Examining psychological and sociological discourses in the Trumpism movement based on Fairclough&#039;s critical discourse analysis

Amanollahi, Zahra; Esmaeily, Masoume; Solgi, Maryam; Samari‑Safa, Jafar

Examining psychological and sociological discourses in the Trumpism movement based on Fairclough's critical discourse analysis

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 17 July 2026

Document Type : Original Independent Original Article

Authors

Zahra Amanollahi ¹

Masoume Esmaeily ²

Maryam Solgi ³

Jafar Samari‑Safa ⁴

¹ Assistant Professor. Department of Counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

² Professor, Department of Counseling, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran.

³ Assistant Professor, Department of philosophy and Islamic Wisdom, Faculty of Theology, Alzahra Univesity Tehran, Iran

⁴ PhD in Counseling Department of Psychology and Counseling, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Abstract

The current research with Fairclough's analytical-descriptive approach sought to extract psychological and sociological discourses in the Trumpist movement. Analysis at the level of description shows Trump's extensive use of power vocabulary; The use of taboo words and disdain of opponents is irony, repetition and emphasis, and the aspect is informative and commanding. At the level of his interpretation, in the context of the vacuum and defect of American liberal democracy, he is promoting the movement of nationalist and authoritarian populism, which by benefiting from the clear gaps of liberal democracy, is getting closer to its successor, neo-fascism; Such a situation at the level of explanation, Trump's speeches in the form of Trump the global superhero; It showed America establishing world peace by force and power, determining the fate of other nations, antagonizing and alienating the opponents, expelling non-whites from America and shaping America as a white and Christian country, and finally showing the terrorism of Muslims on a large scale. Such discourse leads to terrible consequences in human relations; the inner trust of man in his life; The feeling of lack of identity and loss of hope for the future of humanity is similar to the situation in Middle East.

Keywords

Psychological discourses, sociological discourses, Trumpism movement, Donald Trump, Fairclough'

s critical discourse analysis

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