How they change their entire speech in their benefit. They want the people to believe them and to keep supporting them not matter what. In order to do that, they need to distract their audience from the real issue. They play the victim/enemy game. They portrait themselves as the victim and picture an imaginary enemy. The Venezuelan journalist, broadcaster and TV host, Roberto Giusti describes both men on his column for El Universal as “consummate showmen” and how, with the ability to play with their audience’s emotions, they grab a bunch of lies and pin the people’s issues on an unrealistic enemy (Giusti). That way the audience knows who to blame with their issues, and perceive Trump and Chavez as some sort of savior. The Venezuelan, Andres Miguel Rondon, an economist who now resides in Madrid due to the current situation in Venezuela, describes both men as populist. He says that that is the recipe of populism “Tell the wounded you know how they feel. That you found the bad guys. Label them: the minorities, the politicians, the businessmen. Caricature them.” (Rondon). That is what Chavez and Trump are after. They want to blame someone for all the issues in the country. In Trump’s case; illegal immigration on the Mexicans and terrorism on Muslims. In Chavez’s case; poverty on the rich and lack of work or food also on the
How they change their entire speech in their benefit. They want the people to believe them and to keep supporting them not matter what. In order to do that, they need to distract their audience from the real issue. They play the victim/enemy game. They portrait themselves as the victim and picture an imaginary enemy. The Venezuelan journalist, broadcaster and TV host, Roberto Giusti describes both men on his column for El Universal as “consummate showmen” and how, with the ability to play with their audience’s emotions, they grab a bunch of lies and pin the people’s issues on an unrealistic enemy (Giusti). That way the audience knows who to blame with their issues, and perceive Trump and Chavez as some sort of savior. The Venezuelan, Andres Miguel Rondon, an economist who now resides in Madrid due to the current situation in Venezuela, describes both men as populist. He says that that is the recipe of populism “Tell the wounded you know how they feel. That you found the bad guys. Label them: the minorities, the politicians, the businessmen. Caricature them.” (Rondon). That is what Chavez and Trump are after. They want to blame someone for all the issues in the country. In Trump’s case; illegal immigration on the Mexicans and terrorism on Muslims. In Chavez’s case; poverty on the rich and lack of work or food also on the