One nation after Trump a guide for the perplexed, the disillusioned, the desperate, and the not-yet deported

Three of Washington's premier political scholar-journalists explain why the Trump presidency poses a threat to the nation and discusses how the citizen activism it has inspired can lead to democratic renewal.

Main Authors: Dionne, E. J., Jr. (Author), Ornstein, Norman J. (Author), Mann, Thomas E. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: when a crisis is an opportunity: the perils of Trumpism and the call to engagement
  • Part I. Trump and Trumpism
  • Trumpian misconceptions: what Trump's election meant, what it didn't, and why Trumpism doesn't own the future
  • When the truth doesn't matter: the crisis of the media and the rise of "alternative facts"
  • Bad behavior: the disappearing norms of American politics
  • A penchant for authoritarianism: how Trump intimidates opponents, promotes kleptocracy, and challenges the rule of law
  • Phony friend of the working class: Trump, "populism," and the new politics of the far right
  • Race, immigration, culture, or economics? The complicated motivations of the Trump voter
  • Part II. The way forward
  • With opportunity and justice for all: building a new economy
  • Yearning to breathe free: discovering a new patriotism
  • Our little platoons: the urgency of a new civil society
  • What "draining the swamp" really looks like: bringing a new democracy to life
  • "Show up, dive in, stay at it": building one nation after Trump.