Donald Trump, Ganz argues, represents the synthesis of the white nationalist, the billionaire populist, and the gangster patriarch – elements that were still scattered in the early 90s. This, to me, is the most compelling paradigm of the nature and appeal of Trumpism yet.
Weekend Reading: I wrote about the pre-history of Trump’s rise, the nature of Trumpism, and the radical politics of white despair – based on John Ganz’s masterful new book “When the Clock Broke”
The Origins of Trumpism and the Birth of the Present.
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