Soutien scolaire anglais... en anglais lycée avec ce cours sur l’élection américaine et la victoire de Donald Trump, à destination des premières terminales.
Donald Trump, 45th american president.
You must have heard the news that completely shocked America on the November 2016. Yes, we are talking about Donald Trump being elected president! Nobody had forecast Trump’s victory!
Why was his election such a shock in America?
- Because Trump has never worked in politics!
- Because he made some extremely shocking statements during his campaign!
Who is Donald Trump?
Donald Trump was born on the 14th June 1946 in New York and he is an American billionaire business man. He is the fourth of five children of Frederick C. and Mary Mac Leod Trump. His father was a builder and a real estate developer.
He studied in the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated in 1968 with a degree in economics.
In 2004, Trump began starring in the famous programs: The Apprentice and The Celebrity Apprentice.
Here you will see Donald Trump firing different candidates in The Apprentice programThis is the same program with celebrities
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With Hillary Clinton during the debates.
Trump turned his attention to politics, and in 2015 he announced his candidacy for president of the United States on the Republican ticket. Trump became the official Republican candidate for president on July 19, 2016. In November 2016, Trump was elected the 45th President of the United States when he defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Here are some highlights of the final debate between the two candidates running for the American presidency.
Donald Trump’s campaign has been very controversial as he insulted many groups of people in his speeches.
The New York Times used 2 full pages to print all of Donald Trump’s insults from the campaign. I quote the newspaper here:
“The list contains 281 « people, places, and things » the Republican presidential nominee has insulted on Twitter, including Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton (« Crooked, » « very dumb, » « totally confused, » etc.), media organizations ( « so dishonest » Wall Street Journal, « failing » Vanity Fair, etc.), and entire countries ( « terrible » China, « totally corrupt » Mexico, « a total mess-big crime » Germany, etc.).”
On this video, you can see 10 Horrible Insults from Donald Trump!!
How did the World and America react to his winning the election?
1/ “World leaders react to Donald Trump’s US election victory”.
If you follow this link, you will be able to reading an article from the Guardian showing the World Leaders’ reaction
2/ US election 2016: Celebrities react to Donald Trump victory
Madonna performed in support of Hillary Clinton in New York, against Trump.
English Quiz! Listen and answerCelebrities have been reacting to the election of Donald Trump as US president.Here are some of their comments. Try and find out who said what by reading the article on the BBC News:
Find the solution at the end of this post…
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3/ America’s reaction:
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In many American cities, people organised anti-Trump demonstrations.
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