Analysis Of Make America Great Again By Niccolo Machiavelli

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Niccolo Machiavelli was a person who believed in a strong state. One who believed in the greater good of the state as a whole, not for the great good of the individual. Machiavelli would see the election of President Donald J. Trump as one of good and possible bad. It is hard to say how a political philosopher who lived in a different time, and different place could view a politician like Donald Trump. To be able to do this one would have to look at the philosophies that Machiavelli believed how a state should act. Donald Trump’s slogan during his campaign for the Presidency was, “Make America Great Again.” This slogan came from a speech from another United States President, Ronald Reagan , which President Trump hopes to emulate during his