Trumpism

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[[File:Trump MAGA rally in Greenville (1).jpg|thumb|250 px|A typical MAGA rally, doing the ''exact opposite'' of making America great again.]]
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{{cquote|When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.|||A quote often wrongly attributed to {{wpl|Sinclair Lewis}}<ref>[https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/sinclair-lewis-on-fascism/ Did Sinclair Lewis Say This About Fascism in America?] by Dave Emery (Dec 29, 2016) ''Snopes''.</ref>}}
{{cquote|While a new fascism would necessarily diabolize some enemy, both internal and external, the enemy would not necessarily be Jews. An authentically popular American fascism would be [[Dominionism|pious]], [[Racialism|antiblack]], and, since September 11, 2001, [[Islamophobia|anti-Islamic]].|||Robert Paxton<ref>[https://econsystemsthinking.medium.com/summary-anatomy-of-fascism-eed6d626ee8 Summary — Anatomy of Fascism], EconSystems Thinking ''Medium'', August 30, 2020.</ref>}}
{{cquote|The language and symbols of an authentic [[American]] fascism would, of course, have little to do with the original European models. They would have to be as familiar and reassuring to loyal Americans as the language and symbols of the original fascisms were familiar and reassuring to many [[Italian]]s and [[German]]s, as [[Orwell]] suggested. [[Hitler]] and [[Mussolini]], after all, had not tried to seem exotic to their fellow citizens. No [[swastika]]s in an American fascism, but Stars and Stripes (or [[Confederate flag|Stars and Bars]]) and [[Christian]] crosses. No fascist salute, but mass recitations of [[The Pledge of Allegiance|the pledge of allegiance]]. These symbols contain no whiff of fascism in themselves, of course, but an American fascism would transform them into obligatory litmus tests for detecting the internal enemy.|||Robert Paxton<ref>{{cite web|url=https://philosophyofshaving.wordpress.com/2016/08/11/the-anatomy-of-fascism/|title=The Anatomy of Fascism|last=Newstead|first=David Michael|date=August 11, 2016|publisher=The Philosophy of Shaving}}</ref>}}
{{cquote|You know, Trump and his MAGA supporters not only embrace political violence, but they laugh about it… He calls those who oppose him vermin. He talks about the blood of Americans being poisoned, echoing the same exact language used in [[Nazi Germany]].|||[[Joe Biden]]<ref>{{cite web | author=The White House | title=Remarks by President Biden on the Third Anniversary of the January 6th Attack and Defending the Sacred Cause of American Democracy | website=whitehouse.gov | date=2024-01-06 | url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/01/05/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-third-anniversary-of-the-january-6th-attack-and-defending-the-sacred-cause-of-american-democracy-blue-bell-pa/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106054002/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/01/05/remarks-by-president-biden-on-the-third-anniversary-of-the-january-6th-attack-and-defending-the-sacred-cause-of-american-democracy-blue-bell-pa/ | archive-date=2024-01-06 | url-status=dead | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref>}}

'''Trumpism''' (or '''MAGA''', an acronym of '''Make America Great Again''') is an [[authoritarian]] and [[nationalist]] [[ideology]] based on [[Donald Trump]]'s [[personality cult]], policies, and political activities. Trumpism has been categorized by political analysts as a [[fascist]] ideology and [[cult]] due to its far-right, authoritarian, [[ultranationalism|ultranationalist]], and [[anti-intellectualism|anti-intellectual]] elements as well as its [[Xenophobia|hostility to outsiders]] (such as people who don’t share their [[ideology]] and foreigners), promotion of and penchant for violence, vicious [[scapegoat]]ing of marginalized communities, dehumanization of people whom they deem undesirable or irredeemable, and its extreme [[gatekeeping]] which [[Demonization|demonizes]] all dissent&nbsp;— even from like-minded ideologues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/trumpism-is-fascism-american-style-john-l-micek/|title=Trumpism is fascism, American-style|last=Micek|first=John|date=June 22, 2022|publisher=Pennsylvania Capital-Star}}</ref>

