Donald Trump Daily mirror essay

Question: Using your knowledge of Donald Trump's background and election campaign, to what extent is the Daily Mirror's sensationalist depiction of Trump's victory justified. Refer to the ideologies and meanings conveyed in the text.

the daily mirror depicts Trump's victory from his campaign as big mistake from the Americans which will only bring destruction and suffering. the black overcast in the background emphasises this as there are big dark clouds and burned down buildings, showing that the new president will just bring sadness and destruction. As we see the sky is not completely covered by the clouds, but there are some gaps in the sky , as if the dark is overtaking the blue, suggesting that we are starting a new era with this new president, and it is not going to be one filled with joy and happiness, bad of sadness and suffering. {6}

This is further reinforced through the main image. as we see there is the Statue of the liberty occupying most of the magazine's cover. She is holding her hands over her face, suggesting that she is in shock. this is because no one expected Donald Trump to win the election and become the president of the US. By hiding her face her body language emphasises how she believes that the Americans have made a horrific decision and she is ashamed of them for voting for trump. the use of the statue of liberty as the main image is really effective as she represents Liberty and is an icon of freedom of the united states, a welcoming sign to the immigrants arriving from abroad, and this is contradictory as trump wants to close the borders from immigrants and build a wall to block the Mexican people from entering his country. {22}
the statue is missing her torch, which she usually holds in her hand. it symbolises the way to freedom, as it shows the path to liberty. the fact that is is missing suggests a sense of hopelessness, and that America has lost its way in sense of politics, as they don't have anyone to guide them down the right path anymore. Trump is not doing his job correctly as he is not creating liberty but sending away all the immigrants.
the paper's headline further reinforces this idea that electing Trump was a mistake. "What have they done?"  Places the blame on the American people as they were the one who voted and made Trump the president. by using pronouns like "they" it creates an opposition between "us" vs "them", showing that we are different from Americans and are not responsible for their decisions.
America has always been proud to be known as the land of opportunities, and this can be seen for example during their national Athem "the land of the free and the home of the brave". Donald Trump is not respecting this as he is vilifying groups of people and treating them as thiefs and criminals.
This shows that the Daily mirror does not approve and support the new president's victory and are forshadowing a time of destruction and sadness because of his election and power. {31} {10}