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Isabelle Vagnoux et al., « Looking at the roots of “Trumpism”: American illiberalism », HALSHS : archive ouverte en Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, ID : 10670/1.b69604...
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Trump likes to compare himself to the seventh president of the United States, Andrew Jackson (1829-1837), a resemblance adopted in numerous articles in the press. Quarrelsome, outspoken, defiant toward the political establishment and a champion of the "common man," Jackson, despite being a slave-owner himself, stood in stark contrast to his predecessors. Historian Daniel Feller has, however, shown how the two presidents are in fact very different, particularly when it comes to protectionism. See Daniel Feller, "The Historical Presidency: Andrew Jackson in the Age of Trump," Presidential Studies Quarterly 51, no. 3 (2021): 667-681.(2) The link between financial success and the notion of the elect strongly permeates American culture. Billionaire John D. Rockefeller summed up this avatar of the Protestant ethic with a striking claim that "God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God.
