How Trump Happened: A System Shock Decades in the Making by Steven E. Schier
English | March 9th, 2020 | ISBN: 1538122049 | 176 pages | EPUB | 0.48 MB
The stunning 2016 election and presidency of Donald Trump was decades in the making. Three trends since the 1960s created the conditions for his triumph. First, a growing popular discontent with government, long evident in public opinion, created a widespread distrust of established leaders and institutions. Second, America underwent the rise of "professional government." Governing professionals are an elite built on merit through occupational accomplishment. They now dominate interest groups, the bureaucracy, courts, presidency, and Congress.