Nov 08 2016 31 mins
Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of Donald Trump's presidential campaign since last summer, the media is missing a huge (YUGE!) reason for his appeal. Donald Trump’s secret appeal is an issue that goes straight to the heart of what it means to be an American, and may have major consequences for the future of American politics. Subscribe to the What Just Happened? podcast on iTunes here! My new Medium account: https://medium.com/@davidgchang/donald-trump-s-path-to-victory-5892c07ca8d4#.60fhguy82 Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidchang99 Twitter: @davidgchang Whatjustpodcast.libsyn.com Whatjustpodcast @ gmail . com News links: Cal Thomas: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/12/29/donald-trump-and-fear-are-losing-america.html Jamelle Bouie: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/12/is_donald_trump_s_racism_and_bigotry_making_him_the_republican_front_runner.html Matthew Yglesias: http://www.vox.com/2015/12/22/10636538/obama-trump-theory Be Good Americans: The Message of The Japanese-American Courier (the entire article is a fascinating read!): https://depts.washington.edu/depress/japanese_american_courier_americanism.shtml Coca Cola’s Super Bowl Ad: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/coca-cola-super-bowl-ad-angers-conservatives-article-1.1600849 New Year’s Eve Attacks in Cologne, Germany http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/09/world/europe/cologne-new-years-eve-attacks.html?_r=0 http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/05/europe/germany-cologne-new-year-assaults/index.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/world/europe/coordinated-attacks-on-women-in-cologne-were-unprecedented-germany-says.html http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/07/world/europe/cologne-mayor-henriette-reker-germany-sexual-assaults.html Professor Linda Martin Alcoff: https://kpfa.org/episode/letters-and-politics-january-11-2016/
