Hungary’s strongman lost. His ideas live on in the White House | Jamil Smith

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The author argues that Donald Trump's perceived strength is a performance of dominance, contrasting it with a more empathetic and restrained form of leadership. This performance, the author contends, reflects and amplifies existing American cultural assumptions about power and masculinity.

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The United States tolerates Trump’s behavior because of our warped definition of strengthThe strongest men I’ve known didn’t behave anything like Donald Trump. They were capable of restraint, first off.

Hungary’s strongman lost. His ideas live on in the White House | Jamil Smith

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