To the majority of Americans, Christmas Day is a refuge of peace, family and introspection. However in 2018, the state of affairs in the Oval Office was not a happy one at all. President Donald Trump gave a speech in the shape of a holiday message which was pronounced by critics as gloomy, despondent and even graceless, a dramatic opposite to the expected messages of goodwill the Resolute Desk should produce.
Although there was a partial government shutdown to a hot rhetoric of border security in 2018, the event remains one of the most controversial points in the Trump presidency. This is the full breakdown of why this speech was so popular to receive the headlines and its significance on the political discourse to this day.
The Situation: an Oval Office Christmas in the middle of a Shutdown.
Though the previous presidents have always taken their holidays in the retreats such as Camp David, or their own estate (including Mar-a-Lago which Trump now occupies), it was the 2018 holiday when the President spent his time in Washington, D.C.
The reason? A partial government shutdown which had already begun on December 22, 2018, as a result of a budgetary impasse over the funding of the southern border wall.1 Trump stated he had been staying behind because he did not want to be on vacation with the federal employees being not paid, though he did have a chance to cement his hard line.
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Its abrupt turn to national grievances was the most obvious side of the message. Trump began his holiday greeting by giving a sorrowful comment: What happens to our country, it is a disgrace. But that is all I wish every body a merry Christmas.
Key Areas of Concern: Russia, Fed and Border security.
Speaking via satellites in Alaska, to the reporters and the Armed Forces representatives of the United States, the President touched upon numerous controversial legal and political issues:
• The Border Wall: Trump has also made the same argument, citing that he had demanded funding of 5 billion dollars, and the government would not be reopened until some kind of a wall, fence or what he would refer to as whatever they would like on the wall was built.
2 Die Russia Investigation: The President acknowledged that he was defense of his 2016 campaign, and proceeded with denying any cooperation with Russia, though it was on a holiday setting.
3 • James Comey: Trump once again reviewed his dismissal of the former FBI Director as part of another unconnected action, calling the Democrats hypocrites because of the shifting views they were taking towards the official.
The Federal Reserve: Trump had complained that the Fed was raising interest rates excessively and that was one of the reasons why the market was volatile.
Presidential Harassment: Readying to Get Thwarted by the Democrats.
By the end of the 2018 midterms, Trump had already preempted a new year where the Democrats, led by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer would take over the House. Trump even spoke of the so-called presidential harassment in the time, indicating that there would be more oversight and investigations, which he asserted were partisan-friendly.
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Conclusion:
A Nontraditional Tradition of Communication. The example of Donald Trump, his unusual communication style, and the favorite example in the case study is his 2018 Christmas message. His more serious political backdrop took advantage of what was anticipated of him during the expected holiday platitudes hence creating his brand as someone who is not going to abide by the rule even on the Christmas Day.
What do you think?
Was it an obligatory act of determination on the side of the President in order to concentrate on the shutdown or it was a diversion of the holiday ethos?
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