#Nationalism: the ethno-nationalist populism of Donald Trump’s Twitter communication

Abstract

In this article, we explore the ethno-nationalist populism of Donald Trump's Twitter communication during the 2016 presidential campaign. We draw on insights from ethno-symbolisma perspective within nationalism studiesto analyse all 5,515 tweets sent by Trump during the campaign. We find that ethno-nationalist and populist themes were by far the most important component of Trump's tweets, and that these themes built upon longstanding myths and symbols of an ethnic conception of American identity. In sum, Trump's tweets depicted a virtuous white majority being threatened by several groups of immoral outsiders, who were identified by their foreignness, their religion, and their self-interestedness. The struggle against these groups was framed as a mission to restore America to a mythical golden ageto "Make America Great Again."

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