The business of building a wall: Donald Trump’s rhetorical signature

This essay offers a metaphoric analysis of Donald J. Trump’s announcement speech. We argue that by focusing on two of his metaphors, the presidency as a business and his promise to build a wall, we are provided a better understanding of the symbolic structures that underlie his presidency, explaining both the nature of his support and the way he approaches his job as president.

Brandon M Johnson et al, The business of building a wall: Donald Trump’s rhetorical signature, Politics (42, 2) pp. . Copyright © 2020. DOI: 10.1177/0263395720929269. Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. Users may also download and save a local copy of an article accessed in an institutional repository for the user's personal reference. For permission to reuse an article, please follow our Process for Requesting Permission.

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Work Title The business of building a wall: Donald Trump’s rhetorical signature
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  1. Brandon M. Johnson
  2. Mary E. Stuckey
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  1. Metaphor
  2. Presidential rhetoric
  3. US presidency
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Publication Date May 1, 2022
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Deposited June 22, 2023

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