{"id":6639,"date":"2017-02-06T14:20:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6639"},"modified":"2017-02-01T14:22:03","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T14:22:03","slug":"linked-the-last-from-obama-and-the-first-from-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/02\/06\/linked-the-last-from-obama-and-the-first-from-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: The Last from Obama and the First from Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3357,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/news\\\/the-fix\\\/wp\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/20\\\/donald-trumps-full-inauguration-speech-transcript-annotated&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240811065507\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.washingtonpost.com\\\/news\\\/the-fix\\\/wp\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/20\\\/donald-trumps-full-inauguration-speech-transcript-annotated\\\/?&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 04:03:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 14:09:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 14:09:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3358,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/story\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/full-text-obama-farewell-speech-transcript-233916&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20231219202022\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.politico.com\\\/story\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/full-text-obama-farewell-speech-transcript-233916&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 04:03:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 14:09:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 14:09:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3359,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251003032106\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 04:03:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 14:09:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 14:09:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I don\u2019t watch or listen to speeches usually. I try to find the transcript and read because I retain more and it\u2019s much faster when you\u2019re not dealing with pause and applause. I enjoyed reading Obama\u2019s last speech &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2017\/01\/20\/donald-trumps-full-inauguration-speech-transcript-annotated\/\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/01\/10\/us\/politics\/obama-farewell-address-speech.html?_r=0<\/a> and Donald Trump\u2019s first &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2017\/01\/20\/donald-trumps-full-inauguration-speech-transcript-annotated\/\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/the-fix\/wp\/2017\/01\/20\/donald-trumps-full-inauguration-speech-transcript-annotated\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Technically, this was Obama\u2019s last &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/01\/full-text-obama-farewell-speech-transcript-233916\">http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/01\/full-text-obama-farewell-speech-transcript-233916<\/a> spoken on his last day in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Reading these speeches in one sitting, I\u2019m reminded of this NerdWriter video from last year. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_aFo_BV-UzI\">How Trump Answers a Question<\/a>\u201d. Donald Trump speaks in a way that is easy to understand, a lower reading level, smaller words and he highlights specific things that resonate with the public. Comparing how he and Obama speak is night &amp; day. George W. Bush spoke like a Texan, not a Yale Graduate. Obama had a more collegiate vocabulary paired with a Southern Baptist Reverend. Donald Trump has a straight shooter business-man speak but with a vocabulary that a 5th grader could understand. It\u2019s interesting how the words we choose and how we convey them affects how a president is perceived.<\/p>\n<p>One final note, can Presidents please stop calling it \u201cAmerica\u201d Canada, Mexico and the entire body of countries making up South America hate when we do that. USA is not America. There are dozens of countries in America. We are one of dozens. When I\u2019m abroad and say \u201cI\u2019m American\u201d most Europeans with a bit of snark, ask me \u201cwhich one?\u201d They should because I\u2019m American but technically I\u2019m from the US of A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I don\u2019t watch or listen to speeches usually. I try to find the transcript and read because I&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-02-06T14:21:05Z","apple_news_api_id":"4b61d0bb-c131-47ff-a854-4037481ccc54","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-02-06T14:21:05Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AS2HQu8ExR_-oVEA3SBzMVA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6639","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1J5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6513,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/11\/linked-barack-obama-and-doris-kearns-goodwin-the-ultimate-exit-interview\/","url_meta":{"origin":6639,"position":0},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Barack Obama and Doris Kearns Goodwin: The Ultimate Exit Interview&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"January 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via VanityFair: \"Sometimes I carry with me that perspective, which tells me that my particular worries on any given day\u2014how I\u2019m doing in the polls or what somebody is saying about me \u2026 for good or for ill\u2014isn\u2019t particularly relevant. 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