Trumpism has emerged as a significant force and movement in American politics, essentially taking over the [[Republican Party]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2022/02/08/1079191067/how-did-the-republican-party-become-the-party-of-trump How did the Republican Party become the party of Trump? ''New York Times'' reporter Jeremy Peters says the religious right and social conservatives "got basically everything that they wanted" from Trump's presidency. Peters' new book is ''Insurgency''.] by Terry Gross (February 8, 20221:30 PM ET) ''NPR''.</ref> This rise in power of the movement can be attributed to a range of factors, but the most significant are [[xenophobia]], economic dissatisfaction brought about by [[neoliberalism]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/10/democrats-should-reject-neoliberalism/671850/|title=The Wreckage of Neoliberalism|last=Murphy|first=Chris|date=October 25, 2022|publisher=The Atlantic}}</ref> [[Fundamentalist Christian]] fanaticism,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/01/14/1073215412/christian-nationalism-donald-trump|title=Christian nationalism is still thriving — and is a force for returning Trump to power|last=Burnett|first=John|date=January 23, 2022|publisher=[[NPR]]}}</ref> and misinformation regarding [[political]] and [[scientific]] news.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-role-of-misinformation-in-trumps-insurrection/|title=The role of misinformation in Trump's insurrection|last=West|first=Darrel|date=January 11, 2021|publisher=Brookings Institute}}</ref>

A large-scale poll of Americans by the Public Religion Research Institute found that support for white Christian nationalism, the unholy merging of [[white supremacy]] with [[Christian nationalism]], was highly [[Correlation does not imply causation|correlated]] with support for Trump in each of the 50 states.<ref name=prri>[https://www.prri.org/research/a-christian-nation-understanding-the-threat-of-christian-nationalism-to-american-democracy-and-culture/ A Christian Nation? Understanding the Threat of Christian Nationalism to American Democracy and Culture] (02.08.2023) ''Public Religion Research Institute''.</ref> In the poll, Christian nationalism was defined as degree of support for these five ideas:<ref name=prri/>
{{cquote|
#The U.S. government should declare America a Christian nation.
#U.S. laws should be based on [[Christian]] values.
#If the U.S. moves away from our Christian foundations, we will not have a country anymore.
#Being Christian is an important part of being truly American.
#[[God]] has called Christians to exercise [[Dominionism|dominion]] over all areas of American society.
}}
Other questions in the poll also correlated with Christian nationalism: belief in QAnon, anti-[[African American|Black]] [[racism]], anti-immigrant views, [[antisemitic]] views (though this varies in certain subsets, such as neocons), [[Islamophobia|anti-Islamic]] views, and [[patriarchal]] understandings of traditional [[gender]] roles.<ref name=prri/>

==Prevalence==
[[File:Future.gif|thumb|right|250px|Won't you buy this lovely Trump boot? For a mere $10,000, we will [[gold]] electroplate it.]]
Characteristic of a typical cult, Trumpism has a huge following and base of millions of Americans, and while numbers have shown that they aren’t as numerous as the average Democrat or centrist voter, they indeed have a stranglehold on American politics. A September 2022 poll showed that 42% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (clumped together as a single category) identified with the term "MAGA Republican", and 58% rejected the term.<ref>Sahil Kapur (September 28, 2022). [https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/poll-us-republicans-reject-maga-label-rcna49749 "Poll: Most U.S. Republicans reject 'MAGA' label"]. ''Meet The Press Blog'', NBC News. Quote: "A total of 42% of Republicans in the U.S. identify as 'MAGA' Republicans, while 58% disavow the term, according to a new national poll by J. Ann Selzer and Grinnell College."</ref> This could indicate an outsized effect on the Republican Party compared to how large the core pro-Trump movement actually is versus the wider base of Republican voters.

