Spectator competition winners: the Gettysburg Address as it might have been given by Donald Trump

The latest challenge asked for a version of the Gettysburg Address as it might have been given by a prominent figure on the world stage. Competitors showed no sign of Trump-fatigue: the US President was a popular choice. As it happens, the Donald actually gave his own Gettysburg Address — on the campaign trail last October, when he dropped into the Pennsylvania town to speak to the American people. Yoni Appelbaum, writing in the Atlantic magazine, notes how the rhetoric of US presidents who have come to Gettysburg to speak in Lincoln’s shadow had ‘a common rhythm…[they] offered their audiences a warning — and a promise’. Trump’s speech, on the other hand, was driven by ‘rancid resentment’. It wasn’t all Trump, though. Other US presidents who featured in the entry were Richard Nixon, JFK and Barack Obama. They were joined by, among others, Putin, Stalin, Gandhi, Mao Zedong, Prince Charles and Jane Austen.