The Trump Revolution
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| Author | Ilana Mercer |
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| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Politics |
| Published | June 29, 2016 |
| Publisher | Politically Incorrect Press |
| ISBN | 9780974103914 |
| Preceded by | Into The Cannibal's Pot: Lessons for America From Post-Apartheid South Africa |
The Trump Revolution: The Donald's Creative Destruction Deconstructed is the third book by paleolibertarian author and columnist Ilana Mercer. Published on June 29, 2016, TTR appears to be the first analysis of the Trump phenomenon from a libertarian perspective.[1]
Summary
Constructed as a series of real-time essays, author Ilana Mercer takes an analytical look at the presidential campaign of Donald Trump and argues its far-reaching effects, "smashing an enmeshed political spoils system to bits: the media complex, the political and party complex, the conservative poseur complex."[2]
Critical reception
The Trump Revolution received generally positive reviews with Dr. Clyde N. Wilson, a retired professor of history and author calling it "[T]he best extended analysis yet published of the Trump phenomenon",[3] while author and political theorist Chris Matthew Sciabarra declared it a "a testament to Mercer's muscular writing and clever reasoning", and also observed that Mercer is " ... not necessarily for the policies of Trump, but for the process of Trump. This, in itself, is the most interesting of her arguments in a well-constructed book of essays that builds the case for that process".[4] Reviewing it for Townhall, Jack Kerwick referred to it as "the first libertarian defense of the Trump Process" that is "especially suited for libertarian and conservative-leaning Trump skeptics".[5]
Quotes
- "Donald Trump, acting as a political Samson that threatens to bring the den of iniquity crashing down on its patrons." page 2
- "Donald Trump doesn’t collapse the distinction between 'America' and the U.S. government. He exhibits no confusion of category. To Trump, making America great means making the people great."page 4
- "Our neoconservative pseudo-conservatives speak like Tocqueville but act like Robespierre."page 16
- "The cable commentariat is a cog in the corpulent D.C. fleshpot." page 40
- "When the magic number of delegates was obtained, '1237' became the new '300' (a reference to the comic-book rendition of the epic Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC)." page 43
- "American journalism is a circle jerk of power brokers." page 54
- "By definition, a professional politician is opportunistic and parasitic. For his survival, he must feed off his hosts. To convince the host to let him hook on and drain his lifeblood, the political hookworm must persuade enough of them to believe his deception." page 60
- "Flawed though he most certainly is—Donald Trump belongs to the category of Americans who wield economic power. He has provided goods and services people want, built buildings and resorts they inhabit and frequent, provided his investors with a return on their investment. And he has done so using the peaceful, voluntary means of free-market capitalism. He has not passed an individual mandate to compel any and all to patronize his buildings, businesses or buy his products." page 61
- “Nullification is a political power tool, properly considered as Justice’s Jaws of Life.” page 233
References
- ↑ Mercer, Ilana. "The Libertarian Book of Trump". Townhall. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ "The Trump Revolution - ILANA MERCER". ILANA MERCER. Retrieved 2016-10-23.
- ↑ Wilson, Clyde N. (October 2016). "Sounding the Trump". chroniclesmagazine.org.
- ↑ Sciabarra, Chris (July 20, 2016). "The Donald and Mercer's "Trump Revolution"". www.nyu.edu/projects/sciabarra/notablog/.
- ↑ Kerwick, Jack. "Jack Kerwick - "The Trump Revolution: The Donald’s Creative Destruction Deconstructed": A Review of the First Libertarian Case for the Trump Process". Townhall. Retrieved 2016-10-23.