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As Henry Giroux observes, “We live in dangerous times. Global corporatism, war, violence, racism, an arms race, militarism, terrorism, climate change, the threat of nuclear weaponry, and the rise of authoritarian societies internationally pose a dire threat not just to human rights and democracy, but to humanity itself” (2017, 232). In the present moment, this danger is personified by the demagogic figure of Donald Trump. Indeed, whether segments of the populace recognize it or not, the United States is confronting a political crisis.
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See, for example, the following newspaper article: Bromberg, Yael, and Cheverud, Eirik. “Anti-Trump Protestors face 60 years in Jail. Is Dissent a Crime?” The Guardian, November 22, 2017. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/22/donald-trump-administration-punishing-dissent-protesters.
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See, for example, the following newspaper article: McCarthy, Tom. “Trump decries ‘attack on our country’ after FBI raids his lawyer’s office.” The Guardian, April 10, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/09/michael-cohen-raid-trump-lawyer-fbi-mueller-documents.
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See, McCoy, Alfred. 2017. In the Shadows of the American Century. Chicago: Haymarket Books, for a comprehensive analysis of the decline of the United States as a global power and empire.
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Kowalski, J. (2019). Coda: Political Crisis and the Reimagining of America. In: Kowalski, J. (eds) Reading Donald Trump. The Evolving American Presidency. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93179-1_10
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