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7 - Trump’s Journalism

from Part IV - Feeling Besieged

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2020

Roderick P. Hart
Roderick P. Hart
Affiliation:
University of Texas, Austin
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Politics is a deadly serious business until 11:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Then the klieg lights shine. Donald Trump’s name is embossed in gold on his penis, declares Stormy Daniels on Jimmy Kimmel Live.1 Ivanka Trump is a “feckless cunt,” observes Samantha Bee on Full Frontal.2 Donald Trump is a “presidunce” and a “pricktator,” announces Steven Colbert on The Late Show.3 Clearly, nothing is now off-limits when it comes to presidential humor. Researchers have found that Trump was the butt of late-night jokes three times more often than Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign, a ratio that seemed foreordained given Trump’s media history.4 Before running for office, after all, Trump had mugged with Duck Dynasty characters, overseen the Miss America pageant, and fired people on The Apprentice – all on national TV. What could possibly be verboten in a Trump presidency?

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Trump and Us
What He Says and Why People Listen
 , pp. 141 - 164
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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