Rhetoric and Governance under Trump: Proclamations from the
Bullshit Pulpit analyzes the rhetoric of Donald Trump to argue that
Trump's deeply illiberal rhetoric, cruel policies, corruption,
disruptive foreign policy, and disdain for the rule of law makes
him a textbook populist. However, his embrace of mainstream
conservative policies and the culture war narratives that come with
them made him a rather conventional Republican. Being more
plutocrat than populist, Trump had to bridge this fundamental
contradiction by employing populist and polarizing rhetoric,
alongside fabricated crises, to uphold the veneer of being an
anti-status quo politician. Bernd Kaussler, Lars J. Kristiansen,
and Jeffrey Delbert argue that, for Trump, bullshit,
confrontational politics, and fear has emerged as a vital political
strategy. Through an analysis of Trump's first three years in
office, the authors find that President Trump governed using a
communication strategy that a) denied facts, relied heavily on
bullshit, lies, and fabricated counter-narratives; b) attacked news
outlets and the opposition to foster identity-based polarization in
order to sideline critics and stir up factions for specific
political ends; and c) dismissed legitimate criticism of policies
and the conduct of the administration and the president himself as
"fake news." Kaussler, Kristiansen, and Delbert argue that the
repeated use of this strategy, along with a mixture of public
complacency and concerted efforts on the part of his own party, has
allowed Trump to work toward normalizing these lies and cover-ups
throughout his tenure, only further exacerbating the highly
polarized and partisan political environment in the United States.
Scholars of rhetoric, communication, political science, and media
studies will find this book particularly useful.
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