Politics

The Politics of Fear and Fiction.

Does the queer contrast of Trump’s dissipation from the national discourse but his augmenting prominence in the Republican party hint at the politics of fear?

President Donald Trump shushes journalists as they attempt to ask him questions during a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House on Friday. (Washington Post photo by Jonathan Newton)

“Leadership means inspiring us to manage through our fears. Demagoguery means exploiting our fears for…