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The American propaganda mill has succeeded in convincing far too many Americans that the country is failing. Evidently some of the (white) male Americans have therefore come to believe that the nation needs a more 'masculine' leader, a man like Donald J Trump - a man who appears to be over compensating for personal failures
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Donald Trump is a parody of American manhood — and that's what lifts him
The most popular candidate among white American men is a parody of American manhood. By now, we have become used to the frat-boy performance that defines Donald Trump’s candidacy: the sexual boasting, the condescending or outright insulting treatment of women, the open discussion about the size of his penis. As we approach the general election, it becomes ever more clear that Trump’s flagrant and empty machismo is not a distraction from his campaign but its substance.
Trump’s appeal cannot be ideological; that’s a given. Technically Trump represents the Republican Party, and Republicans will form his base of support in November. But he doesn’t endorse traditional Republican policies and several key members of the conservative intellectual class have described him as a fascist. Certainly he is not a Democrat either. His basic political incoherence has driven his style into the foreground.
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His hair alone is an icon of vapid masculine braggadocio. - — a balding man who owns the most radical comb-over in history