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A field guide to Trump's dangerous rhetoric

  • Written by Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University
A field guide to Trump's dangerous rhetoricPresident-elect Trump at a post-election rally in Mobile, Alabama, Dec. 17, 2016. Mark Wallheiser/Getty

All leaders are demagogues. You may not realize this, because we’ve come to associate the word “demagogue” with only dangerous populist leaders. But in Greek, the word just means “leader of the people” (dēmos...

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