Articles by Jacob Wentz

September 3, 2024

🔮 Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni: the power of populist exclusionary rhetoric

Jacob Wentz

Jacob Wentz analyses populist rhetoric and communication strategies in the election campaigns of Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni. Both leaders adopt similar approaches, criticising traditional media, personalising politics, and using language that marginalises immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community. We should not, he argues, underestimate the power of their rhetoric.

Jacob Wentz

Master's Student, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Jacob currently works as a Trainee Researcher for the Institute for Comparative Federalism at Eurac Research.

Jacob’s research interests focus on democratic backsliding, far-right populist movements, and the dynamics of media in political processes.

His writing has appeared in the SAIS Europe Journal of Global Affairs and various political science blogs.

Prior to his studies, Jacob was a Fulbright fellow in Brussels, Belgium, where he taught in a Bachelor’s program for International Communication and Media.

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