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Running the Country Like a Business: Donald Trump, Neoliberalism, and the Metaphor of the CEO Presidency.
Running the Country Like a Business: Donald Trump, Neoliberalism, and the Metaphor of the CEO Presidency.

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자료유형  
 학위논문
Control Number  
0017164396
International Standard Book Number  
9798346381792
Dewey Decimal Classification Number  
324.973
Main Entry-Personal Name  
Johnson, Brandon M.
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  
[S.l.] : The Pennsylvania State University., 2024
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint  
Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024
Physical Description  
200 p.
General Note  
Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 86-05, Section: A.
General Note  
Advisor: Stuckey, Mary E.
Dissertation Note  
Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Pennsylvania State University, 2024.
Summary, Etc.  
요약Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election based not on traditional qualifications (such as having held elected office or being a military leader), but on his business background. He called on his status in popular culture as a real estate developer, writer of The Art of the Deal, and host of The Apprentice. Through the metaphors he used to describe presidential leadership, he defined politics in economic terms, promising to run the country as a business. Building on the emerging scholarship studying Trump's election, presidency, and institutional impact, this project provides a rhetorical critique of what I call the "CEO presidency," or Trump's promises to run the country as a business. I draw on primary texts ranging from 2015 to 2021, gathering together speeches, rallies, public appearances, contemporaneous media coverage, and social media posts to trace the rhetorical form and function of this CEO presidency.I argue that Trump used the CEO presidency to address the gap in qualifications between him and his opponents by re-defining political leadership to be the same as running a business through a hypermasculine vision of CEO leadership and a postracial, neoliberal view of leadership. I contextualize my analysis in a historical chapter that positions Trump as the culmination of changing norms around presidential qualifications that made private sector experience more applicable and the neoliberal political realignment of the late 1970s that imposed free market and economic language into governance. Then, I draw out the major themes of the CEO presidency across three chapters of analysis. First, I argue that Trump defended his business background as qualifying him for the presidency based on his experience building a business, his ability to make deals, and his "stamina," which he used to create a hypermasculine view of leadership. Even as Trump defended a nontraditional background, he also called on gendered, masculine norms of political communication and the presidency. Second, I trace the use of race and postracialism in the rhetorical form of the CEO presidency through case studies of racial justice, economic anxiety, and racial justice. I show how Trump used explicitly racial themes in blaming external threats like Mexico and China for economic downturn and in presenting a commodified view of immigration that called for immigrants who would add value to the economy. Alongside this rhetoric, Trump made postracial calls to move beyond race for a purely economic justice that precluded considerations of structural racism or its causes. Third, I show how these themes led to a view of neoliberal citizenship exemplified by his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in which he called for an individual response to the pandemic that demanded citizens return to work and be "stronger" than the virus to revive the economy. My concluding chapter considers the ethical implications of the CEO presidency arguing that its economic emphasis, while possibly politically advantageous moving forward for conservative politicians, risks obscuring issues of structural racism and preventing discussions of equity and social justice that fall beyond the neoliberal leadership the CEO presidency reinforces.
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Primaries & caucuses.
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Political conventions.
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Racism.
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Metaphor.
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Presidential elections.
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Politics.
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COVID-19.
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Political science.
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The Pennsylvania State University.
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Dissertations Abstracts International. 86-05A.
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■520    ▼aDonald  Trump  won  the  2016  presidential  election  based  not  on  traditional  qualifications  (such  as  having  held  elected  office  or  being  a  military  leader),  but  on  his  business  background.  He  called  on  his  status  in  popular  culture  as  a  real  estate  developer,  writer  of  The  Art  of  the  Deal,  and  host  of  The  Apprentice.  Through  the  metaphors  he  used  to  describe  presidential  leadership,  he  defined  politics  in  economic  terms,  promising  to  run  the  country  as  a  business.  Building  on  the  emerging  scholarship  studying  Trump's  election,  presidency,  and  institutional  impact,  this  project  provides  a  rhetorical  critique  of  what  I  call  the  "CEO  presidency,"  or  Trump's  promises  to  run  the  country  as  a  business.  I  draw  on  primary  texts  ranging  from  2015  to  2021,  gathering  together  speeches,  rallies,  public  appearances,  contemporaneous  media  coverage,  and  social  media  posts  to  trace  the  rhetorical  form  and  function  of  this  CEO  presidency.I  argue  that  Trump  used  the  CEO  presidency  to  address  the  gap  in  qualifications  between  him  and  his  opponents  by  re-defining  political  leadership  to  be  the  same  as  running  a  business  through  a  hypermasculine  vision  of  CEO  leadership  and  a  postracial,  neoliberal  view  of  leadership.  I  contextualize  my  analysis  in  a  historical  chapter  that  positions  Trump  as  the  culmination  of  changing  norms  around  presidential  qualifications  that  made  private  sector  experience  more  applicable  and  the  neoliberal  political  realignment  of  the  late  1970s  that  imposed  free  market  and  economic  language  into  governance.  Then,  I  draw  out  the  major  themes  of  the  CEO  presidency  across  three  chapters  of  analysis.  First,  I  argue  that  Trump  defended  his  business  background  as  qualifying  him  for  the  presidency  based  on  his  experience  building  a  business,  his  ability  to  make  deals,  and  his  "stamina,"  which  he  used  to  create  a  hypermasculine  view  of  leadership.  Even  as  Trump  defended  a  nontraditional  background,  he  also  called  on  gendered,  masculine  norms  of  political  communication  and  the  presidency.  Second,  I  trace  the  use  of  race  and  postracialism  in  the  rhetorical  form  of  the  CEO  presidency  through  case  studies  of  racial  justice,  economic  anxiety,  and  racial  justice.  I  show  how  Trump  used  explicitly  racial  themes  in  blaming  external  threats  like  Mexico  and  China  for  economic  downturn  and  in  presenting  a  commodified  view  of  immigration  that  called  for  immigrants  who  would  add  value  to  the  economy.  Alongside  this  rhetoric,  Trump  made  postracial  calls  to  move  beyond  race  for  a  purely  economic  justice  that  precluded  considerations  of  structural  racism  or  its  causes.  Third,  I  show  how  these  themes  led  to  a  view  of  neoliberal  citizenship  exemplified  by  his  response  to  the  COVID-19  pandemic,  in  which  he  called  for  an  individual  response  to  the  pandemic  that  demanded  citizens  return  to  work  and  be  "stronger"  than  the  virus  to  revive  the  economy.  My  concluding  chapter  considers  the  ethical  implications  of  the  CEO  presidency  arguing  that  its  economic  emphasis,  while  possibly  politically  advantageous  moving  forward  for  conservative  politicians,  risks  obscuring  issues  of  structural  racism  and  preventing  discussions  of  equity  and  social  justice  that  fall  beyond  the  neoliberal  leadership  the  CEO  presidency  reinforces.
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