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Edited by Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen
[Argumentation in Context 17] 2019
► pp. 117–136

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Chapter 7
Argument and ultimate definition in Donald Trump’s worldview

 | The University of Kansas, USA
Published online: 23 September 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/aic.17.07row
Article outline
  • Trump’s dystopian worldview
  • Trump’s dystopian Twitterverse
  • Conclusion
  • Works cited
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