Trump, Our Favourite Jouissance

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University of Canterbury
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2020
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Zeiher, Cindy
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Can we call President Trump stupid? On this question it seems the jury is still out. Or perhaps we simply enjoy calling him stupid, regardless of whether he is or not. Although obviously lacking finesse and sophistication, Trump purports a strange transparency and directness in which, ironically, the modern liberal plea remains at play. On the other hand, Trump�s ultra-conservative ideological positions on, for example, economic strategy, climate change, gun ownership, white supremacy, women�s rights, and most recently, the covid-19 pandemic, are privileged by him with open and unapologetic pride in the face of both contradictory scientific evidence and increasing grassroots opposition in some political circles.

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