Afterword: Trump as Anarchist and Sun King Chapter

abstract

• Trumps 2016 campaign was anarchyit longed for a distant past outside of the current system. Trump argued repeatedly that the current American political system had to be destroyed because it had been corrupted by weak and ineffective politicians. He asked Americans to return to a simpler time when the federal government wasnt so big, regulations werent so tough, and capitalists and capitalism were free. So doing, he promised, would restore American greatness. This represents a startling rupture in American political discourse.

authors

• Mercieca, Jennifer

author list (cited authors)

• Mercieca, J.

complete list of authors

• Mercieca, Jennifer

editor list (cited editors)

• Skinnell, R.

Book Title

• Faking the News: What Rhetoric Can Teach Us About Donald J. Trump (Societas)

publication date

• January 2018

publisher

• SOCIETAS  Publisher

keywords

• Anarchist
• Donald J. Trump
• President
• Rhetoric

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 10

• 1845409698

International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 13

• 978-1845409692

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/177779

start page

• 174

end page

• 179