ABSTRACT
This chapter examines Donald Trump not as a singular individual, but as part of a Deleuzo-Guttarian “war machine” that generates and feeds off of waves of affect, the emotional geographies of fear and hatred. As a rhizomatic assemblage that constantly mutates from one form to another, the Trumpian monstrosity directs its anger at “elites,” the state, immigrants, liberals, and any others who stand in its way. So powerful is this war machine that it has irrevocably altered the political landscape, the Republican Party, and the U.S. government itself.
