Reading Donald Trump: A Parallax View of the Campaign and Early Presidency (The Evolving American Presidency)

Introduction : The emergence of America's Trump and Trumpism / Jeremy Kowalski -- Gender and identity in the jigsaw puzzle of Trump's zero sum politics / Margaret Walton-Roberts -- Trumpolect : Donald Trump's distinctive discourse and its functions / Andrew McMurry -- Donald Trump's wall of whiteness / William Major -- Immigration courts, judicial acceleration, and the intensification of immigration enforcement in the first year of the Trump administration / Austin Kocher -- The political economy of Donald J. Trump / Jasmin Habib and Michael Howard -- The discourse of terrorism of Donald Trump / Valentina Bartolucci -- Inside the Trumpian geopolitical imagination / Jeremy Kowalski -- Trump and nuclear weapons / Thomas MacManus -- Coda : Political crisis and the reimagining of America / Jeremy Kowalski.;This book provides a scholarly assessment and analysis of the Trump campaign and early presidency. This assessment and analysis is important not only to help provide some coherence to the turbulent and unpredictable character of "Trumpism," but to contribute to establishing a scholarly foundation for future works that will provide assessments of the Trump presidency in its mid and later stages. Given the divisive and destructive capacity of "Trumpism" and its political and social implications both domestically and internationally, understanding the distinctive political phenomenon of "Trumpism" is necessary if resistance to this transformative moment in American political history is to be successful. This book collects a series of short scholarly contributions on various themes related to "Trumpism" by scholars from disciplines in both the Humanities and Social Sciences. Dedication 6 Acknowledgments 7 Contents 8 Notes on Contributors 10 Chapter 1: Introduction: The Emergence of America’s Trump and Trumpism 13 References 21 Chapter 2: Gender and Identity in the Jigsaw Puzzle of Trump’s Zero Sum Politics 22 Introduction 22 How Did Trump Come into Office? 23 Democracy Under Attack 23 Social Media Manipulation and Toxicity Flourish in a Divided Nation 24 Misogyny, Sexual Harassment, and White Patriarchy 27 Gender and Intersectionality: Recognizing and Rewarding the Base 31 Global Gag Rule 32 Anti-Abortion and the Reproductive Criminalization of Poor and Racialized Women 33 Resistance to Trump 36 Conclusion 41 References 42 Chapter 3: Trumpolect: Donald Trump’s Distinctive Discourse and Its Functions 44 Introduction: Trumpolect 44 Methods of Analysis 47 Trump and Truth: Modality Issues 48 Taking Off the Edge: Hedging and Qualifying 52 Trump and Action: Transitivity and Nominalization 54 Trump’s Best Words: The Copia 58 Trump’s Worst Words: Naming and Dishonoring 62 Conclusion: Trumpolect and Populism 63 Chapter 4: Donald Trump’s Wall of Whiteness 68 The Economy of Whiteness 68 Taking Back the Country—Again 72 Identity Politics and Taking Back the Country 75 The Property of Whiteness 80 Postscript: Where It Started 88 References 90 Chapter 5: Immigration Courts, Judicial Acceleration, and the Intensification of Immigration Enforcement in the First Year of the Trump Administration 93 Introduction 93 Deportation as a Judicial Practice 96 Trump and Immigration Enforcement 99 Deportation Through Judicial Acceleration 104 Conclusion 106 References 107 Chapter 6: The Political Economy of Donald J. Trump 112 Introduction 112 The Main Argument 113 Nationalism 115 Populism 117 Populist Nationalisms in Advanced Capitalist Societies 119 Populist Nationalism in the United States 121 The Policies of the Trump Administration 123 Conclusion 129 References 130 Chapter 7: The Discourse on Terrorism of Donald Trump 135 Introduction 135 Setting the Context 137 Defining the Enemy 141 The Exceptional Endless Threat 144 Need for Action 146 Keep All the Bad Guys Out 148 We Must Be Tough, We Must Be Strong 150 Conclusion 151 Appendix 152 References 154 Chapter 8: Inside the Trumpian Geopolitical Imagination 156 Introduction 156 Establishing a Conceptual Framework 159 The Cultural Production of the American Geopolitical Imaginary 162 Cultural Industry of Terrorism 165 Cultural Industry of Islamophobia 169 Getting Inside the Trumpian Geopolitical Imagination 173 Escalation of Violence Overseas 177 Militarization of the Homeland 181 Insecuritizing the Domestic Population 182 Conclusion 185 References 185 Chapter 9: Trump and Nuclear Weapons 189 Introduction 189 Nuclear Strategy and Eisenhower’s Nuclear Diplomacy on Korea 190 Trump’s Nuclear Posturing 192 International Law 196 US Constitutional Law 198 Trumpmageddon 200 References 202 Chapter 10: Coda: Political Crisis and the Reimagining of America 205 References 210 Index 211 Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Introduction: The Emergence of America’s Trump and Trumpism (Jeremy Kowalski)....Pages 1-9 Gender and Identity in the Jigsaw Puzzle of Trump’s Zero Sum Politics (Margaret Walton-Roberts)....Pages 11-32 Trumpolect: Donald Trump’s Distinctive Discourse and Its Functions (Andrew McMurry)....Pages 33-56 Donald Trump’s Wall of Whiteness (William Major)....Pages 57-81 Immigration Courts, Judicial Acceleration, and the Intensification of Immigration Enforcement in the First Year of the Trump Administration (Austin Kocher)....Pages 83-101 The Political Economy of Donald J. Trump (Jasmin Habib, Michael Howard)....Pages 103-125 The Discourse on Terrorism of Donald Trump (Valentina Bartolucci)....Pages 127-147 Inside the Trumpian Geopolitical Imagination (Jeremy Kowalski)....Pages 149-181 Trump and Nuclear Weapons (Thomas MacManus)....Pages 183-198 Coda: Political Crisis and the Reimagining of America (Jeremy Kowalski)....Pages 199-204 Back Matter ....Pages 205-207 This book provides a scholarly assessment and analysis of the Trump campaign and early presidency. This assessment and analysis is important not only to help provide some coherence to the turbulent and unpredictable character of "Trumpism," but to contribute to establishing a scholarly foundation for future works that will provide assessments of the Trump presidency in its mid and later stages. Given the divisive and destructive capacity of "Trumpism" and its political and social implications both domestically and internationally, understanding the distinctive political phenomenon of "Trumpism" is necessary if resistance to this transformative moment in American political history is to be successful. This book collects a series of short scholarly contributions on various themes related to "Trumpism" by scholars from disciplines in both the Humanities and Social Sciences.-- Provided by publisher.