The Future of Trumpism
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The New Yorker
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🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Nicholas Lemann’s “The Republican Identity Crisis After Trump” explores what will happen to the movement Donald Trump created among Republicans. In his 2016 campaign, he ran as a populist insurgent against Wall Street, “élites,” and the Republican Party itself—mobilizing voters against their traditional leadership. But, in office, he has governed largely according to the Party’s priorities. If Trump loses next month’s election, what will become of the movement he created? Lemann spoke with David Remnick about three possible scenarios for Republicans.
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| 1:10.9 | I'm Dorothy Wickendon on today's Politics and More podcast, David Remnick talks with New Yorker |
| 1:16.9 | staff writer Nicholas Lemon. They'll discuss the future of Trumpism and whether the Republican |
| 1:22.0 | Party will redefine itself once Trump is out of office. |
| 1:29.1 | Nicholas Lemon has been reporting on and studying American politics for a long time as a |
| 1:34.6 | staff writer for the New Yorker. And now is this strange and very unnerving election season |
| 1:40.5 | draws to a close with the polls forecasting real trouble for Donald Trump, Nick has been |
| 1:45.6 | considering a question that could be crucial to the American future. Will Trumpism outlast Donald Trump? |
| 1:52.6 | Nick, let's begin with a very basic question. What is Trumpism? Well, it's a little hard to answer because President Trump is such an erratic person, |
| 2:05.1 | but it would have been easier to answer during the Republican primary season in 2016. So then |
| 2:14.0 | you had the spectacle of Trump, in addition to being a super flamboyant and flamboyantly offensive former reality TV star, |
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