Summary of The Case for Trump: Conversation Starters

By John Mani

The Case for Trump by Victor Davis Hanson: Conversation Starters

A Brief Look Inside:

EVERY GOOD BOOK CONTAINS A WORLD FAR DEEPER

than the surface of its pages. The characters and their world come alive,

and the characters and its world still live on.

Conversation Starters is peppered with questions designed to

bring us beneath the surface of the page

and invite us into the world that lives on.

These questions can be used to create hours of conversation:

Foster a deeper understanding of the book

Promote an atmosphere of discussion for groups

Assist in the study of the book, either individually or corporately

Explore unseen realms of the book as never seen before

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• Language: English
• Publisher: BH
• Release date: Apr 1, 2019

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Introducing The Case for Trump

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HE CASE FOR TRUMP IS WRITTEN BY THE AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN and professor of classics Victor Davis Hanson. It gives an account of the achievements of President Donald Trump and argues that he is a president like no other.

Hanson explains why Trump is unlike other American presidents in that he managed to win the presidency over traditional Republican politicians and a Democrat who had massive financial support, and without the support of the influential media. Trump's advantage, Hanson says, is his defense of the working class Americans who were scorned by the Democrat and Republican elites.

He cites Trump's instincts allowed him to connect with the people and initiate political and social changes that were long overdue. The country needs someone like Trump to bring changes that traditional politicians cannot do.

Hanson likens Trump to a tragic hero who has an innate flaw and suffers as a result but also accomplishes a significant amount of good. His flaw, according to Hanson, is his propensity for tweeting and quarreling, his use of vicious words and his lack of adherence to truth. He gives two scenarios on how Trump will end his presidency. One is a spectacular but unrecognized end that will make him an isolated man who won't be useful in the end. The other scenario is his single term presidency that will become an embarrassment to his supporters. Hanson writes in the book's preface the words uttered by Henry Kissinger about Trump. Kissinger said he thinks Trump is one of those people who sometimes surface in history in order to mark the closing of an era and make people face the political pretenses that need to be given up. In this sense, Trump is like Nixon, Hanson