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From “You’re fired” and “Lock her up” to “Stop the steal” and “the Supreme Court ruled . . . I’m immune” – Donald Trump in spite / because of his increasing authoritarian ambitions and violent rhetoric has had a firm grip on the Republican Party for almost ten years. This talk seeks to trace Trump’s path from reality show host to the White House and beyond and will lay bare why, during this election season, not only the next presidency but US democracy as a whole is at stake.
Mag. Mag. Dr. Cornelia Klecker
Cornelia Klecker is Deputy Department Chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Innsbruck. She is the author of ‘Trump as the “Kardashian of Politics”? Daniel J. Boorstin's ‘Pseudo-Event’ and the Rise of Donald Trump’ and co-editor (with Sascha Pöhlmann) of the anthology Flyover Fictions: Polarisation in US-American Culture, Media, and Politics (University of Nebraska Press, forthcoming, 2025).
Recorded on October 10th, 2024 at the University of Innsbruck. The US elections took place on November 5th, 2024.
Links
- To the US politics lecture series
- Website Cornelia Klecker
- To the article "Trump as the ‘Kardashian of Politics’?" (open access)
- To the book "Flyover Fictions"
To cite
Klecker, Cornelia (2024): Trump vs. Democracy: From Reality Show to Imperial Presidency, Podcast PolitikWissen, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, Universität Innsbruck, https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/politikwissenschaft/kommunikation/podcast/klecker-trump.
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