Being about killed’ may cause a influx of sympathy,’ professor says
According to a professor at New York University, President Donald Trump may shave a leaf from the “authoritarian playbook” and employ his death as a weapon to increase his power.
According to historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, “assassination attempts may trigger a flood of pity for leaders that can enhance their personality cults as well.”
” And with each unsuccessful attempt, the personality cult themes about the president’s masculine endurance, endurance and omnipotence get confidence among his followers”, the background professor said. ” This was undoubtedly the case with Castro and Mussolini, and it has been the case with former President Donald Trump.”
Autocrats have posed as sufferers of internal and external opponents as well as protectors of the region as the only ones who could save the people and make them great, according to Mussolini and Hitler.
( This is not the first time she has compared Trump to Mussolini. )
She wrote that Trump’s response to being shot at “is much in line with authoritarian history” and that the results of the death try were” as is done.” ” Chief among its outcome is a boost to Trump’s suffering persona”.
The doctor noted that some Republicans sided with Trump after he survived an assassination effort.
Trump has also become actually more devoted to his supporters, she wrote. ” At the] Republican National Convention], many wore ear bandages as signs of support. Trump’s scars are their wounds to – to them, he embodies the region, expresses their hardships and dangers his security on their behalf”.
His plan, according to Ben-Ghiat, “has often had vengeance and punishment for those who persecute him, in his showing, as a main style”.
The assassination attempt and Trump’s reaction to the lengthy Heritage Foundation white paper,” Project 2025,” were therefore connected, she said.
It includes firing officials who refuse to carry out their duties and support the senior branch’s goals. The project is run by former Trump officers, but the senator has not.
Unfortunately, Ben-Ghiat is concerned.
The assassination attempt on Trump does serve as justification for these steps, just as other authoritarians have done so in the past.
Editor’s note: The Heritage Foundation gave The College Fix a grant for a job that is related to Project 2025.
Extra: Do professors know whether Trump actually received a shot?
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