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Trumpism
American political movement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trumpism is a political movement in the United States that comprises the political ideologies associated with Donald Trump and his political base.[7][8] It incorporates ideologies such as right-wing populism, national conservatism, and neo-nationalism, and has been described as authoritarian[lower-alpha 1] and neo-fascist.[lower-alpha 2] Trumpist rhetoric heavily features anti-immigrant,[43] xenophobic,[44] nativist,[45] and racist attacks against minority groups.[46][47] However some of these claims are debated by those who defend Trump. Identified aspects include conspiracist,[48][49] isolationist,[45][50] Christian nationalist,[51] evangelical Christian,[52] protectionist,[53][54] anti-feminist,[19][15] and anti-LGBT[55] beliefs. Trumpists and Trumpians are terms that refer to individuals exhibiting its characteristics.
Trumpism is authoritarian,[56][57] and throughout Trump's term in office, several Trumpists opposed limitations on presidential power established by the Constitution or by the rule of law.[58][59][60][61] It has been referred to as an American political variant of the far-right[62][63] and the national-populist and neo-nationalist sentiment seen in multiple nations worldwide from the late 2010s[64] to the early 2020s. Though not strictly limited to any one party, Trump supporters became the largest faction of the United States Republican Party, with the remainder often characterized as "the elite" or "the establishment" in contrast. In response to the rise of Trump, there has arisen a Never Trump movement.
Some commentators have rejected the populist designation for Trumpism and view it instead as part of a trend towards a new form of fascism or neo-fascism, with some referring to it as explicitly fascist and others as authoritarian and illiberal.[65][20][67][note 3] Others have more mildly identified it as a specific light version of fascism in the United States.[71][31] Some historians, including many of those using a new fascism classification,[note 4] write of the hazards of direct comparisons with European fascist regimes of the 1930s, stating that while there are parallels, there are also important dissimilarities.[73][74][note 5] Certain characteristics within public relations and Trump's political base have exhibited symptoms of a cult of personality.[76][77][78][79][80]
The label Trumpism has been applied to national-conservative and national-populist movements in other democracies. Many politicians outside of the United States have been labeled as staunch allies of Trump or Trumpism (or even as their countries' equivalent to Trump) by various news agencies; among them are Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, Viktor Orbán of Hungary, Rodrigo Duterte and Bongbong Marcos of the Philippines, Shinzo Abe of Japan, and Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea.