How Donald J. Trump Used Populism And Media Savvy To Win The White House
The Case for Trump examines the power and success of Donald J.
Trump’s rise to the Presidency of the United States.
There has been much debate about the meaning and significance of Trumpism, which propelled him to a stunning victory over his sixteen qualified Republican opponents and even more formidable Hillary Clinton.
The question people have been asking is: how did he do it? According to The Case for Trump, one needs only look at Trump’s ability to tap into a growing frustration among America’s white working-class majority to find the answer.
By successfully harnessing their political energy and combining simple issues with an impressive media strategy, he was able to capture the attention of the American public like never before.
In this summarization you can expect to learn: how Trump succeeded in garnering one billion dollars worth of free media coverage; why he succeeded where John McCain and Mitt Romney had failed; and how his nationalist, populist agenda is being put into action by his supporters.
Trumpism effectively speaks directly to what many Americans, who felt ignored or abandoned by traditional political juggernauts, want from their president—to tackle major issues like job growth, national security and social welfare demands head on and with vigor.
As The Case for Trump proves, tapping this dynamism propelled Donald J.
Trump all the way through the election and ultimately into office in 2016.
Donald Trump Used Two Promises To Rally A Divided Nation And Reenergize Its Apathetic Voter Base
When Donald Trump announced in 2015 that he was running for president of the United States, his campaign took place in a nation which was starkly divided.
Atlantic and Pacific elites enjoyed the fruits of globalisation while American heartland lost out on jobs shipped overseas and faced stagnant wages.
At this time, traditional Republican candidates had failed to energize middle America.
Trump then emerged as a disruptor, where rather than offering establishment politics he put forward two major issues which appealed to those who felt disenfranchised by their financial situation: That America no longer won, and that there were too many outside forces sapping away jobs from the heartland.
He argued vociferously that war-mongering without victory would be ended and cheaper labour brought into the country via illegal immigration not accepted, instead allocating money spent on foreign soil back to helping those who needed it at home.
All of this added up to a successful campaigning platform, one which convinced regular people from across the spectrum – Democrat or Republican – to get up, vote and be heard; he had tapped into something powerful and redefined an otherwise disillusioned electorate who had since coalesced in support for him.
In essence, Trump was able to capture an apathetic nation with two major central planks – making America win again and protecting American jobs – both designed to consolidate votes within a fiercely divided society.
Donald Trump Used Lowbrow, Crass And Vulgar Rhetoric To Get His Message Across And Win The Us Presidential Election
Donald Trump’s two main campaign promises – to ‘drain the swamp’ of Washington bureaucrats and progressive globalists, and to ’emancipate’ America’s working class from an intractable grip – were not enough to win over swing-state voters.
What sealed the deal was Trump’s brash, controversial and confrontational personality.
He used his years of experience on TV reality show The Apprentice, successfully playing the role of judge who dislikes incompetence and speaks out against it with a no-holds-barred approach.
He took this strategy with him on his presidential campaign trail, slinging insults in all directions and effectively grabbing the attention of millions across America who cheered him on for making bold decisions regardless of outside opinion.
While Obama and Marco Rubio stuck to prescribed electoral scripts which people may have found predictable or dull, Americans sick of Washington gridlock found something new and exciting in Trump’s vituperative rhetoric that appealed to their emotion – despite its crudeness at times.
Through this combination of both conservative policies combined with a captivating persona, Trump managed to gain exposure worth around $1 billion dollars during his campaign – becoming an icon that people could relate to despite their political suspicions.
Trump’S Political Outsider Status Stands Out Against A Weak Republican And Democratic Field
The Republican and Democratic ideas leading up to Trump’s presidential campaign were inept and outdated.
This created an environment where a political outsider like Trump was able to amplify his unorthodox message and become the cool new thing.
Why did Republicans and Democrats fail? In the case of Democrats, they had slowly drifted to the left under Obama, creating policies that favored the wealthiest while leaving America’s struggling working class behind.
The situation on the Republican side was even worse – they had managed to capture both houses of Congress and block a Democratic Supreme Court nominee, yet still hadn’t managed to prevent Obama from defining healthcare, raising taxes, and rewriting immigration law.
Then in 2016 came Bernie Sanders with a more left-wing agenda than Obama, which only further alienated Democratic voters unhappy with increasing regulation and taxes that had stalled job creation and wages for middle class people across America.
Similarly, John McCain advocated open borders which allowed for influx of cheap labor into the nation.
Mitt Romney too was no help – he created a progressive state-run healthcare system similar to Obama’s that did nothing for the floundering lower and middle classes.
