1. Since JFK, all USA presidents have used TV to one degree or another, but Trump is truly the first thoroughly television president.
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8. One example: Trump's use of nicknames ("Crooked Hilary) comes from wrestling but also harkens back to to bardic warriors.
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9. I look at Trump as the triumph of a post-literate age here:https://newrepublic.com/article/144940/trump-tv-post-literate-american-presidency …
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See Ong's fixation on lists in oral culture -- also Aristotle's "epic"-- memory encoded in lists. Catalogs of triumphs and grievances.
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