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Trumpism
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Trumpism is the political ideology behind Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his political base. It is often used in close conjunction with the Make America Great Again (MAGA) political movement. It comprises ideologies such as right-wing populism, right-wing antiglobalism, national conservatism, Christian nationalism, neo-fascism and American nationalism, and features significant illiberal, authoritarian, and autocratic beliefs and practices. Other ideologies include nativism, economic nationalism, anti-environmentalism, and anti-intellectualism. Trumpists and Trumpians are terms that refer to individuals exhibiting its characteristics.
Features
Trumpism, although not ideologically homogeneous, generally has the same basic features:
- A fervent cult of personality surrounding Donald Trump and aligned politicians,
- A tendency towards religious fundamentalism, sometimes to the extent of viewing Trump in a messianic role,
- White nationalism and closeted white supremacy, regarding any and all instances of anti-racism as being "reverse racism" and "anti-White",
- Opposition towards bourgeois democracy and tendency towards autocracy, acknowledging the Democratic Party as being corrupt and part of a "swamp" while denying the same corruption which effects the Republican Party,
- Anti-intellectualism and anti-science, believing academia as untrustworthy and part of the "Cultural Marxism" conspiracy. Denial of anthropogentric climate change,
- Fervent anti-LGBTQIA+ sentiments, particularly transphobia,
- Ultranationalism, nativism, and chauvinism. Trumpists believe the United States to be one of the greatest nations ever to exist and despise most other countries, effectively viewing Third World populations as inferior and sub-human.