The Real Psychology of the Trump Presidency

The United States has never had a president quite like Donald J. Trump. He violated every rule of conventional presidential campaigns to win a race that almost no one, including at times he himself, thought he would win. In so doing, Trump set off cataclysmic shock waves across the country and world that have not subsided and are unlikely to as long as he remains in office. Critics of Trump abound, as do anonymously sourced speculations about his motives, yet the real man behind this unprecedented presidency remains largely unknown. In this innovative analysis, American presidency scholar and trained psychoanalyst Stanley Renshon reaches beyond partisan narrative to offer a serious and substantive examination of Trump's real psychology and controversial presidency. He analyzes Trump as a preemptive president trying to become transformative by initiating a Politics of American Restoration. Rigorously grounded in both political science and psychology scholarship, The Real Psychology of the Trump Presidency offers a unique and thoughtful perspective on our controversial 45th president.

Offers the first scholarly account of President Donald J. Trump's psychology Informed by academic research in both political science and psychology Makes a compelling case for a less partisan, more systematic and empirical approach to understanding Trump

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Stanley Renshon is Professor of political science at Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, and a certified psychoanalyst. He is the author of over 100 professional articles and 18 books in the areas of presidential psychology and leadership, immigration and American national identity, and American foreign policy.

Inhalt

1. Building a Theory of Donald Trump and his Presidency.- 2. In the Eye of the Hurricane: Strategies for Analyzing the Trump Presidency.- 3. The Paradoxical Foundations of the Trump Presidency: Causes and Consequences.- 4. Donald Trump's Fight Club Presidency.- 5. Leadership Style, Presidential Success and Political Time.- 6. President Trump's Narcissism Reconsidered.- 7. On President Trump's Psychological and Political Fitness for Office.- 8. The Unexpected Trump.- 9. Prelude to a Unique Presidency: Preparation, Expectations and Judgement.- 10. Essentials of Leadership: The Sources of Trump's Unique Presidency.- 11. Conservative American Nationalism: The Trump Doctrine in Theory and Practice.- 12. The Future of the Trump Presidency.