When one looks at all these debilitating factors from both sides of the aisle it is easy enough to see why many disgruntled citizens saw Donald Trump’s bold message as being entirely novel in his entrance into the race.
He promised change when other candidates did not – backlash against free trade agreements that would bring jobs back home as well as an immigration reform promising increased border security but generous guest worker programs.
Trump proved his worth by pushing aside the already waning Republican contenders before battling Clinton with her own insufficient promises targeting only special interests groups or radical far left votes she assumed she could rely on come election time
The Key To Trump’S Election Win: Painting Clinton As The Corrupt Sinner And Himself As America’S Redeemer
Donald Trump’s populism and Hillary Clinton’s corrupt insiderism created the conditions for his 2016 victory.
With the two nominees having been selected, Trump had managed to successfully simplify his message into ‘Making America Great Again’ and ensuring that the corrupt Clinton didn’t get elected.
It resonated extremely well with a huge portion of the electorate, many of whom felt as though since 9/11, power and prestige in America had sharply declined (- a statistic confirmed by polls).
To them, Trump’s promise to reverse this decline was highly attractive.
Additionally, Trump tapped into a sense of economic dissatisfaction among voters – complaints about a rigged economy that only benefits those on the inside – something Sanders had also done.
But Sanders faced backlash due to his fear-mongering approach regarding environmental collapse while Trump took an opposite stance of encouraging consumption and domestic resource extraction from within – promoting more nationalism instead of relying on foreign sources of energy.
His attacks against Clinton were effective enough for him to win, too.
In spite of her casting him as sinful character, everyone knew it was true so when he countered by making Clinton look like one too it weakend all her smears significantly.
Be it over taxes or emails and even foreign interference in US elections, everything just bounced off the wall with no real consequence other than brightening his chances against her.
All in all, Bill Clinton’s corruption factor coupled with Donald Trump’s populist messaging was thus responsible for getting him into office in 2016.
The Bias Of The Mainstream Media: Evidence That Trump Doesn’T Get A Fair Shake
It’s no secret that President Trump has been subjected to the most biased and unfair media coverage of any modern president.
While all presidents have faced some level of critique, the sheer tenacity with which he is attacked surpasses that of any other recent president.
For example, while Obama had his fair share of negative press, 80% of evaluations from major liberal outlets such as the New York Times, CNN, and even the BBC were negative during Trump’s first hundred days; for comparison, those same outlets were only about three times as negative towards Obama during his honeymoon period in 2009.
Additionally, favorable connotations are often used for past presidents such as FDR or JFK – yet conclusions about these individuals are rarely discussed with contemporary relevance in mind.
For instance, FDR was able to keep his extra-marital affairs a secret from the mainstream press simply because such information was not newsworthy at the time.
Meanwhile, a similar story involving Trump would have been immediately blasted throughout media sources everywhere.
The truth is that President Trump should not be treated to higher standards than past and present presidents – but sadly that’s exactly what’s happening right now.
Not surprisingly, 77% of Americans recently polled by Monmouth University agreed that the mainstream media only offers “fake news” due to this kind of behavior.
It is important to remember then that, regardless of one’s opinion on President Trump overall, all political figures should be held accountable by a fair and balanced representation in the media.
Don’T Write Off Trump Just Yet: His Record Of Accomplishments Is Cause For Optimism
President Trump’s first year in office was tumultuous, to say the least.
This caused many to doubt his ability to lead and polls showed that only 34 percent of those surveyed viewed him as honest, with 59 percent doubting his leadership capabilities.
Fast forward to summer 2018 however and President Trump had exceeded expectations thanks to his successful domestic and international policies.
Domestically, GDP growth was faster than any period since 2009, with unemployment indicators also hitting record lows not seen since the Clinton administration.
America also lower its carbon monoxide emissions by a surprising two percent due to increased fracking despite President Trump exiting the Paris Climate Accord.
Internationally, President Trump managed to check Iran’s nuclear program and growing military influence by dismantling Obama’s nuclear deal (despite criticism).
The win even extended into the midterm elections where Republicans lost fewer seats compared then during midterms under the presidencies of Clinton or Obama – a sign that President Trump still has a lot of support and likely won’t be going anywhere for the next six years.
Against all odds, it appears that President Trump has achieved a lot domestically and internationally!
Wrap Up
The Final Summary of The Case for Trump is this: Donald Trump harnessed a radical, nationalistic economic populism which allowed him to both take on and beat the establishment veteran Hillary Clinton.
Trump’s victory came with a major shake-up that has unleashed an age of Trumpism, wherein America’s economy has flourished in spite of constant media attacks against it.
His reign as President has brought in a period of increasing economic prosperity for the country.
These points all make up The Case for Trump.
