Todd Gitlin
The Roots of Trumpian Agitprop
The “Trump 2020” video celebrates mighty forces overpowering fate; crowds hailing the almighty leader; surrender and mindless momentum; a Super Bowl style of awesomeness, though brisker and less orgiastic than Riefenstahl’s rapturous celebration of what she saw as the Nazis’ epochal grandeur.
April 16, 2019