How Donald Trump’s long connection with professional wrestling helps us understand his effectiveness at manipulating reality

Send us Fan MailHow Donald Trump’s long connection with professional wrestling helps us understand his effectiveness at manipulating reality.Prepared and spoken by Tudor Rickards 19 December 2024, drawing on Goldman, A.J., ‘How Trump turned the elections into a wrestling match’, Published 12 September 2024, on the University of Lund website,  https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/how-trump-turned-elections-wrestling-matchA fascinating article from the university of Lund suggests that Donald Trump’s long connection with the professional wrestling game helps understand his effectiveness at manipulating reality so that the difference between truth and fiction is masked.The Article, by Religious Studies scholar Aaron James Goldman, is part of a wider research project at the University of Lund led by Associate Professor Patrik Fridlund  exploring how political discourse is increasingly being characterised by ‘alternative facts’, fake news and conspiracy theories.ReferenceConspiracy Theories, Post-Truth, and the Conditions of Public Debate,Page Manager: [email protected] | 2023-03-07https://www.beyondtruthandlies.ht.lu.se/Stay up-to-date with all of Tudor's podcasts, blogs and current affairs commentary by signing up to our newsletter! Email [email protected] to sign up!Follow Tudor on Twitter @TudortweetFollow Tudor's blogs:everydaycreativity.ukleaderswedeserve.wordpress.com