Trumpism spread since 2016 partially because of his target base (poor white working class Americans) being drawn by his false promises of his America first policies (bringing back jobs, looking out for the little man, pretending to be an anti elite populist), and from Trump’s appeal as a strongman and a demagogue, amplified by various media outlets who parroted his narratives.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=X4G7asMHqZ4|title=MAGA and Fascism|last=Thomas|first=Leon|date=August 25, 2020|publisher=[[Youtube]]}}</ref> Trump's ideology is the direction that most of the Republican Party is heading in, and is purging any and all non-MAGA Republicans (referred to as RINOs), who are portrayed by Trump and his cronies as enemies of their movement.<ref>[https://archive.ph/a5ldv "Trump Fully Devours the Republican Establishment"] - ''The New York Times''. Bender, Michael C. (Feb. 16, 2024). Archived.</ref> A great example of this was Trump's takeover of the RNC, when dozens of people were fired from their positions and replaced with Trump loyalists (including his family).<ref>[https://archive.ph/zzGCc "Trump takes control of the RNC with mass layoffs, restructuring"] - ''Washington Post''. By Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey and Marianne LeVine (March 12, 2024). Archived.</ref>

==History==
[[File:President Donald J. Trump participates in a Christmas Day video teleconference from the Oval Office (32629901988).jpg|thumb|right|250px|Trump in the Oval Office with a portrait of Andrew Jackson.]]
Trumpism first emerged as a fluid ideology in 2016, when Trump was running as a presidential candidate.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/07/trump-brexit-far-right/491786/|title=The Global Spread of Trumpism|last=Tierney|first=Dominic|date=July 19, 2016|publisher=The Atlantic}}</ref> During this time, Trump cultivated an enormous fanbase by tapping into their dissatisfaction and appeals using a mixture of [[populism]], xenophobia, and [[Good old days|appeals to a mythical past]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/17/trump-republican-party-fascism|title=Trump and the Republican party exemplify these five elements of fascism|last=Reich|first=Robert|date=June 17, 2023|publisher=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

Trumpism quickly spread among American citizens, largely amongst [[Christian]], lower-class to middle-class white families. Many Trump supporters viewed America as under siege from immigrants, rather than correctly attributing their suffering to [[tax cuts]] for the rich and general [[austerity]] measures. Trumpism has a strong element of [[racism]] within its ideology, mostly viewing the 1950s and early 1960s as the [[good old days]] for the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-10-19/survey-many-republicans-long-for-the-1950s-democrats-crave-change|title=Republicans Long for the 1950s, Democrats Crave Change|last=Milligan|first=Susan|date=October 19, 2020|publisher=US News}}</ref>

Trumpism has deep roots in American political [[history]], dating all the way back to the first white Europeans entering the Americas. However, its more modern roots would appear during the era of [[Andrew Jackson]]’s presidency.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/politics/trump-presidential-history.html|title=The Trump Presidency Is Now History. So How Will It Rank?|last=Lyall|first=Sarah|date=January 23, 2021|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> Like Trumpism, Jacksonism saw a deep anti-intellectualism and populist rejection of traditional democratic institutions that led to the rejection of the orders of the [[United States Supreme Court]] and the tragic case of [[ethnic cleansing]] and [[genocide]] we today know as the [[Trail of Tears]]. This was where almost the entirety of the {{wpl|Cherokee}} people were forced to march in freezing conditions out of their ancestral homeland to virtual wasteland in what is now [[Oklahoma]].<ref name="glosser">[https://web.archive.org/web/20201122201746/https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/01/22/andrew-jackson-donald-trump-216493 "The Man Who Put Andrew Jackson in Trump’s Oval Office"] - ''Politico''. By Susan B. Glasser on January 22, 2018. Archived.</ref>{{efn|This wasn't an isolated incident either. See our article on the [[Native American genocides]] for further details.}}

Walter Russel Mead explained the parallels thusly:

