The American Histories of President Trump: Beyond the Jacksonian Parallel

2020 ◽  
pp. 000276422097827
Author(s):  
Robert E. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Personality Trait ◽  
Andrew Jackson ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Critical Consideration

This article begins with a consideration of the putative parallels between the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, the nation’s 7th president, and Donald Trump, the 45th. Underlying Trump’s and his supporters’ partisan case for his Jacksonian populism and similarly volatile temperament is another argument explored in this article: that such a Jacksonian framing implicitly situates Trump in the pantheon of the nation’s greatest, most consequential presidents who have expanded the powers of the office itself. Several standards of judgment are adduced for the critical consideration of the Trump presidency as it nears the completion of its first term. The consequentialism of the Trump presidency is weighed against standards of ethics and the personality trait known as Machiavellianism.

scholarly journals Populism in the United States: Binary Constructions by Donald Trump in the Domestic and Foreign Policies

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (III) ◽  
pp. 59-71
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nadeem Mirza ◽  
Lubna Abid Ali ◽  
Irfan Hasnain Qaisrani
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Presidential Elections ◽  
The United States ◽  
Andrew Jackson ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
White House ◽  
Us History ◽  
The People ◽  
The Us ◽  
Foreign Policies

This study intends to explore the rise of Donald Trump to the White House. Why was Donald Trump considered a populist leader, and how did his populist rhetoric and actions impact the contours of American domestic and foreign policies? The study adopted qualitative exploratory and explanatory research techniques. Specific methods utilised to conduct the study remained political personality profiling. It finds that the populist leaders construct the binaries in the society by dividing the nation into two groups: �us� the people, against �them� the corrupt elite or other groups presented as a threat to the lives and livelihood of the nation. Though populism as a unique brand of politics remained active through most of the US history, yet these were only two occasions that populists were successful in winning the American presidential elections � Andrew Jackson in 1828 and Donald Trump in 2016. Structural and historical reasons became the biggest cause behind the election of Donald Trump, who successfully brought a revolution in American domestic and foreign policies. And if structural issues in the United States are not addressed, there is a clear chance that Trump � who is not withering away � will come back to contest and challenge any competitors in the 2024 presidential elections.

Reward

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-67
Author(s):  
Dan P. McAdams
Keyword(s):  
Big Five ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Social Dominance ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Evolutionary Account ◽  
Social Actors

“Reward” explores the personality trait of extraversion in the life of Donald Trump. The chapter begins with an evolutionary account of extraversion’s powerful role in human groups, as a personality trait that enables social actors to attract and hold the attention of others. Studied for over 70 years by personality psychologists, extraversion entails social dominance, gregariousness, and the relentless seeking of reward. Donald Trump is one of the most extraverted human beings on the planet today. The chapter traces the development of this trait in Trump’s life and illustrates how it has served Trump well, infusing tremendous energy and primal charisma into many of his social moments, as he moves from one moment to the next in life. Extraversion is one of five broad and basic traits identified by personality psychologists, often called the Big Five.

scholarly journals The Populist Appeal: Personality and Anti-establishment Communication

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert Bakker ◽  
Gijs Schumacher ◽  
Matthijs Rooduijn
Keyword(s):  
Political Communication ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Conjoint Experiment ◽  
Political Persuasion

With the election of Donald Trump and landmark wins for populists across Europe, one of today's most pressing questions is: why do people support populists? We theorize that citizens who score low on the personality trait Agreeableness -- those who are more distrusting, cynical and tough-minded -- are more susceptible to anti-establishment messages expressed by populists. Using thirteen population-based cross-sectional samples collected in eight countries and three continents, we first show that individuals who score low on Agreeableness are more likely to support populists. Moreover, with a conjoint experiment, we demonstrate that it is their anti-establishment message, which makes populists attractive to people who score low on Agreeableness. As such, this paper outlines a broader theoretical framework that links personality to political persuasion. In a time when politicians tailor their messages to the psychological make-up of their voters, it is crucial to understand the interplay between political communication and personality.

Venom

2020 ◽  
pp. 68-95
Author(s):  
Dan P. McAdams
Keyword(s):  
Personality Trait ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Actor ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
The World ◽  
Nature And Nurture ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Many

“Venom” examines the many ways in which Donald Trump, as a social actor, displays remarkably low levels of agreeableness, a broad personality trait that may be the most valued trait in the world. People low in agreeableness are generally viewed to be antagonistic, uncaring, vengeful, and mean-spirited. Where does Trump’s “venom” come from? The chapter scours Trump’s biography to evaluate a number of potential answers to the question, from inborn temperament dimensions to the influence of the gangster-lawyer Roy Cohn. The chapter shows how Trump’s low standing on the agreeableness dimension may have developed via an implicit and unfolding psychological synergy between nature and nurture, a kind of unwitting conspiracy of genes and environments, as each reinforced the other.

scholarly journals Ethnonationalism and the Rise of Donald Trump

Contexts ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Manza ◽  
Ned Crowley
Keyword(s):  
Andrew Jackson ◽  
Donald Trump

Trump’s political breakthrough fits a larger American pattern, from Andrew Jackson to the present, recalling red scares, racial wars, and fears of foreign subversion and terrorism.

scholarly journals Leadership, Idiosyncrasies, and Political Behaviour: Personality Analyses of Presidents Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 12-23
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nadeem Mirza ◽  
Summar Iqbal Babar ◽  
Farheen Qasim Nizamani
Keyword(s):  
Andrew Jackson ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Personal Lives ◽  
Political Behaviour

How do leaders' idiosyncrasies are developed, and how do these, in turn, impact their political behaviour? This study traces the idiosyncratic behaviour of Presidents Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump. It details four historical traditions - Hamiltonian, Wilsonian, Jeffersonian, and Jacksonian. The study expands upon Jacksonian tradition and sees that how Trump pursued this tradition and how is his political behaviour remained similar to that of Andrew Jackson. Three specific areas in which these variables are determined are personal lives, narcissism and authoritarian behaviour, and populism and corruption. The paper also charts out the ways and means through which Donald Trump's administration is termed as Jacksonian in nature.

The Vienna Risk-Taking Test - Traffic

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 198-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Hergovich ◽  
Martin E. Arendasy ◽  
Markus Sommer ◽  
Bettina Bognar
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Personality Test ◽  
Educational Levels ◽  
Item Level ◽  
Degree Of Risk ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Homeostasis Theory

Abstract. The study reports results regarding the dimensionality and construct validity of a newly developed, objective, video-based personality test that assesses the willingness to take risks in traffic situations. On the basis of the theory of risk homeostasis developed by Wilde, different traffic situations with varying degrees of objective danger were filmed. During the test the respondents are asked to indicate at which point the action that is contingent on the described situation will become too dangerous to carry out. Latencies at the item level were recorded as a measure for the subjectively accepted degree of a person's willingness to take risks in the sense of the risk homeostasis theory by Wilde. In a study on 274 people with different educational levels and gender, the unidimensionality of the test as corresponding to the latency model by Scheiblechner was investigated. The results indicate that the Vienna Risk-Taking Test - Traffic assesses a unidimensional, latent personality trait that can be interpreted as subjectively accepted degree of risk (target risk value).

Sensation-Seeking and the Rorschach: A Personality Trait Study

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Kucera-Thompson ◽  
Eric Driessen ◽  
Kurt Noblett ◽  
Andrew Berns
Keyword(s):  
Personality Trait ◽  
Sensation Seeking
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