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President Trump, Inc: How Big Business and Neoliberalism Empower Populism and the Far-right
by TJ Coles
(Clairview, £14.99)
THE ELECTION of Donald Trump last year sent shockwaves around the world. Many, including Hillary Clinton, expected the 43rd US president to be the first woman in the White House.
Posing as an anti-Establishment candidate, Trump sought to exploit deep working-class mistrust of Clinton, whose sense of entitlement and membership of the political elite alienated vast swathes of the US electorate.
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