Aproximación al pensamiento político de Donald Trump: ¿es el presidente de Estados Unidos populista?
Both the 2016 US presidential election campaign and Donald Trump’s later presidency have entailed, in several aspects, a break with the traditional practices, uses, modes and forms in Western politics. The constant appeal to voters´ feelings (and low passions), the relativization of facts, the ra...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7310545 |
| Source: | Revista española de ciencia política, ISSN 1575-6548, Nº 52, 2020, pags. 59-83 |
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Both the 2016 US presidential election campaign and Donald Trump’s later presidency have
entailed, in several aspects, a break with the traditional practices, uses, modes and forms in
Western politics. The constant appeal to voters´ feelings (and low passions), the relativization of
facts, the racist, xenophobic, sexist statements and those others hostile to minorities, a home
policy rupturist with the past and a grandiloquent foreign policy have all been elements of a
government action usually described as chaotic and impulsive, or even as childish and irrational.
President Trump is usually accused of being a populist. This article aims at offering an approach
to Trump’s political thought checking it against a series of elements deemed characteristic of
populism. This will, in turn, allow to assess the extent to which the current host of the White
House can be considered as a populist or not. Ultimately, the conclusion is reached that it is
certainly possible to do so. |
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