# Does Trump have speech writers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 22, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866 "2016-01-22T06:30:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866/1 "2016-01-22T06:30:04Z")
He says some pretty outlandish stuff. It appears that there is not a PC circuit that filters anything. Granted it gets lots of air play. And maybe that is the goal. Do you think he is speaking off a prepared speech, and tosses in some off the cuff remarks? Or is the whole project scripted? Anyone here write Trump speeches? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866/2 "2016-01-22T06:36:35Z")
He has speech writers. I have no idea how much he says is written by him, others, or ad-libbed. I get the impression he grabs facts and phrases from prepared material and wings a lot of his speech. He doesn’t use conventional speech style, he’s got a lot of interaction and repetition in the way he conveys information. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866/3 "2016-01-22T12:36:55Z")
I was under the impression that he ad libs everything. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866/4 "2016-01-22T16:47:43Z")
Back in my days as a speechwriter, I had a CEO for a client who insisted on fully researched, carefully polished, timed speeches. He would then ignore virtually everything I wrote. I asked his assistant why the CEO even bothered with a written draft when all he used from it was occasional sentences. His reply, “In case he loses his place.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866/5 "2016-01-22T17:56:58Z")
I assumed he was just cutting and pasting posts from Free Republic or something. ---
**Author:** ![moldmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@moldmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moldmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866/6 "2016-01-22T18:06:48Z")
What grates on me is how simple his sentences are so I would guess he doesn’t use the speechwriter"s speeches for more than an outline. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-trump-have-speech-writers/743866/7 "2016-01-22T19:10:32Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I was under the impression that he ad libs everything. I’m pretty sure I heard some TV pundit say that his campaign announcement speech (the one with the escalator entrance and Mexican the-rapists) was unscripted. ETA: CBS referred to it as unscripted [here](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-i-will-win-the-latino-vote/).