bMore than the Super Bowl, Igagar insisted Donald Trump sitting in a large leather chair next to the big map. An announcement was made on the public address system afterwards. “Air Force 1 is currently in international waters,” declared the squadron of the US Presidential Jet.
Trump moaned as his aide applauded and pertussised. We’re about “making America great again” right? That’s what we care about. “He signed a declaration declaring “American Gulf Day” on February 9th, as the Air Force flew through what was previously known as the Gulf of Mexico.
It was classic Trump showmanship from the highest perch in the world. He was also the latest salvo by the 47th President and his allies, reconstructing the cultural institutions in a way that controls language, influences media narratives, and compares them with other authoritarian regimes from history. .
A long-standing master of branding, Trump makes propaganda a core element of his Strongman President. This is almost a surprise to critics who view this as an extension of last year’s election campaign, and to critics who sold him as a champion of forgotten people and a victim of the weaponized Justice Department.
“We’ve been working hard to get into the world,” said Tara Setmayer, former Republican communications director at Capitol Hill. Propaganda is the reason why Donald Trump will become president again, and because they know this, they are the reason why they undermine reporting, expertise and science. ”
Since taking office, Trump has surpassed his predecessors by signing 64 executive orders and 27 memos and declarations within a month. His electric shocks on immigration, trade and the federal bureaucracy were anticipated. However, the president’s aggressive approach to reconstructing national identity through symbolism and language surprised his enemies.
It’s no coincidence that Trump chased the FCC license and sued these media conglomerates and they sue him to bend his knees
Tara Setmayer
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laughed when Trump insisted on a vision of US rule by using his first speech to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the US Gulf . However, the switch has an ominous edge.
This week, the White House banned the Associated Press, one of the world’s biggest news outlets, as it has not changed its stylebook entry for the Gulf of Mexico’s US Gulf (the AP has not recognized the new name). (We provide services to countries of Japan). The punitive measures prompted CNN to evoke the “newspaper” of George Orwell’s novel 1984. Language is a tool of control and can be narrowed down to limit your thinking.
Similarly, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegses signed an order to restore the names of North Carolina Special Operations Force Bases, reversing Joe Biden’s efforts in 2023 to honor Confederate leaders. Name removed (Hegseth Swedes, the association recognizes Roland Bragg, an obscure veteran of World War II.
The White House is also redefine the terms to throw the enemy from a negative standpoint by calling fired federal employees “deep state activists.” The National Park Service has erased references to trans people on its Stonewall National Monument webpage.
As the AP discovered, the media has long been ridden from Trump as “fake news” and “the enemy of people” – has been subject to a system of reward and punishment. The Washington Post owners and major social media platforms such as Facebook and X had the best seats in the home at the inauguration ceremony.
At least 10 of the 18 reporters White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt requested during this week’s briefing during work for the partisan right-wing outlet. Pentagon officials have decided to “spin” eight major news outlets from their workspace and replace them with more Trump-friendly media, and invite far-right activist Jack Posoviek to travel abroad for Hegzes I participated.
Additionally, Trump pursues lawsuits against media outlets by circumventing the first amendment protections established using novel legal theories. Meanwhile, his allies use the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) targeting broadcast news networks where content appears to be at a disadvantage.
There are concerns that intimidating tactics are working. Setmeyer, who currently leads the Seneca Project, a women-led, hyper-political action committee, said: “The mainstream American media has failed. What’s going on is not a normal transition. It’s a constitutional crisis. It’s the American media should cover this and they aren’t.
“They are analyzing the words. They are whitewashing and washing what Elon Musk was doing, what Donald Trump is telegraphing. They are business-wise to follow beforehand. “It’s not a coincidence that Trump chases FCC licenses and pleads his knees to him by sue these media conglomerates, so we don’t honestly cover him.”
Trump has also made a surprising foray into arts and culture with the hostile takeover of the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts Center in Washington. This is the living monument to the 35th President, who holds classical music and dance on a budget of $268 million last year. , hip hop, opera, theater, tour production, educational art programming.
Trump set up himself as chairman, building up the board with his loyalty and replacing President Deborah Rutter with former acting director of national intelligence, Rick Grenell.
“We know the importance of art in telling stories, maintaining truth and being part of resistance, so like other fascists in history, Trump comes for art. It’s not a coincidence,” Setsmeyer said.
The president admitted he had never been to the Kennedy Center, but felt that overhauls were needed for drug shows and other “anti-American propaganda” that were “targeted at our youth.” He told reporters: I’m not awake in this country anymore. ” In response, several stars dissociated from the center.
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At the same time, National Endowment, the largest funder for arts education with a budget of $207 million in 2024, will cancel grants targeted at marginalized groups and be managed by grant recipients. I’ve posted the latest guidelines that show that you shouldn’t. Programs that promote “diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)” or “using federal funds to promote gender ideology.”
The change has encouraged concerns about the politicization of art, with critics pointing to examples of artists who suppressed and censored the examples of dictators of history.
“There are a lot of things I was hoping to work with his circle from Trump, but when he decided, I was surprised to see him,” Olivia Troy, former adviser to then Vice President Mike Pence. I have to insert myself and take over the Kennedy Center because for me it was a sign that he wanted full control over all the stories.”
Trump has shown an authoritarian streak and is trying to curb opposition, Troy added: People need to pay attention to these types of things. ”
“They may seem frivolous. Why do you care about what he did to the Kennedy Center? Well, let’s take a look at history. Who has done it as president? Why he? Is it doing that? It’s all part of a comprehensive effort by this individual who wants to control all the stories out there.”
Like authoritarians of the past, Trump understands the power of symbols such as Mount Rushmore in South Dakota. This carves the faces of former President George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida proposed laws to add Trump to the memorial, saying, “President Trump’s bold leadership and solid dedication to American greatness solidified his position in history.” “They explained.
Trump issued an order to revive “National Gardens of American Heroes.” This is an attempt to curate a version of history that reinforces the idea of national exceptionalism. Georgia representative Buddy Carter has introduced a bill renamed Greenland as “red, white and blueland” as Trump is trying to acquire territory on the island.
Trump is also seeking “patriotic education,” seeking to control what is being taught in schools and set up a conservative vision. The administration is pushing to limit what teachers can teach about gender and race, and threatens to withhold funds from schools that don’t follow.
In particular, the 47th president controls the nation’s attention, filling the news cycle and social media 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Last Sunday he became the first sitting US president to attend the Super Bowl, the Crown Jewel of the US Sports. According to New York Times critic James, it has won 127 million viewers and “Air of Caesar the Coliseum.” Poniewozik.
There was a saturation afterwards when Trump hosted Ally Elon Musk and his son X in his oval office. White House Communications Director Stephen Chan tweeted images of eight news networks broadcasting the conference, boasting “dominance of the full spectrum.”
Reed Gallen, chairman of the Union, a democratic coalition, said: The idea of propaganda is not necessarily to lie about things, but to focus your attention on where you want it, and he is the master of it. ”
Ruth Ben Geat, a professor of history and Italian research at New York University and author of Strongman, describes Trump as “one of the most successful propagandists of all history.” In the use of images, symbols, and repetitive uses.
She said: It’s not just the old-fashioned dictatorship of North Korea today, or communist China, where the leadership is everywhere.
“Today, India’s Modi is the world’s most follower leader. He is an Instagram genius. When he took office in 2014, he was able to use holograms and be in 100 places at the same time. What’s inevitable everywhere is part of making the population dependent on you and anyone else.”