{{quotebox|For Washington’s political class, Mead provided an answer to explain the otherwise perplexing populist appeal of the brash billionaire. Jacksonianism, as Mead viewed it, was exactly the historical precedent to explain Trump, marrying grass-roots disdain for [[elite]]s, deep suspicion of overseas entanglements&nbsp;— and obsession with America power and sovereignty. “He is not the second coming of Andrew Jackson,” Mead said when we talked on the eve of Trump’s first anniversary in office this weekend. “But there was such a hunger in America for a Jacksonian figure that people were willing to project a lot of qualities onto this sort of very unlikely Queens real estate developer who becomes the folk hero of Americans who hate [[New York]] and are suspicious of Big Business.”<ref name="glosser"/>}}

Trumpism is ideologically the synthesis of three separate but related reactionary trends in American political history: ethnonationalism as exhibited by the Jacksonians and the Know Nothing Party, politicized religion as exhibited by the [[Religious Right]], and [[racism]] as exhibited by the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and the [[Neo-Confederate]]s.<ref name="berlin">[https://web.archive.org/web/20210215222927/https://www.wzb.eu/en/news/trumpism-is-us "Trumpism is US"] - ''Berlin Social Science Center''. Archived.</ref>

Besides Jacksonianism, another root of the Trumpist movement is the right-wing populism of [[Pat Buchanan]] and [[Ross Perot]]. In 1992 Perot railed against the neoliberal [[NAFTA]] trade deal as "sucking" American jobs to [[Mexico]] and [[Canada]] and made it the signature issue of his presidential campaign.<ref name="berlin"/> Buchanan likewise ran for POTUS three times in the 1990s, and regularly espoused a {{wpl|protectionist}} and nationalist agenda.<ref name="berlin"/>

The {{wpl|Civil Rights Movement}} and the end of [[Jim Crow]] led [[The South|Southern]] racists (previously strong supporters of the [[Democratic Party]]) into the arms of the Republican Party.<ref name="berlin"/>{{efn|See our article on the [[Southern Strategy]] for more information.}} In the modern day, [[illegal immigration]] and supposed [[voter fraud]] were two of the hot-button racialized issues that the GOP used to court the racist vote. GOP voter suppression measures have also helped to maintain a white supremacist agenda.<ref name="berlin"/> American politics itself has a heavily racialized component to it. To quote the Berlin Social Sciences Center:

{{quotebox|Appeals to the issue of race are a staple of contemporary American politics as all politicians seek to mobilize voters who do not consider themselves to be racist.<ref name="berlin"/>}}

Even before Trump, some presidencies such as the Bush Era had fascistic undertones, though these were restrained and much less clear for the average American to see at the time than Trump’s fascism today, such as literally everything Dick Cheney did.<ref>{{cite web | title=Is the White House taking hints from Hitler? | website=Gainesville Sun | date=2005-01-24 | url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2005/01/24/is-the-white-house-taking-hints-from-hitler/31681730007/ | ref={{sfnref|Gainesville Sun|2005}} | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref>

Trumpists in particular have been very openly racist. Questioning the native-born [[Birtherism|citizenship]] of [[Barack Obama]], the only [[African-American]] president of the United States to date, labelling Hispanic-Americans (mostly Mexicans) as "[[rapist]]s", "[[murder]]ers", and drug dealers as well as associating them with actual drug gangs such as MS-13, and grouping [[Islam]] with terrorist groups such as [[DAESH|ISIS]] and [[Al-Qaeda]] have all been the bread and butter of Trumpist [[rhetoric]].<ref name="berlin"/>

