Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump
- ISBN-10
- 1623499062
- ISBN-13
- 9781623499068
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Author
- Jennifer R. Mercieca
Description
"Political communication expert Jennifer Mercieca shows how the Trump campaign expertly used the common rhetorical techniques of a demagogue, a word with two contradictory definitions-"a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power" or "a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times" (Merriam-Webster, 2019). These strategies, in conjunction with post-rhetorical public relations techniques, were meant to appeal to a segment of an already distrustful electorate"--
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