English Composition: An Argumentative Evaluation of Trump's Statements

This essay provides an argumentative analysis of a news article from The Economic Times, focusing on President Donald Trump's evolving statements regarding Cristine Blasey Ford's accusations against Brett Kavanaugh. The essay evaluates the neutrality and objectivity of the news article in reporting Trump's comments, highlighting instances where Trump's statements appear biased and chauvinistic. It examines how the Economic Times portrays Trump's skepticism towards Ford's claims and his perceived favoritism towards Kavanaugh. The essay commends the news article for its frank and forthright reporting style, which allows readers to form their own conclusions about Trump's perspective without editorial bias, using lucid language and direct quotes to convey the story.

Running Head: ENGLISH COMPOSITION
English Composition
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The accusations that Cristine Blasey Ford has leveled against the US Supreme Court
Nominee Brett Kavanaugh has caught the world by storm. It is Christine Blasey Ford’s claim
that she was raped by the man when she was in high school, a time when he not only
committed such a loathsome and sinful act but also gloated about it with pride to his friends
and peers. Today, almost every newspaper and magazine in the USA and worldwide is
focused on following this story to its end, namely, to see whether Brett Kavanaugh is meted
out the punishment that he deserves. This essay uses the argumentative writing style to
evaluate a news article published in The Economic Times, on the evolving statements made
by President Donald Trump on Cristine Blasey Ford and concludes by commending the
neutral tone in which this news is presented to the American public and the world.
What the Economic Times does in this news article on Donald Trumps statements on
Blasey Ford is to describe all these statements in detail and under different categories. The
news article begins with the statements that Trump made regarding Blasey Ford being a
credible witness. The news article clearly reveals in its reporting how she is mocked by
Trump by describing exactly how Trump portrays her, that she seems to be a fine woman, a
very fine woman indeed and that her story was undoubtedly one that was compelling because
of the fact that Blasey Ford is a fine woman. He was sarcastic all along in saying that he did
not know how this testimony made by Cristine Blasey Ford was going to work out for the
country, since there was a good chance of Brett Kavanaugh being denied a position in the
lawmaking system of America and implied through his statements that he felt this decision on
the part of Americans to keep him out of the American judiciary would not be one that would
work well for the country in the long run. The Economic Times was entirely objective in
reporting Trump’s statements and it is clearly from the reporting style that no effort has been
made on the part of this newspaper to portray these statements in a positive light. Clearly

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President Trump is being unfair and highly chauvinistic in his allusion to Cristine Blasey
Ford as a fine woman and talking about how her testimony would adversely affect law
making in America in the long run. This unfairness comes across in the reporting style
adopted by The Economic Times when producing this story. Trump is seen by the readers of
the Economic Times to be an unreasonable and irrational man.
The news article in the Economic Times also makes it clear that Brett Kavanaugh is a
stooge of President Trump. The evolving statements made by President Trump on Cristine
Blasey Ford as reported by this article in the Economic Times showcases the fact that Brett
Kavanaugh is definitely someone who is greatly favored by the US president. The Economic
Times reports blatantly, with true journalistic honesty and rationality, that Trump is quite
doubtful or skeptical about the claims that are being made by Cristine Blasey Ford. Trump
talks about many questions not being answered about the day when Cristine Blasey Ford was
sexually assaulted by Trump. Questions like the location of the assault, where it happened
and how it happened are in his view yet to be known, hence his skepticism is demonstrated in
true and honest fashion by the Economic Times. The newspaper reports how Trump
continues to state that he respects Blasey Ford a lot as a woman, and how every effort has
been made on the part of the US administration to give the doctor who is examining the case,
enough time to arrive at a decision or consensus that is neutral in character. However, what
clearly comes across through Trump’s statements in the Economic Times that he does believe
for even a second that Brett Kavanaugh had assaulted Cristine Blasey Ford, and that even if
the incident is true, he would want the verdict of this case to be in favour of Brett Kavanaugh
and not the victim Cristine Blasey Ford.
Finally, the Economic Times reports in this news article about how Cristine Blasey
Ford had just one beer before being supposedly sexually assaulted by Brett Kavanaugh. He
keeps alluding to the fact that she does not remember how she got home, she does not

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remember where the incident took place but what she does remember is that she had one
beer. What Trump clearly reveals in these statements made to the Economic Times is that he
finds Cristine Blasey Ford’s accusations of Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulting her to be
entirely trivial and superficial in nature, if not a tad bit unfair.
What is commendable about this article in the Economic Times is the frank, forthright
and neutral way in which the reporting has taken place. There is no attempt on the part of the
person writing down this news story to justify the statements that are made by Donald Trump.
The reporter simply shows how much of an ignorant and biased man Donald Trump and that
he is clearly someone who wants the case to be ruled in favor of Brett Kavanaugh, that is, a
man who is a prominent member of the Republican Party and who has been nominated by
President Trump for heading the Supreme Court.
This article in the Economic Times also makes use of lucid and free flowing language
to report the story. The actual comments that have been made by Donald Trump have been
reported exactly as these were conveyed to the newspaper, with the comments being placed
in quotes. Those reading this newspaper article therefore get a full understanding of exactly
what it is that was said by President Donald Trump about Cristine Blasey Ford and the
manner in which this was said, with no words of his being edited in the process.

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