Trumpism’s main targets of fearmongering are immigrants, non-white immigrants specifically. The main ethnic groups targeted so far have been Mexicans,<ref>{{cite web | last=Lee | first=Michelle Ye Hee | title=Donald Trump's false comments connecting Mexican immigrants and crime | website=The Washington Post | date=2017-04-12 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/07/08/donald-trumps-false-comments-connecting-mexican-immigrants-and-crime/ | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref> Chinese people,<ref>{{cite web | title=Trump Suggests Chinese Migrants Are in the US to Build an 'Army.' the Migrants Tell Another Story | website=US News &amp; World Report | date=2024-05-13 | url=https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2024-05-13/trump-suggests-chinese-migrants-are-in-the-us-to-build-an-army-the-migrants-tell-another-story | ref={{sfnref|US News &amp; World Report|2024}} | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref> Syrians,<ref>{{cite web | title=Trump suspends US refugee programme and bans Syrians indefinitely | website=BBC News | date=2017-01-28 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38777437.amp | ref={{sfnref|BBC News|2017}} | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref> Iraqis,<ref>{{cite web | last=Jakes | first=Lara | title=Under Trump, Iraqis Who Helped U.S. in War Are Stalled in Refugee System | website=The New York Times | date=2019-11-02 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/world/middleeast/trump-refugees-iraq.html | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref> Venezuelans,<ref>{{cite web | last=Dias | first=Isabela | title=Trump may demonize migration from Venezuela, but he helped fuel it | website=Mother Jones | date=2024-08-13 | url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/venezula-what-happened-maduro-trump-migration-border/ | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref> Haitians,<ref>{{cite web | last1=Catalini | first1=Mike | last2=Smyth | first2=Julie Carr | last3=Shipkowski | first3=Bruce | title=Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets | website=AP News | date=2024-09-11 | url=https://apnews.com/article/haitian-immigrants-vance-trump-ohio-6e4a47c52b23ae2c802d216369512ca5 | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref> and Somalis.<ref>{{cite web | last=Donegan | first=Moira | title=Trump's anti-Somali tirade is a shocking new low | website=The Guardian | date=2025-12-11 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/11/trumps-anti-somali-racism-ilhan-omar | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref>

==Effects on politics==
Trumpism has [[Poisoning the well|poisoned American political discourse and the minds of its own supporters]]. Trumpism relies on anti-intellectualism and misinformation to maintain its grip and strength in the public sphere. [[Social media]] allows [[fake news]] to be spread far and wide, with something simple being spread to millions in a short amount of time (and usually having some degree of separation from anything that [[Refutation|refutes]] it).

Trumpism also embraces a [[blaming the victim]] narrative, from painting [[BLM]] protestors as anti-white racists and planted agents funded by Soros, to fabricated claims of [[rape]] against women committed by non-white groups that are typically immigrants such Latins and Arabs, to the entirety of [[The Great Replacement]] theory itself. Trumpism also has a heavy emphasis on paramilitarism, which is what was seen in the [[2021 U.S. coup attempt]] and explains why there’s so much support for Trump from groups like the Three Percenters, the Militia Movement, Sovereign Citizens, and so on.

Trump himself is not a very [[Christian]] man,{{efn|What with him being a thrice-[[divorce]]d [[adulterer]], [[Blasphemy|blasphemer]], and self-admitted "[[sexual assault|pussy grabber]]", and adjudicated rapist.<ref name="Yes">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/19/trump-carroll-judge-rape/ Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll] by Aaron Blake (July 19, 2023) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>}} but right-wing Christians can and will excuse or ignore this as Trump is willing to push the agenda of the [[Religious Right]] as a matter of policy.{{efn|Christianity ''does'' strongly endorse showing compassion, mercy, and forgiveness to transgressors (indeed, it could be said that the idea that a person can fuck up from time to time without becoming a worthless pariah and/or losing life privileges for it is one of Christianity's most attractive aspects), but this ''does'' seem rather absurd even in light of that code, especially when the Religious Right [[Hypocrisy|rarely (if ever) extends such compassion]] to, say, [[Homophobia|homosexuals]]. Both the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s have warnings about false [[prophets]], but that doesn't seem to register with Trumpists.}} During the [[2016 Republican Party presidential nomination|2016 Republican primaries]], the Religious Right opposed Trump as a matter of course, but after Trump won the 2016 presidential nomination, they quickly, and eagerly, switched course, with up to 80% of the [[Evangelical]] vote supporting Trump in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election|general election]].<ref name="berlin"/> Trump has honored the devil's deal that the Religious Right made in supporting him, appointing key members of the Religious Right to prominent positions of government, including [[Betsy DeVos]] as {{wpl|United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education|.}}<ref name="berlin"/>

