American Horror Show describes the last weeks of the 2016 election,
Trump’s victory, his transition and construction of a scandal-ridden
cabinet and administration, to his inaugural speech and the first 30
days of his presidency. The text uses a multidimensional analysis to
explain Trump’s victory, including his mobilization of an
authoritarian populist movement, the use of fake news to attack
Hillary Clinton, the intervention of FBI Director James Comey 11 days
before the election, claiming that another investigation of
Clinton’s emails was underway, and the intervention of Russian
hacking of Democratic Party email and the use of this email against
Clinton. Questions are raised concerning relationships between the
Russian hacking and attacks against Clinton and members of Trump’s
campaign. The remarkable positive remarks from Trump concerning Putin,
followed by putting pro-Putin Republicans in key posts of his
administration, raise questions about Trump administration relations
and connections to Russia. Finally, the first 30 days of Trump’s
administration show that he is a rightwing billionaire and militarist
who has carried out an extreme rightwing Republican agenda and is not
a populist concerned about the working class.
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Election 2016 and the Ascent of Donald J. Trump
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9789463009744
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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