Citizen Trump

Donald Trump is self-evidently a figure of excess. His success as a presidential candidate stemmed not just from the excessive enjoyment that he offered his supporters but also from the way that he characterized them as lacking. Taking stock of the relationship between lack and excess reveals not only why Trump succeeded but also why the rapacious capitalism that he represents continues to triumph. In this lecture, Todd McGowan explains the model for understanding this relationship, which comes from Orson Welles's classic film "Citizen Kane."