One of the most devastating effects of the ideological devil's deal between the Religious Right and the [[alt-right]] has been the [[court-packing|packing]] of the judiciary with right-wing [[activist judge]]s.<ref>[https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-education/how-the-federalist-society-won "How the Federalist Society Won"] - ''The New Yorker''. By Emma Green. Published July 24, 2022.</ref> Indeed, it was the activist judges of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] that voted to overturn ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' despite [[Stare decisis|precedent]].<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-justices-decisive-long-campaign-overturn-roe-v-wade-2022-06-24/ "Analysis: Trump's justices decisive in long campaign to overturn Roe v. Wade"] - ''Reuters''. Published June 24, 2022. Written by Lawrence Hurley.</ref> In 2024, these judges voted to make Trump immune from prosecution for committing any "official acts" that may violate the law while serving as president.<ref>{{cite web | last1=Sherman | first1=Mark | last2=Press | first2=Associated | title=What does the Supreme Court immunity ruling mean for Trump? 6 questions answered | website=PBS News | date=2024-07-01 | url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-the-supreme-court-ruling-mean-for-trump-6-questions-answered | access-date=2026-01-24}}</ref>

==Rhetoric==
{{main|Rhetoric of Donald Trump}}
Prior to going full and openly fascist, Trump used coded language regarding migrants (mostly Mexicans and Muslims) by referring to their entry into the country as “invasions” and many cities as being “overrun by hordes”.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/08/trump-immigrant-invasion-language-origins/595579/|title=Where Does Trump’s ‘Invasion’ Rhetoric Come From?|last=Zimmer|first=Ben|date=August 6, 2019|publisher=The Atlantic}}</ref> His specific rhetoric has been appealing to fascists and Nazis, and his base’s acceptance and amplification of this language eventually led to them becoming fascists (by proxy) as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/8/25/trumps-far-right-legacy-will-remain-regardless-of-the-election|title=Trump’s far-right legacy will remain regardless of the election|last=Newton|first=Creede|date=August 25, 2020|publisher=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

The rhetoric echoed by Trump and his base have been noted by analysts and historians as being dangerously similar to [[dictatorship]]s and authoritarians, especially to fascists.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/20/us/politics/trump-rhetoric-fascism.html|title=Trump’s Dire Words Raise New Fears About His Authoritarian Bent|last=Bender|first=Michael|date=November 20, 2021|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> On a Veterans Day speech, Trump used the phrases “vermin” to describe his enemies and immigrants “poisoning the blood” of Americans. His racist statements drew rebuke from many on both the left and the right. The Trump team denied this, arguing that they would [[pwn]] their opponents rather than giving any intellectual argument against Trump’s rhetoric being labeled authoritarian and fascist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/13/us/politics/trump-vermin-rhetoric-fascists.html|title=After Calling Foes ‘Vermin,’ Trump Campaign Warns Its Critics Will Be ‘Crushed’|last=Gold|first=Michael|date=November 13, 2023|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref>

==Similar movements and figures==
Since the beginning of Trump's second term as president, following the mass firings and widespread defunding of programs, enabled in part by [[Elon Musk]]'s [[Technocracy#The Department of Government Efficiency|DOGE]], all with little [[rational]] basis, several people have noted the similarity between the second term and the [[chaos]], the [[Memory hole|historical erasure]], and the official [[Crime|lawlessness]] of the [[Cultural Revolution]] of [[communist]] [[China]].<ref>[https://fpif.org/the-trump-musk-cultural-revolution/ The Trump-Musk Cultural Revolution. The MAGA crowd doesn't want just regime change. It wants to root out all vestiges of progressivism, liberalism, and secularism from American society.] by John Feffer (February 19, 2025) ''Foreign Policy in Focus''.</ref><ref>[https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-doge-china-cultural-revolution-mao-rcna193562 DOGE’s rampage through institutions has parallels in China’s Cultural Revolution. I survived Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party’s purges. What's happening now reminds me of the CCP’s Central Cultural Revolution Group.] by Jianli Yang (Feb. 28, 2025, 3:00 AM PST) ''MSNBC''.</ref><ref>[https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/remembering-china-s-cultural-revolution-what-you-don-t-know-will-hurt-you In remembering China’s Cultural Revolution, what you don’t know will hurt you] by Linda Jaivin (12 Jun 2025) ''The Interpreter''.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/business/china-donald-trump-cultural-revolution.html Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America. People in China are expressing alarm at what seems to be an authoritarian turn in the United States, long their role model of democracy, that feels familiar.] by Li Yuan (March 6, 2025, 12:00 a.m. ET) ''The New York Times''.</ref>

