Last week we said goodbye to Hilary Clinton; this week we say hello to a new pragmatic politician, Mr. Donald Trump. “Defining all odds and turning all expectations on their head, Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States of America in a massively divisive campaign that polarised America”, wrote one commentator. Two […]
The ‘Slugfest’ is Back!
The American electorate and the rest of us will, most certainly, have some interesting viewing time ahead with the prospect of three of the most divisive debates of any US elections in history.
Be Careful Mr. Cruz: Revenge Can Be Self Destructive!
It was an accident prone week for the principal speakers at Republican Convention last week. We had Melania Trump’s speech which followed a customary ceremonial (epideictic) model; then we had Ted Cruz’s speech, which was a forensic speech albeit a negative one, and finally Donald Trump’s acceptance speech, which was deliberate in style and content. […]
