Speak loudly and carry a big Tweet: Differences in expansionism in the first (2016-2020) and second 2024-current) Trump administrations
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2025-07-03
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Since his electoral victory in 2024, Trump has mentioned annexing territories, such as Greenland and the Panama Canal, and allied countries, such as Canada, in a fashion dissimilar to his first administration. Does this adoption of annexationist rhetoric come from Trump himself, or is he influenced by the individuals he associates with when threatening annexation through military and/or economic coercion? In this thesis, I research this uptick in annexationist rhetoric between the Trump administration with the aim of understanding why this change in foreign policy rhetoric has happened. I use a social network analysis to find out what type of self-styled ‘intellectuals’ Trump and his personnel associate with. I also use a discourse analysis to find out what Trump, his personnel and these intellectuals have stated about the targets of annexationist rhetoric, with the aim of finding patterns in their rhetoric. Through recognising patterns in rhetoric and proving connections between the relevant people, I intend to give an approximate illustration of influence on Trump’s annexationist rhetoric.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen