The Trump Presidency: From Campaign Trail to World Stage

Description

This edited collection delves into the key aspects of the Trump campaign promises around immigration, trade, social and foreign policy, and unpicks how the first year of the presidency has played out in delivering them. It charts his first year from both historical and contemporary political standpoints, and in the context of comparative pieces stacking Trump’s performance against Gold-standard presidents such as Reagan, Kennedy and the last ‘outsider’, Eisenhower. Focusing in on a number of key elements of the presidency in depth, it offers a unique perspective on a presidency like no other, drawing on the overriding themes of populism, nativist nationalism and the battle for disengagement from the neoliberal power generation. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Mara Oliva, Mark Shanahan)....Pages 1-5 Front Matter ....Pages 7-7 Outsider Presidents: Comparing Trump and Eisenhower (Mark Shanahan)....Pages 9-32 Style and Substance: Trump in the Context of Camelot (Mark White)....Pages 33-58 Make America Great Again: Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump (Iwan Morgan)....Pages 59-82 Front Matter ....Pages 83-83 Pushing Back the Obama Legacy: Trump’s First Year and the Alt-Right—Evangelical—Catholic Coalition (Lee Marsden)....Pages 85-109 Racial Policy Under Trump (Richard Johnson)....Pages 111-135 Bad Hombres: The Trump Administration, Mexican Immigration and the Border Wall (Kevern Verney)....Pages 137-158 Grab ‘Em by the Legacy: Rolling Back the Years with President Trump (Clodagh Harrington)....Pages 159-178 Trumpism, Conservatism and Social Policy (Alex Waddan)....Pages 179-201 Front Matter ....Pages 203-203 “Stability Not Chaos”? Donald Trump and the World—An Early Assessment (Maria Ryan)....Pages 205-226 Trump and China: Much Ado About Nothing (Mara Oliva)....Pages 227-247 Conclusion (Mark Shanahan, Mara Oliva)....Pages 249-254 Back Matter ....Pages 255-258