US President Donald Trump’s speech at his first joint address to US Congress has been rated at a seventh-grade reading level as footage of him emerges practicing in a limo before his family members.
The calculation was based on a common measure of comprehension, which tracks sentence length and the number of syllables in words, Time reported Wednesday.
The level marks the lowest since former President Ronald Reagan.
Compared to former President Barrack Obama’s 2009 speech, given at a ninth grade level, Trump’s contained shorter sentences with fewer mouthfuls, which made his more accessible and less complex.
“The intricacy of the language is not the primary factor in what makes an effective speech,”…