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From 9/11 to 11/9: Is Donald Trump’s election collateral damage from the “War on Terror”?

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From 9/11 to 11/9: Is Donald Trump’s election collateral damage from the “War on Terror”?

How Trump exploited effects of the "War on Terror" on our political culture, economy and national psyche

Published November 16, 2016 12:59PM (EST)

In many ways, Donald Trump’s victory on Election Day is collateral damage from the “War on Terror.” The profound changes in America’s political culture and values in response to 9/11 created a crack that Trump, the entrepreneur and political opportunist, was able to open wide enough so as to slip into the White House.

Philosopher Slavoj Zizek described the “War on Terror” as a sea change in a 2006 before-and-after essay for The Guardian:

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