by Charlie Kirk
First published 2020
Charlie Kirk argues that the movement behind Donald Trump offers superior ideas to traditional conservatism and progressive politics. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, contends that Trump became a champion for Americans frustrated with multiple powerful institutions: Silicon Valley, mainstream media, universities, the military-industrial complex, Big Pharma, and prosecutors. The author traces how Trump's appeal grew from protecting overlooked elements like local businesses, families, churches, and individual rights that both major parties had abandoned. Kirk maintains that Trump succeeded because he recognized how various institutions, from the United Nations and Google to Harvard and Viacom, threatened ordinary Americans. The book presents Trump's approach as restoring citizen control to people long ignored by their leaders. Kirk addresses why a New York property developer resonated with young conservatives nationwide and why a television personality could see beyond established power structures. He positions the Trump agenda as giving Americans influence over their country's direction while countering what he calls media misrepresentations of conservative goals.
Genres: american, political-science, politics, 21st-century, american-history
Vibes: thought-provoking
Tropes: social-commentary
Setting: United States
Period: 21st Century
256 pages · Hardcover · Broadside Books