For some time before his eventual election,
I had been fascinated by the idiosyncracies of
former President Trump’s spoken style.
When I read an online invitation to analyse and
diagram features of this style,
I responded at once.

In the first link below is my analysis.

• First comes an extract from a speech he made in 2015,
• then a phrase by phrase analysis,
• and then a diagram of typical features of his style.

analysis-of-trumps-spoken-style-text-by-rosie-mcandrew

The second link will take you to the article with the invitation to diagram Trump’s style,
though unfortunately all the emails I sent them containing my analysis bounced back:

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/11/14238274/trumps-speaking-style-press-conference-linguists-explain

For a contrast with the oratory of former President Obama, see my appreciation of an extract from his victory speech in 2008, presented in the form of a lesson for intermediate or advanced students (designed for Macmillan’s onestopenglish.com):

https://www.onestopenglish.com/listening-lesson-plans/obamas-2008-victory-speech/156920.article