A new book co-authored by Dr Andrew Wroe,\u00a0 Senior Lecturer in American Politics at the University of Kent argues that although Donald Trump may be the most \u2018unusual, unorthodox and unconventional\u2019 president the actual accomplishments of his presidency are, and will, be \u2018quite ordinary\u2019.<\/p>\n
Alongside\u00a0Dr Jon Herbert<\/a>, Keele University, and\u00a0Dr Trevor McCrisken<\/a>, University of Warwick,\u00a0Dr Wroe<\/a>, senior lecturer in\u00a0American Politics<\/a>\u00a0in Kent\u2019s\u00a0School of Politics and International Relations<\/a>\u00a0(POLIR), argues that despite\u00a0dramatic claims to be a revolution in US politics<\/strong>, Trump simply has not achieved very much. They outline this by noting that his\u00a0few policy achievements<\/strong>\u00a0are mostly mainstream Republican ones\u00a0rather than the radical, anti-establishment, \u2018swamp-draining\u2019 changes promised<\/strong>\u00a0on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n The explanation for this discrepancy is that it is precisely\u00a0Trump\u2019s extraordinariness as president<\/strong>\u00a0that has rendered his presidency ordinary.<\/p>\n Dr Wroe said: \u2018Donald Trump is\u00a0absolutely incompetent and ineffectual<\/strong>\u00a0at being a president, with none of the skills required. He can\u2019t take advice, he doesn\u2019t trust experts and\u00a0he has no idea how to make the presidency work<\/strong>\u00a0for him. He sees it as a gameshow where you need to be seen to be winning and everything is\u00a0funnelled through his focus on himself<\/strong>. As a result his presidency is thus proving quite ordinary in its\u00a0meagre accomplishments and outcomes<\/strong>.\u2019<\/p>\n Professor McCrisken added: \u2018Even the\u00a0extraordinary spectacle of the US president<\/strong>meeting North Korea\u2019s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has to date\u00a0delivered unremarkable results<\/strong>. Many presidents have sought to resolve the issue of the\u00a0nuclearisation of the Korean peninsula<\/strong>, and they have found themselves kicked back each time.\u2019<\/p>\n The book, titled\u00a0The Ordinary Presidency of Donald J. Trump<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>was published by Palgrave Macmillan on 11 March. Dr Wroe and his co-authors will gave a\u00a0free talk<\/a> about the book on\u00a011 March at the University of London\u2019s Senate House.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"