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US election: how Trump’s speeches echo Roman rhetoric and style from 2,000 years ago

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par Tyler Broome, PhD Candidate in Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Birmingham

If you were to ask some ancient Romans about US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rhetoric, they would probably say that what he lacks in eloquence, he makes up for with his command over his audience’s emotions.

Trump’s strategy throughout the 2024 campaign revolves around stoking voters’ anger, fears and insecurities. By all accounts, the strategy works: voters are expressing strong emotional reactions to Trump’s potential re-election,…

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