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Citizen Trump: A One Man Show Book Review
New ‘Citizen Trump’ Concludes, ‘It’s the Media, Stupid’
New Robert Orlando book: How the media made Trumpism possible and (unintentionally) keeps it growing
Robert Orlando made his mark studying transformational characters, explaining their stories with a fascination for loved and loathed larger-than-life men.
“As an author and filmmaker, I spend many hours competing for airtime and require the stage as a place where we remind ourselves we are not alone,” Orlando explains. “Maybe that’s why we read books, even our holy ones, to know we’re not alone.”
Orlando has a particular fascination for “the anti-hero,” often tragic, full of flaws (both reviled and adored), all unlike anyone else. His latest book details how Trump modeled himself after the anti-hero in the 1941 film classic Citizen Kane.
In Citizen Trump: A One Man Show, Orlando’s new Simon & Schuster book expanding upon his companion 2020 documentary shows how Donald Trump, like Charles Foster Kane (media mogul turned political candidate), inspired the character who stole the oxygen every other story since 2015.
