‘I will never concede’: Donald Trump’s discourse of denial on Twitter (Nov. 4th 2020 – Jan. 8th 2021)
This article concentrates on US President Donald Trump’s last months in power and studies how he manages to deny defeat until the very last day of his presidency. Focusing on his Twitter communication extracted from the Trump Twitter Archive from November 4th 2020 to January 8th 2021 when his Twitte...
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| description | This article concentrates on US President Donald Trump’s last months in power and studies how he manages to deny defeat until the very last day of his presidency. Focusing on his Twitter communication extracted from the Trump Twitter Archive from November 4th 2020 to January 8th 2021 when his Twitter account was suspended, Sandrine Sorlin shows the continuity and changes in Trump’s style at the very end of 2020, highlighting how he goes about sustaining faith in his victory through the specific use of negation. This article also delves into Trump’s strategic use of personal pronouns and (in)direct address that seek to intimidate weak Republicans. Through what she calls a ‘rhetoric of the iceberg’, presenting only some evidence of the Republican victory while giving the illusion of ‘massive’ proof underneath, and through constant repetition in the Twitter echo chamber, she demonstrates how Trump succeeds in kindling his fans’ frustration and leading them to the Capitol on January 6th 2021. |
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| spellingShingle | Sandrine Sorlin ‘I will never concede’: Donald Trump’s discourse of denial on Twitter (Nov. 4th 2020 – Jan. 8th 2021) Anglophonia negation denial personal pronouns style address echo chamber |
| title | ‘I will never concede’: Donald Trump’s discourse of denial on Twitter (Nov. 4th 2020 – Jan. 8th 2021) |
| title_full | ‘I will never concede’: Donald Trump’s discourse of denial on Twitter (Nov. 4th 2020 – Jan. 8th 2021) |
| title_fullStr | ‘I will never concede’: Donald Trump’s discourse of denial on Twitter (Nov. 4th 2020 – Jan. 8th 2021) |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘I will never concede’: Donald Trump’s discourse of denial on Twitter (Nov. 4th 2020 – Jan. 8th 2021) |
| title_short | ‘I will never concede’: Donald Trump’s discourse of denial on Twitter (Nov. 4th 2020 – Jan. 8th 2021) |
| title_sort | i will never concede donald trump s discourse of denial on twitter nov 4th 2020 jan 8th 2021 |
| topic | negation denial personal pronouns style address echo chamber |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/4613 |
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