Disruption, Demonization, Deliverance, and Norm Destruction: The Rhetorical Signature of Donald J. Trump

• Published in: Political science quarterly Vol. 132; no. 4; pp. 619 - 650
• Main Authors: JAMIESON, KATHLEEN HALL, TAUSSIG, DORON
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Academy of Political Science 01.12.2017; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Accountability; Authenticity; Burden of proof; Candidates; Claims; Computerization; Constituents; Conventions; Courts; Dismissal; Disruption; Elections; Electoral systems; Electronic surveillance; Exceptionalism; Governance; Hearsay; Identity; Inference; Intellectuals; Justice; Mass media; Morality; Parsing; Partisanship; Political campaigns; Political power; Political systems; Politics; Power; Presidential candidates; Presidential elections; Presidents; Primaries & caucuses; Rhetoric; Social identity; Speeches; Spontaneity; Statistics; Terrorism; Textual analysis; Trump, Donald J; Winners; United States > US

During his first 100 days as the 45th president of the United States, Donald J. Trump launched Twitter attacks against “Fake Tears Chuck Schumer,” members of the Republican Freedom Caucus, and a district court judge; accused his predecessor of “wiretapping” his phone, though there was no evidence fo...