RACISM ASPECTS IN TRUMP’ S INSULTING TWEETS
RACISM ASPECTS IN TRUMP’ S INSULTING TWEETS

Summary/Abstract: Because racism runs so deep in so many cultures, it has been a touchy subject for researchers to probe. The United States is only one of several nations that faces ongoing racism issues, especially inside its own political system. Donald Trump is often named as a political person who is racist because of the way he has spoken about minorities. This study makes an effort to shed light on the racism displayed by Trump's tweets, posted on Twitter between 2015 and 2019. The purpose of this study is to answer the following two research questions: 1) what linguistic tone does Trump use? And 2) what specific form of racism does Trump display in his tweets directed towards various minority groups? This paper uses Van Dijk's ideological square to uncover the enactment of racism in a discourse and Fairclough's three-dimensional approach to CDA to shed light on the political views that motivate Trump's tweets. The research indicates that Trump's racism fits the profile of "new racism," a classification that views ethnic, religious, and cultural differences as defining lines between the in-group ('Us') and the out-group ('Them'). His new racism can be related to Van Dijk's ideological construction of Positive "Us" and Negative "Them" by building three important aspects: 1) cultural distinctions between "Us" and "Them," 2) "Them" as a threat to U.S. security, and 3) "Them" as a threat to the U.S. economy. Trump's racist rhetoric is seen as a threat to the principles established by the United States Constitution. The immigration policies he has enacted, which are based on his racist ideology, have been shown to be extremely adverse to members of minority groups, making it impossible for them to achieve the kind of better life for which they have hoped. Overall, this research study will examine how Trump uses racism in his language to construct a positive self-presentation and a negative other-presentation.

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