Donald Trump's Use Of Propaganda In Presidential Elections

Every four years presidential elections are held here in the United States, and a Democratic and Republican party run. The candidates of each party have and use their own tactics of propaganda. Propaganda is information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause, usually biased or misleading. Donald Trump uses some strategies to attack candidates at a personal level and not a professional level. The three most common propagandist tactics used by Donald Trump in any presidential debate are name-calling, card stacking, and glittering generalities.
One technique Trump is most known for using is the name-calling technique. Name-calling is when negatively charged names that are thrown at the opposing side or competitor. One example
Card stacking is when one side may suppress or distort evidence to divert attention from the real problem at hand. One example of this is Trump's speech in December 2015, in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Trump had said that democratic runner, Clinton, former husband, Bill Clinton, is a “tremendous” abuser of women. Another stab a candidate Democratic runner, Clinton, was stated on Twitter back in April of 2015. Trump had tweeted on Twitter that “If Hillary Clinton can’t satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?” Trump continues to bring up candidates past to win arguments and avoid the more serious matters at hand. These card-stacking comments are not the only techniques of propaganda that are
Glittering generalities is when advertisers surround their products with attractive and slippery word phrases. Trump uses this example very well with one of his famous quotes. Trump’s “I am going to make America great again.” quote is one of the most well known example from this debate. Trumps quote “A Nation without borders is not a nation at all.” is another example of glittering generalities. By using the word “nation” it shows unity between the citizens. Another example came from an interview in December 2015, Trump made a glittering generality after being widely criticized for his plan to block Muslims from entering the United States. He responds with “Many Muslim friends of mine are in agreement with me.” He brags that “One of the most important peoples in the Middle East.” told him he was doing a great service. While that whole statement contradicts itself, voters continue to support this Republican