Blog #4

The article, http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/13/opinions/trump-vs-kim-nuclear-weapons-opinion-lederer/index.html discusses Trump and his nuclear weapon opinion. This article was written by Philip Leder. He went to Harvard so I’m assuming he is pretty qualified to write this however I could not find much information on him. The beginning of the article talks about what Trump has said regarding North Korea these past few weeks. He states that Trump said if needed he will “destroy North Korea” and its 25 million citizens. I think that was a good line to open up with because it really engaged the readers right away. While what Trump is proposing is horrible and inhumane it grabs the reader's attention. The writer then talks about how Trump could easily change his mind about this, create a nuclear ban treaty, and become one of the greatest american presidents. This next paragraph is not well written at all. The author jumps from a terrible quote from Trump to talking about how he could become one of the best presidents ever. It does not make sense. He also doesn’t provide an examples of evidence of trump changing his mind. The rest of the article talks about how Trump needs to take a cue from the Nobel peace prize. The conclusion is very strong because the author talks about ways americans can get involved in stopping a nuclear war. It was a good way to close because it calls you out on a personal level and gets you involved with what he is talking about. Overall I think this was a strong written article.