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Rhetoric in sentence

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And no one should forget that, despite his campaign rhetoric and his apparent unpopularity with many immigrants, Sarkozy himself is an immigrant’s son who favors bold affirmative action policies.
Although the Iranian regime’s rhetoric may be totalitarian, political power there is much more diffused.
In the interest of promoting Sino-American cooperation against terrorism the Chinese government has toned down the emotional content of its anti-American rhetoric.
Unfortunately, Obama’s administration, for all its lofty rhetoric, appears too willing to perpetuate it.
And, for all of Trump’s aggressive rhetoric and posturing, the only feasible way to secure such a concession is through negotiation.
Intervention in such circumstances can take any number of forms, from public rhetoric and private diplomacy to economic and political sanctions to armed intervention.
Their rhetoric suggests that France and Germany have a great deal in common, but the facts speak a completely different language.
Instead, the US has relied on rhetoric or symbolic actions.
Whether intended explicitly as a message to China or not, the move highlighted the possibility of a gulf between Trump’s campaign rhetoric and his actual positions and plans.
Some in the West might think that the rhetoric alone would be enough to incense China’s leaders.
And, as past US elections have made clear, rhetoric may well bear little relation to reality.
That is all the more true when the rhetoric in question includes promises that would harm everyone involved, as Trump’s proposed tariffs would.
But here, too, there is a gap between rhetoric and reality, and no radical change should be expected.
Despite rhetoric about “inclusive growth,” India’s wealth gap has widened during the years of exceptionally rapid economic expansion.
He did offer plenty of warm pro-Israel rhetoric, referencing the deep historical links between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel.
King Salman embraced Trump’s war against terrorism and anti-Iran rhetoric, and expressed support for an Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Within Israel’s right wing, many worry that Trump is merely trying to appease Israel with rhetoric, and views Saudi Arabia as the mainstay of US interests in the region.
The more likely scenario with Trump is more of the same: rhetoric that is by turns pleasing and contradictory, with no consideration of the confusion and uncertainty that could result – and no meaningful effort to narrow the gap between Israelis and Palestinians.
Here, Europe acts like America, which has long talked the rhetoric of free trade, while its actions have long ignored the principles.
Forget about America's rhetoric of upholding fairness and justice; in trade negotiations, the US ignores the pleas of the poorest countries of the world to eliminate the cotton subsidies that have had so devastating an effect on them.
It is also true that migrants figure prominently in populist rhetoric throughout the EU.
In places where the rhetoric surrounding immigration flies off the handle, as in the UK, perceptions are sometimes grossly distorted.
By contrast, government parties that have failed to think progressively about migration or that do not contest populist rhetoric adequately (or at all) are suffering the most ahead of the European Parliament election.
With his xenophobic rhetoric and fondness for despots like Russian President Vladimir Putin (a demagogue who bullies the neighbors he doesn’t invade), Trump epitomizes the “out” mindset: hyperbolic, malicious, pompous, and hostile to all who defy or disagree with him (be it the press, which he berates and tries to block, or judges who preside over his lawsuits).
The Obama administration will have to pursue the struggle against Al Qaeda, but should drop the war rhetoric.
We need less Wilsonian rhetoric about making the world safe for democracy, unless combined with John F. Kennedy’s calls to “make the world safe for diversity.”ampnbsp;
The aggressive rhetoric of Clinton’s successor, George W. Bush, who called Iran part of an “axis of evil” prior to the US-led invasion of Iraq, made Khamenei apprehensive, and he endorsed an initiative for a dialogue with the Americans in 2003.
As MIT’s Daron Acemoglu wrote of economists after the 2008 financial crisis in the United States, “we let policies and rhetoric set the agenda for our thinking about the world and, worse, perhaps, even for our policy advice.”
Though Clinton stayed in the race to the end, she toned down her rhetoric against Obama as the contest wound down.
The more likely explanation for Trump’s betrayal of Putin is that his warm rhetoric was, like everything else that comes out of his mouth, driven by his desire for ratings, not any actual interest in – let alone commitment to – helping the Kremlin.
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