Which president was a better speaker?
Ronald Reagan [Billy Hathorn, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons] Being somewhat of a fan of public speaking - though I'm not very good at it myself - I thought I would look at the inaugration speeches of Ronald Reagan (1981) and Donald Trump (2025). In my opinion , President Reagan was the last US President who as not only a statesman but also of a gentlemanly bearing. I however, do not care much about politics, even less about US politics - especially in the current day. So to get a more objective comparison between the two speeches, I employed Google Gemini (AI). I started by asking Gemini to analyse and compare the vocabulary and writing style of both speeches. This was its response: Based on the provided sources, we can analyse and compare the vocabulary and writing style of the two inaugural addresses. Vocabulary and Writing Style in Ronald Reagan's 1981 Address Ronald Reagan's 1981 Inaugural Address employs a relatively formal and measured vocabulary while remaining accessi...