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Vol 1 - issue 65 ELITE

A main demographic from Trump’s Trump’s greatest strength in front of
supporters are Christian groups and Harris, is his strong program by taking
communities, therefore the use of religious advantage of the economic situation.
expressions and references in his speeches An issue for Harris is that she is very
is key. Some of his Christian supporters much tied to the Biden
describe that “God sent angels to save the administration, so Trump will use the
American Lion who roared in front of the economic “weapon” to formulate his
devil with the riffle and his political arguments. Another very important
opponents during the assassination issue in the United States is the
attempt”. This strong association to immigration problems, showcasing
religious symbolism, creates the strong Harris’ failure to solve or even limit
persona qualifying Trump as the savior of immigration numbers, her speech “do
the American people and endorses the not come” was definitely not enough
voters’ support.
to stop the flow through the borders.

Trump’s advantage on these matters
could be probably be a turning part for
the elections, but in reality, no one
knows! the next debates -or maybe plot
twists- will show who is the stronger
candidate. Kamala’s taking advantage
once again of her political background as
a prosecutor debating with the fighting
convicted felon.
Another way that Trump is using to
portray himself is the very In conclusion, both candidates have
masculine, very strong, very built these personas in order to attract
presiding figure, that is going to give votes and touch different demographic
the American people a real communities. However, the main
affirming leader, who is going to question here is: are the results going to
restore the lost masculinity. Of favor the identity of the candidate over
course, this has a very misogynistic his program?
and patriarchal point of view that’s
completely the opposite of Harris’
beliefs. The assassination attempt
really help the “Strong man” Trump
to go this far into structuring his
persona.

Sept. 2024, p.14