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What Aristotle can teach us about Trump's rhetoric

  • Written by Anthony F. Arrigo, Associate Professor, Writing Rhetoric and Communication, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Indiana. AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

From Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fireside chats to Ronald Reagan’s reputation as the “great communicator” to Barack Obama’s soaring oratory to Donald Trump’s Twitter use, styles of presidential communication have varied over time.

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