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What kind of power does Donald Trump have? How did he exercise coercive, referent, and reward power to get what he wanted? Did he have some kind of expert power? Was he a legitimate power? Why or why not? Research two additional secondary sources.
5.) What kind(s) of political games did Donald Trump play?
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What kind of power does Donald Trump have?
In politics and social science, power is the ability for an individual to influence or control
the behavior of people or their followers. Such power can be easily seen in political campaigns
where politicians try to influence their supporters and gain others from their opposition. Donald
Trump is an example of a leader who used such power in his campaigns to become the United
States president. In his campaigns, Donald Trump exercised coercive power in which he built his
whole campaign behind a “tough guy” persona (Ahmadian, Azarshahi, & Paulhus, 2017). One of
the most discussed threats was to build a wall in the Mexico border and make the government of
Mexico pay for it. Such power builds resentment and resistance which was the case during the
campaign and even after Donald Trump becam...