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Against The Establishment: How The Campaigns Of Ross Perot And Jesse Ventura Were Antecedents To Donald Trump, William Kertzman
Against The Establishment: How The Campaigns Of Ross Perot And Jesse Ventura Were Antecedents To Donald Trump, William Kertzman
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In 2016, the United States elected Donald Trump, a former businessman and reality star, as president. How did that happen? Why did that happen? There are many who have tried to answer this question in the years following his election, some of whom have offered variations on a similar idea: Trump's style of politics is part of the larger trend of conservatism that has been taking over since Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980. This idea has been propagated both on the left and on the right, and while at first it may seem apt to compare Trump and Reagan, …