Historically, Donald Trump will be remembered as the first American president to be impeached twice and indicted. He fed the grotesque myth that the election was stolen and summoned his supporters to storm Congress on 6 January 2021 in a bid to thwart the certification of Joe Biden's U.S. presidential election victory. This volume vividly recounts the dramatic narrative of the January 6 Coup in America and how close we came to losing U.S. democracy.
For anyone seeking a comprehensive and multidisciplinary global overview of democracy, an astute analysis of the forces that drive the dominance of the (neo)liberal paradigm of the last decades should look no further than this volume. Yet the volume takes the issue further by vigorously documenting the decline of the U.S. treaty process (Americas dysfunctional diplomacy and the doctrine of unpredictability). There is an urgent need for a massive infusion of strategic support for democracy in the United States. Because come 2024or thereafter an unfinished work might drag American democracy to a dangerous inflection point.
Trump (who has a complete hold on the Republican party, still has a stranglehold on the MAGA base no matter what he does, was instrumental to the breaking of U.S. diplomacy. Undermining the democratic legitimacy of International Law adversely affected U.S. foreign policy. Some federal and lower courts in the judiciary of the United States pose a real threat to Americans democracy as well. To that end, when the principle of truth loses its relevance and meaning as benchmarks for appraisals and decisions, and becomes a harmful tool for willful propaganda. Everybody should be worried about U.S. democracy. A "real" crisis is coming! U.S. Democracy is at a breaking point. Like a giant modern mirror standing behind democracy itself, this book is a citizen's guide to saving U.S. Democracy.
Expertly drawn on global and regional examples and current literature, the volume closes agap in the multidisciplinary field. Quite useful as a valuable resource as it helps us understand the shifting Trump agenda in diverse areas. Essential reference across a range of subjects, bringing together contributions from scholars, and policymakers alike. This extraordinarily well-researched and practically crafted, culture-inclusive text could not be more relevant or timelier. It is a must for everyone. This volume will help to shape the political landscape of the 21st century and will remain a vital source of inspiration for modern-day scholars and political activists.
Part 1: Introduction - the American Democracy.
Chapter
1. Donald Trump,
Authoritarian Populism, and the Struggle to Save Democracy.
Chapter
2.
American Presidency, Interpreting Donald Trump and His Uneasy lies.- Part
2: Unmasking the Presidency.
Chapter
3. The Tenets of Trumpism and the
Assault on American and Global Democracy.
Chapter
4. Trump, and Other
Nationalist and Populist Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery.
Chapter
5.
The Agitator Supplies What the Base Demands: Trumpism Before and After
Trump.
Chapter
6. The Post-election Republican Effort to Overturn the 2020
Election Results: Background and Context.
Chapter
7. Insurrection,
Ressentiment and a Failed Coup: the Capitol Attack and Its Aftermath.- Part
3: Trumps Diplomatic Learning Curve and the American Evangelicals.
Chapter
8. From Nipple to Nambia and Everything in-between: Donald Trumps Mental
Maps and the Unraveling of the Liberal World (Dis)order.
Chapter
9. Trump
and the Performance of "the Other",and Stigmatization.
Chapter
10. Why
Evangelical Christian Women Voted for Trump: a Crisis of Conscience and Moral
Integrity the Cognitive Dissonance.- Part 4: How Media Coverage, Rhetoric
and the Fringe Created the President.
Chapter
11. Trumps Misogyny Widens
Cultural Cracks in U.S. Democracy.
Chapter
12. Trump's Rhetorical Way to
Presidency.
Chapter
13. How Donald Trump Used Wittgensteins language
Games as a Communicative Strategy for Connecting the Leader and his
People.- Part 5: a President of the People or a President of His People'?.-
Chapter
14. A Legacy of Harm: Violence Against Women and the Trump
Administration.
Chapter
15. Lessons Learned of Black Lives Matter in the Age
of Trump.- Part 6: Democracy, and the Surge of Populist Nationalism.
Chapter
16. Messianic and Autocratic Populisms' Waves in the Recent History of the
Americas: Global Trumpism, Continuities, Twists and Rupture.
Chapter
17.
Donald J. Trump in the Whirlwind of Populism and Globalization.- Part 7:
Thats Not in My American History Book.
Chapter
18. Authority Shift in a
Post-truth World.- Part 8: the Unconstrained Presidency: Alt-news and
Post-truths.
Chapter
19. American Presidency, Political Lies and Lying in
Politics: A Paradigm of Bush and Trump Administrations.
Chapter
20.
Neo-liberal Populism and Democracy Under Siege: Some Thoughts on Trump(ISM).-
Chapter
21. Is the President a King? the Unitary Executive Theory and the
Presidency of Donald J. Trump.- Part 9: A Tale of Two Paradigms: Politics and
Epidemics.
Chapter
22. Assessing Trump Administrations National Security
Strategy in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: the Case for a Common and
Cooperative Security Approach.
Chapter
23. Une Saison en Enfer: A
Political Epidemic in Trumps Amerika.- Part 10: So Divided We Cant Think
Straight.
Chapter
24. Donald J. Trumps Politics: a Mix of European Populism
and Athenian Democracy.- Part 11: Same World, Different Planet (Epilogue) .-
Chapter
25. Populism- the Way to Unfreedom: White Supremacy, Patriarchy and
Other Forms of Dominant Ideologies.
Adebowale Akande is one of the world's best-known scholars of cross-cultural studies. As a researcher on SCOPUS, he has been cited numerous times with an H-index of 132/23. With 36,025+ Google Scholar citations, placing Prof. Akande, among the top two percent of research scientists worldwide. Prolific author/editor of many global books in assorted fields. Co-recipient of the 2005 SIOPs M. Scott Myers Award; 2007 and 2009 Ursula Gielen Global Book Award, the GW. Allport Prize (2005). Akandes major research interests mainly focus on relationships among transnational populism, globalization, human rights, identity politics, social justice, self-esteem, learning, power, political influence, and prejudice. He is also known as a popularizer of global cross-cultural research, based on the recognition of the socio-historical, political, sociological and cultural forces acting on the communities and societies of focal individuals. He currently serves asan international director for IR GLOBE in Vancouver and a guest professor to a number of Canadian and American Universities.
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