Remarks by the President On the New Tax Bill: Orwell Says Or'no'

      Orwell's ode to writers is simple, claiming that simplicity and captivating imagery keep writing fresh and real, and avoid the common mistakes made by modern English. One must find the balance between too simple and too crowded, between filler and true content. This is difficult, and it seems to be especially hard for the commander in chief.
                
(Above is an example of the president's horrible speech patterns)

     Recently the president visited Missouri to discuss his "reforms" (insert eye roll). His speech was scattered and not to the point, and failed at giving me the imagery necessary to good writing. He scavenged for old sayings to fill in the blanks his undeveloped brain couldn't bear to fill. For example, "...plan for historic tax cuts right across that finish line," is not even  complete saying. What is your finish line? Do the taxes themselves cut across the finish line, or is it the fact you finished that sentence worth celebrating? He also validates his lack of creativity with repetitive and simple descriptions, such as, "Big ones. Big ones." Half way through this speech, the only thing he has mentioned about the tax cuts is that they are tax cuts, and are pretty big ones. His inability to paint a picture of his tax cuts and their effectiveness in my mind also causes him to fall into another trap, contradiction. Here, "Massive tax cuts and reform. I don't even mention the word reform because people don't know exactly what we're talking about," he again uses the adjectives 'massive' and 'reform' for the tenth time, but further digs his own grave (my own use of metaphor for this case) by contradicting himself. If you want to prove you do not say something, then just don't say it! You obviously don't understand what reform means when your bill just continues to feed the rich; the opposite of reform. He must find a balance between simplicity and color, to make sure he isn't speaking to level of a toddler but also making sure the descriptions are effective and not crowding. The examples Orwell gave in his argument show a whole level of incompetence, as you could not understand past two words what the excerpt meant. Here, the president does a fantastic job, of doing the exact same thing, "And the problem was they talked about tax reform, not tax cuts. I said, don't call it "reform," call it "tax cuts and reform." So every once in a while we'll add the name "reform." But it's tax cuts." So, cuts aren't reform, but they are if reform and cut are in the same sentence, but cuts are still better, but reform is still necessary. Great! Gibberish seems to be a new degree someone can get and then be the president of the most powerful country in the world. Staying on topic is also crucial to an argument, as I'm pretty sure ISIS gives zero cares about your tax cut/ reforms, "You know, we've spent almost $7 trillion in the Middle East over the last 16 years -- $7 trillion. Now, I'm taking care of it. We're doing numbers like ISIS has never seen before. We're wiping them out -- terrorists, they're bad." It's hard to continue reading his speech, as constant lies spill out of his nozzle and into the minds of US citizens.

     Before my brain shuts down, I will conclude with this; yes, this entire speech shows the decay of English like moldy bread. Every other phrase is repetitive, unoriginal, broken, and completely off topic. "Make America great again -- you've never heard that expression," is yet another dribble of his slogan, and sadly yes I've heard that all too much. As this speech continues he eventually blabbers about a wall and competition for the rest of the speech, tax cut/ reforms vanish altogether until the final sentiments. If our leader is a spore for decaying English, I'm afraid to say the trend will continue until competence is regained in politics. Orwell has predicted the future so many times I have concluded he was a psychic. I shall try my best to follow his rules, and maybe the next generation can clean up this word barf.

Trump's Speech