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Trump: Manipulation and Popularity

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Published in El Mundo
(Spain) on 30 July 2018
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Translated from by Megan Smith. Edited by Alen Amini.
The president of the United States is profiting from his strategy of propaganda and agitation. According to a survey by The Wall Street Journal and NBC, his approval rating is now at 45 percent, 1 percent more than it was in June. It’s a very high figure for this point in his term. And it contrasts with the erosion of his image in the international arena and the succession of scandals that plague him, from “Russiagate,” to the tirades he threw with regard to American Intelligence during his latest press conference with Vladimir Putin.

Trump has turned demagoguery and manipulation into a way of survival in politics. Currently, it seems that he is gaining ground among the electorate, though in doing so he is distorting reality, overthrowing consensus, and destroying the prestige of his position.


Al presidente de EEUU le está saliendo rentable su estrategia de propaganda y agitación. Según una encuesta de The Wall Street Journal y la NBC, su popularidad es del 45%, un punto más que en junio. Es una cifra altísima a estas alturas de su mandato. Y contrasta con la erosión de su imagen en el concierto internacional y con la sucesión de escándalos que le rodean, desde el Rusiagate hasta las invectivas lanzadas por él mismo a la Inteligencia estadounidense en su última rueda de prensa con Putin. Trump ha hecho de la demagogia y la manipulación una forma de supervivencia en la política. De momento, parece que le sale a cuenta entre el electorado aunque a costa de falsear la realidad, derribar consensos y arruinar el prestigio de su cargo.
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