Polarization in Trump's Tweets: A Critical Discourse Analysis Study

The current study seeks to shed light on the strategy of polarization and investigate the macro-strategies and micro-strategies that former u.s. president donald trump employs in his tweets. this study develops an amalgam data analysis model that integrates two models, van dijk (2000:51-84) and masroor et al (2019: 6-10). the study is limited to analyze the tweets directed against immigration policies adopted by trump's opponents. through the analysis, the study reveals that trump employs four macro-strategies, two of them are in terms of positive self-representation: the self is personification of goodness and the self is the only nation’s hope. the other two are in terms of negative other-representation: the other is disloyal to our country and the other lacks credibility. these four macro-strategies are realized by the employment of seven micro-strategies: lexicalization, yperbole, modality, number game, consensus, metaphor, and irony.