Michael Signer Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Michael Signer Despite his prior glitzy image, Trump started becoming a demagogue when he started trying to lead a 'silent majority' of furious, mostly white, lower- and middle-class voters, and he really crossed the line when he started doubling down on deceits like the lie about 'thousands' of people celebrating 9/11 in Jersey City, countenancing violence, demonizing large swaths of people, and now, casting aside the freedom of religion for Muslims. Michael Signer top-news There is a difference between demagogues and demagogic behavior, everything he has been doing has been at the level of him benefiting from controversy. There's a propagandistic element to it. He knows how to outrage people for his own benefit, and he's done that his whole career. Michael Signer politics The question now is whether he's really going to set himself up to actually mirror the common people, i don't see him seriously developing either a political persona or a program that's about regular people and their problems. Michael Signer politics
