing will
more than double next year
whatever the Brexit result
Hong Kong's Carrie Lam
refuses to rule out asking
China for help to quell protests
Leader feels city authorities can
handle situation but says no
option can be ruled out
Hong Kong’s leader has said she
would not rule out asking for
Chinese government help in
putting down the long-running
protests “if the situation
becomes so bad”, but at present
she thought city authorities
could handle the situation.
UK out of the EU without a deal
if he cannot reach an agreement
with Brussels over the next three
weeks, a poll has revealed.
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Hardeman
Trump claims ‘UK is thrilled’
and he ‘consulted with
everyone’ in rambling defence
of decision to let Turkey
invade Syria
Donald Trump has issued a
strange, rambling defence of his
controversial decision to green
light Turkey’s invasion of Syria,
insisting he had consulted with
everyone before acting and that
Britain was among those parties
“thrilled by the decision.
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baggage: The foreigners on
Hong Kong's protest front
lines
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a particularly violent day of
Hong Kong protests, recounting
how she narrowly escaped arrest
last Sunday after riot police
surprised a large group of
protesters occupying a major
road of the government district.
After dozens of rounds of
teargas were fired from behind
police lines, tactical police
known as “raptors” suddenly
charged from the side, hitting
protesters with batons and
tackling dozens into submission.
It was a particularly violent mass
arrest even by Hong Kong
standards, where four months of
mass anti-government protest
have become increasingly
turbulent.
North Korea pulls out of
nuclear talks after US insist
two sides had ‘good
discussions’
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Korea and the United States
have broken down, Pyongyang’s
chief negotiator has said, despite
Washington’s assurances the two
sides had “good discussions” in
Sweden.
Hong Kong protesters devise
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around mask ban
A tutorial video showing
viewers how to plait their hair to
achieve the anonymising
hairstyle was shared on Twitter
by journalist Cherie Chan.
It came as tens of thousands of
masked protesters poured onto

time?
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Stature
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animus, Junius Ho, a pro-Beijing
lawmaker, is gleefully fueling
the divide by praising the police
and demonizing the protesters.
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Student to Activism, Then to
the Point of a Gun
Tsang Chi-kin, 18, showed no
interest in politics until this year.
After being shot by the police,
he could become a potent
symbol of the protests.
Ukraine." Hong Kong’s streets on Sunday
as they furiously yelled:
Hong Kong leader bans masks “Wearing a mask is not a crime.”
in protests
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
banned protesters from wearing
masks Friday in a hardening of
the government’s stance on the
territory’s most disruptive crisis
since it reverted to Chinese rule
in 1997. (Oct. 4)
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