Absolutely. Trump is a full five-year media and communications course and Phd in himself. A French thinker like Baudrillard would say he's a culmination of endlessly reproduced spectacle overwhe… (View Post)

There's a uniqueness about Trump, where he's both watching predictions of what may unfold on news channels, tweeting about them, and then attempting to actively fulfil and realise these pre… (View Post)

I do actually think there's something to be said for Trump's foreign policy record not being as damaging as his domestic one. It's a curious mixture of cravenness and negligence on the… (View Post)

These are often not the same as economic elites though, which is a crucial modern Trumpian and populist-conserative elision. The Kochs, probably the most politically influential members of the elite … (View Post)

Having briefly worked for BBC TV in its heyday, I would not entirely agree with the final point, but I think concepts connected to it may be exactly what Trump is counting on ; as his crony appointme… (View Post)