Opinion: Trump’s CPAC speech was full of love. It’s been a successful formula for him.
By Elizabeth Bruenig Elizabeth Bruenig Opinion columnist focusing on politics, religion and morality in public life. Email Bio Follow Opinion columnist March 5 at 6:47 PM President Trump is in a loving frame of mind. Over the weekend, the president delivered the longest speech of his presidency at the Conservative Political Action Conference , and he spoke of love.
Trump’s CPAC lovefest was widely received as somewhat goofy. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel roasted it, and CNN commentator S.E. Cupp devoted a column to the essential strangeness of the flag-grab. But this wasn’t the first time Trump has plumbed the depths of his heart for political messaging. By his own account, Trump loves: “clean, beautiful West Virginia coal,” “the poorly educated,” “the evangelicals” and much more.
In his forthcoming book “Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America,” writer and photojournalist Chris Arnade — who worked on Wall Street before turning to his documentary work — photographs and interviews dozens of people who suffer from this dual lack. “This is not a book about ‘how we got Trump,’ ” Arnade warns, but he adds that “learning to see the country differently may help answer questions about the 2016 election.
Arnade found that the dignity deficit appeared across a broad racial and geographic spectrum, though it’s worth noting that Trump’s brand of loving approval is always aimed at a narrow, white slice of that range. But for those people — who do feel belittled and disaffected — how powerful must that affirmation be.
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