Rhetorical Aftershocks of Trump’s Ascendency: Salvation by Demolition and Deal Making

This essay offers an early assessment, after the first 100 days, of Donald Trump’s bewildering ascendency to the US presidency. It examines his apocalyptic rhetoric as a spectacle of salvation by demolition and deal making, a polarizing and demonizing politics that trades in deception and distractio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robert Ivie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric Society 2017-07-01
Series:Res Rhetorica
Online Access:http://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/207