“What does Obama want of me?” Anxiety and Jade Helm 15

Donald J. Trump and the rhetoric of ressentiment

“…Moreover, their fantasies of power must be kept at a distance if they are to sustain the valorization and enjoyment of their invective. 31 In this framework, past injuries become central to the subject's identity in the present. Where personal and collective identity hinge on the existence of hostile external world, a rhetoric of ressentiment seeks to cultivate investment and attachment to one's own subjugation.…”