Post-Truth Populism and Scientific Expertise: Climate and Covid Policies from Trump to Biden
Donald Trump’s presidency was a wild ride for the American public. His populist attempt to turn American politics on its head was anti-democratic, anti-media, racist, and anti-science. Waging “war on truth,” Trump sought to fundamentally turn the political system toward the contemporary variant of r...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | International review of public policy 2022-07, Vol.4 (1), p.115-122 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Donald Trump’s presidency was a wild ride for the American public. His populist attempt to turn American politics on its head was anti-democratic, anti-media, racist, and anti-science. Waging “war on truth,” Trump sought to fundamentally turn the political system toward the contemporary variant of right-wing conservativism. Despite losing the 2020 election, his populist “post-truth” politics is still very much alive and threatens to have a lasting effect on American politics. It is today impo... |
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| ISSN: | 2679-3873 2706-6274 |
| DOI: | 10.4000/irpp.2390 |