{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e3852cbdb67c0f94f393857/5e38537d94ec4b4a36d447c6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Explaining the Rise of Donald Trump","description":"<p>How much of a role did media coverage play in Donald Trump winning the Republican primary? Is Trump’s brand of conservative populism and identity politics here to stay? Would a Trump loss in November be an opportunity for libertarians to reshape the philosophy of the American right?</p><p>Ben Domenech shares his personal theory that explains Donald Trump’s rise to prominence on the political stage.<br /><br /><strong>Show Notes and Further Reading<br /><br /></strong>Here’s Domenech in 2015, <a href=\"http://thefederalist.com/2015/08/31/donald-trump-hangs-the-elephant/\">predicting the path of Donald Trump’s candidacy</a> and on <a href=\"http://thefederalist.com/2015/08/21/are-republicans-for-freedom-or-white-identity-politics/\">the emergence of Trump’s brand of identity politics</a>.</p>","author_name":"Libertarianism.org"}