Trump’s promotion of an image of strength after assassination attempt borrows from authoritarian playbook
- Written by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History and Italian, New York University
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In the days since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, supporters of the former president have used the incident to project an image of power.
T-shirts of a bloodied Trump with his fist clenched were on sale at the Republican National Convention, where Trump –...