Trumping Democracy

<p>Since 2014 over 80 people have been killed in the United States of America by Right-wing terrorists. In 2016 Donald Trump was elected President of the United States and received substantial support from White nationalists. </p><p>This book explains the increase in violent White nationalism and Trump’s ascendancy in the context of the backlash against the presidency of Barack Obama. It demonstrates how there is a dynamic relationship between the Republican Party various Right-wing populist movements and the Right. Far Right social movements political campaigns and the online presence of the so-called ‘alt-Right’ are all discussed. The book argues that unfair hierarchies of race gender and class are not aberrational tremors in America but the fracturing bedrock of a nation in which being White male Christian or straight no longer ensures a stable floor for power status or privilege. </p><p>This is vital reading for students researchers and activists interested in American politics and the dangers of Right-wing movements and political parties.</p>