[Abridged] Presidential Histories
From Yorktown to the Civil War, Pearl Harbor to 9/11, Abridged Presidential Histories explores the successes, setbacks, and scandals that define each president’s legacy, and then asks what lessons we can learn from them.
[Abridged] Presidential Histories
45.A) The rhetoric of Donald Trump, an interview with Jennifer Mercieca
Donald Trump does not talk like a politician. But where some hear truth telling, and others hear something unhinged, professor Jennifer Mercieca hears a consistent rhetorical strategy designed to bind audiences to Trump and sever them from everyone else.
A strategy good enough to win the presidency not just once, but twice.
Communication professor Jennifer Mercieca, author of Demagogue for President: The Rhetorical Genius of Donald Trump, discusses the six techniques Trump uses to cast a spell on his audiences.
Whether it’s great lives or great tragedies, or just showing up for the adventure,...
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