Any politician who does not grasp this danger is not fit to lead our country.” “The attacks on our police, and the terrorism in our cities, threaten our very way of life. “Our convention occurs at a moment of crisis for our nation,” said Trump. Trump’s view of America in his convention speech was widely described as “dystopian.” The New York Times editorial board wrote that his intention was to “terrify voters into supporting him.” You would have been more likely to hear that rhetoric on Internet forums and on talk radio.” “He does not hesitate to demonize large groups of people,” he said. He also takes it to extremes, said Aaron Delwiche, a professor in the Department of Communication at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and an expert on the subject. But seldom has there been a candidate who has used it so deftly. Propaganda has been deployed by politicians in both parties, not to mention advertisers and public relations professionals. His methods for stirring up the masses, though, are tried and true and have been used over and again throughout the course of history.

Trump seems to come by this talent naturally. In Trump’s case, the emotions being provoked are fear and rage. Effective propaganda isn’t about facts and policy, it’s about emotion. What’s really going on here is an exercise in the art of propaganda.

The Trump phenomenon can’t be explained through factual reporting and reasoned analysis on his positions.

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