Brothers in Populism: A Comparative Analysis of Donald Trump’s and Jarosław Kaczyński’s Re-Election Campaign Agendas
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[1] Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University
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- Localización: Concepts, Discourses, and Translations / Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk (ed. lit.), Marcin Trojszczak (ed. lit.), 2022, ISBN 9783030960988, págs. 155-170
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Poland’s Law and Justice party is widely seen as one of Donald Trump’s closest ideological allies. Based on a textual analysis of Trump's 2020 spots and Jarosław Kaczyński’s major 2019 policy convention speech, this study examines to what extent the US President’s agenda and rhetoric overlap with those of PiS. It finds highly divergent preferences for the role of government in domestic economic affairs, with PiS opting for a strong government and income redistribution while Trump stresses low taxes, job creation, and limited government. Otherwise, advocated policies come closer with both parties subscribing to conservative social values, albeit highly prioritized by Kaczyński in his introduction, devoted to axiology, and downplayed by Trump. Also, the two parties’ messages converge in a clear preference for the national interest, particularly in foreign policy. The populist elements largely overlap and are twofold. One is the elite vs. the people cleavage. The other is external and ethnic (Trump) or internal and axiological (Kaczyński) minority xenophobia. Trump is also found to make a clear distinction between internal and external Other(s). Thus, Donald Trump is found to be a pragmatic, opportunistic, authoritarian populist while Kaczyński—a culturally traditionalist and economically etatistic populist.
