The Trump Administration Says Poverty Is Over. They’re Lying

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The article “The Trump Administration Says Poverty Is Over. They’re Lying” is written by the independent American journalist Bryce Covert, and is published on The Huffington Post.

The article focuses on three different topics being Donald Trump’s administration’s stand on poverty in the US, the effects that the work requirements on welfare have on the current recipients and the proportion of the alleged poverty in the US.

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This article’s target audience is primarily consisting of Americans that are in favor of Democratic and left-wing readers.

These kinds of readers are more likely to support the policies that are promoting social programs to assist families with low-income and funded by the government.

As a contrast, the article is pointing out that the current administration wants to do the exact opposite and limit the welfare, which is considered a conservative and Republican position.

The article is meant to create a debate about poverty in the US, informing the audience that it is a bigger problem than the US Ambassador leads the public to believe, and to discredit the Trump administration’s views on poverty in the US. Covert has used ethos as a way to discredit the administration and their views.

By using ethos, she is appealing to our logical side as readers by presenting researchers’ data, such as the CEA, who have done the math and proven the used measurements of poverty unreliable.

The author is also using the title as a way to intrigue readers, and to discredit the Trump administration’s stance on the poverty that is ravishing American households. However, the title also suggests they are lying and misleading the public on purpose.