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The main reason that led toOne reason for Donald Trump’s victory during the US pPresidential elections in 2016 was that he spoke candidly about what he would do if elected, especially on issues that other politicians often failed or avoided to mention in their political discourse (Wang & Liu, 2018). As such, many political analysts analyzed President Trump’s speeches to comprehend how well he gained influence and attracted so many people to vote for him. The analysts mainly adopted one form of Critical discourse analysis (CDA),; which is political discourse analysis. CDA is used as a tool that enables linguistic and communication experts researchers to examine whether or not the language used in political speeches is effective in a given context (Bonilla, 2016). Therefore, the main problem addressed in this paper is that, although Trump's speeches have been examined by many political analysts, the evaluation has not been comprehensive and conclusive. As such, the concerns and questions about how President Trump's language in political speeches had an impact on had so many people are still debated, (Almurashi, 2016). Comment by Egbert, Joy Lynn: Meaning of this phrase here? Comment by Egbert, Joy Lynn: I see – so this means you will do a more comprehensive review. Okay.

The purpose of this critical literature review is to explore the application of CDA to examine President Trump’s speeches based on what has already been done by various political analysts on his political discourse. This paper is offersing insights into ways that a (CDA) approach can be used to evaluate the language and meanings in Trump's speeches and their meanings. Also, this paper provides a detailed preview of the major shift that has taken place in the way political messages are relayed in the United States of America. The literature reviews offer a detailed critique of past scholarly materials on political discourse and how CDA can be used to analyze political speeches. The paper attempts to show how political influence is created through linguistics elements incorporated in political speeches. As such, the insights gained from the literature reviews will be used to make a conclusive argument about the effectiveness of President Trump’s language in his political speeches. Comment by Egbert, Joy Lynn: Still don’t understand this – you’re going to explore how CDA works or you’re going to USE CDA to analyze Trump’s speeches more comprehensively (as stated above). You can’t really do both in the one paper, although when you look at the previous research to analyze more comprehensively you can show how the use of CDA was not comprehensive previously. Comment by Egbert, Joy Lynn: This is another whole paper. Comment by Egbert, Joy Lynn: This is yet another purpose.

Literature review

Reviewing existing literature is very important to identify knowledge gaps. As such, this paper looks into past research findings as well as theories developed in previous years to identify the most suitable approach to analyze President Trump's political speeches. A language is a multifaceted tool that promotes the efficient transmission of knowledge and influences the execution of tasks. People use language in almost all aspects of the lives and culture to transmit knowledge, form bonds, and order action. However, language could also influence the formation of negative bonds that would create enmity, segregation, marginalization, and oppression. Discourse analysis is the practice of analyzing different uses of language using diverse conceptual models that would analyze the meaning of messages. Therefore, language is a crucial tool in the social and political fields in society because it allows individuals to take various identities and responsibilities. This paper explores the use of CDA to examine Donald Trump's political language aimed at offering substantial knowledge-based information on the vital evaluation of political discourse.