{"id":2365086,"date":"2024-11-06T11:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trounced-elites-and-won-war-of-cultures-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T17:00:04","slug":"trump-trounced-elites-and-won-war-of-cultures-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-trounced-elites-and-won-war-of-cultures-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump trounced elites and won \u2018war of cultures\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-trounced-elites-and-won-war-of-cultures-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2365086&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Donald Trump&#8217;s recent\u200b political victory,\u2063 which \u200dis framed as\u200c a significant cultural \u200cclash against elites who dismissed his supporters, often referred to as MAGA. Historian Craig Shirley characterizes the\u2064 election as\u2064 a &#8220;war of cultures,&#8221; emphasizing the divide between the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-football-analogy-to-explain-democrats-election-cheating\/\" title=\"A Football Analogy to Explain Democrats&#039; Election Cheating\">working class<\/a>\u2063 and what\u2063 he describes\u2064 as insular and arrogant elites. Trump&#8217;s success is attributed \u2063to \u2063several factors, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-nato-leaders-to-bolster-arctic-defenses\/\" title=\"Canada, NATO leaders to bolster arctic defenses\">including strong support<\/a> from men, Hispanic and Black voters, and effective ground and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">early voting strategies<\/a>. Shirley \u2063suggests that Trump\u2019s appeal lies in\u2062 his \u2064ability to\u200d resonate with ordinary Americans, \u2064positioning him as a transformative figure\u200c within the Republican Party that \u200creflects\u2064 a continued shift toward a\u2064 more populist approach, reminiscent of historical figures \u200dlike Barry Goldwater \u200cand Ronald Reagan. The piece underscores Trump&#8217;s role in reshaping GOP dynamics \u2064and his connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signals-support-for-amazon-workers-vote-to-unionize\/\" title=\"Biden Signals Support For Amazon Workers\u2019 Vote To Unionize\">working-class voters<\/a>, particularly \u2063in light of \u200bhis \u2064prior impeachments and the fallout from the 2020 election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump trounced elites and won &lsquo;war of cultures&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1874625\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>They sneered at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maga\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">MAGA<\/a> for four years, called them garbage and anti-American, and used &ldquo;woke&rdquo; politics and lawfare to silence their voices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>And in one night, former and future President <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> kicked them to the curb, winning what presidential historian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/craig-shirley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Craig Shirley<\/a> called a culture war.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Some elections are about economics, like 1932, or foreign policy, like 1960. This was a war of cultures. This was us versus them, the insular elites. You&rsquo;ve met them. You talk to them. We&rsquo;ve all dealt with them. Snooty, insular, arrogant, out of touch, corrupt elitists,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Craig-Shirley\/author\/B001IR1RD8?ref=ap_rdr&amp;isDramIntegrated=true&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">bestselling biographer<\/a> of former President Ronald Reagan said.<\/p>\n<p>There are several chair legs to Trump&rsquo;s victory, including reviving his support among men, winning over Hispanic and black voters, and pushing a successful ground and early vote effort.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From fry cook at McDonalds to President of the United States in only 2 weeks. Donald Trump, living the American dream. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dpJ1MB0Anz\">pic.twitter.com\/dpJ1MB0Anz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Short &lrm;&lrm; (@PoliticalShort) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PoliticalShort\/status\/1854172622596026379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>But Shirley said an overriding theme was Trump speaking for working people, as he did in his 2016 victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Only this time, he was fighting an entrenched enemy who felt superior in seeing Trump lose to President Joe Biden in 2020 after two impeachments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump was able to capture that. You know, he served that. He served it beautifully. I mean, the &lsquo;garbage&rsquo; thing and the McDonald&rsquo;s thing. He understands commonsense Americans. He&rsquo;s part of that. Those are his people,&rdquo; Shirley said in an interview on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The biographer, who has been tagged as Trump&rsquo;s biographer, said the president-elect represents the next generational shift of the Republican Party with his victory that rewrote the GOP coalition to include more Hispanic and black voters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#128680;&#127482;&#127480;KAMALA: &#8220;WE HAVE TO STAY WOKE&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t care if you more woke, or less woker&hellip; just stay woke.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The fellow panelist looks so uncomfortable&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2BgiUBm3Rp\">pic.twitter.com\/2BgiUBm3Rp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/1820556848648364394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It continues an evolution of the Republican Party started in 1964 with Barry Goldwater. It started with Barry Goldwater breaking the party away from the country club, Eastern elites, and toward the hunt club &mdash; Western-based, more populist. Reagan continued it obviously in 1980, and Trump has completed that,&rdquo; said Shirley, who is already working on Trump&rsquo;s biography called, naturally, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/2943340\/comeback-new-trump-bio-a-go-as-publisher-pulls-plug-on-biden-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Comeback<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Matheson Steeby, with RMG Research, which is home to Scott Rasmussen&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/napolitaninstitute.org\/napolitan-news-service\/\" title=\"\">Napolitan polls<\/a>, agreed. &ldquo;Legacy media and the elite 1% behind them underestimated the feelings of everyday Americans,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is the election where the legacy media became irrelevant. To their ongoing frustration, they were unable to sell their narrative to voters,&rdquo; Rasmussen added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shirley said that echoed his belief that the Trump victory was a cultural win.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump had everything thrown against him. He had lawsuits, and he had threats of jail, and he had corrupt judges, and he faced all the elements that go into making the American Left, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-lawyers-pa-lawsuit-dismissal-moves-us-closer-to-supreme-court\/\" title=\"Trump Lawyers: PA Lawsuit Dismissal Moves Us Closer to Supreme Court\">big media<\/a>, big Hollywood, big universities, big corporations. And you know what? It just proves my point. This is about an aversion to the big corrupt culture,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1874625\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1874625\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump defeated elites in a cultural battle, overcoming their disdain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2647,"featured_media":2365087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-Win-Garbage-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43270,5588,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2365086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-culture-war","tag-elites","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Trump-Win-Garbage-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2365086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2365090,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365086\/revisions\/2365090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2365087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2365086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2365086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2365086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}