===Trumpism outside of America===
In China, he is also known as "Donald the Strong," "Grand Commander," and "Uncle Trump." Many Chinese people despise the "[[political correctness]]" in Western societies and see themselves in Trump, whom they consider genuine, which is unusual for a politician. Another reason for their fondness of the head-of-state of a geopolitical rival is that Trump, unlike his predecessors, had no appetite for discussing human rights and democracy with China and prefers to discuss trade. Moreover, Trump seems to recognize China, as well as its president Xi Jinping, as an equal.<ref name="NYT-grand-commander">[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/world/asia/trump-china-fans.html 'Uncle Trump' Finds Fans in China]. ''The New York Times''. November 9, 2017. Accessed May 13, 2019. </ref>

Trump also had a significant following in Iran amongst [[Restart]] and its supporters. In fact, their leader and founder, [[Mohammad Hosseini]], modelled his movement on the MAGA movement in the United States and supports Trump and his policies against the Iranian regime. Also like Trump, Hosseini has explicitly encouraged and supported violence amongst his supporters.<ref>[https://twitter.com/arish1987/status/1643350338034970624 Seyed Mohammad Hosseini ( #RestartLeader ) admires President #Trump and has defended him at all the costs. We as Restartees, love President Trump and support the pressure he puts on Islamic Republic of Iran.] ''Twitter''</ref> This support is so strong that Trump's war aggression hasn’t affected his fanbase in Iran much (though pro Trump Iranians are not that big in the country to begin with).

Trumpism has had a significantly negative and strong impact on politics, both in America and abroad. Trumpism has inspired or mingled with analogous movements outside of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=EM8t0aaaFMc|title='No longer' a foreign threat: New bipartisan group calls out MAGA movement as 'fascist'|date=September 20, 2023|publisher=Youtube}}</ref> The individuals and countries include:

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*[[Argentina]] via [[Javier Milei]]
*[[Australia]] via Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson, and Peter Dutton (lost the 2025 election).
*[[Austria]] via Herbert Kickl (hardline former Interior Minister who radicalized his party, but consistently fails to put his party in government)
*[[Belarus]] via [[Alexander Lukashenko]]
*[[Brazil]] via [[Jair Bolsonaro]] (lost the 2022 election, sentenced to 27 years for attempting a military coup)
*[[Britain]] via [[Boris Johnson]] (forced to resign in 2022) and [[Nigel Farage]] (once a fringe extremist, now in a scary position to become leader of his country)
*[[Canada]] via [[Maxime Bernier]] (forced out of his party, made his own, still hasn't won a thing), Pierre Poilievre (lost his own seat in 2025), Doug Ford (Premier of Ontario), Danielle Smith (Premier of Alberta), and Kevin O'Leary (TV host who failed to become leader of the Conservative Party).
*[[Chile]] via José Antonio Kast and [[Sebastián Piñera]] (President for two nonconsecutive terms in 2010-2014 and 2018-2022, died 2024)
*[[China]] via [[Xi Jinping]]
*[[El Salvador]] via [[Nayib Bukele]]
*[[France]] via [[Marine Le Pen]] (convicted of a crime and barred from running for office), [[Jean-Marie Le Pen]] (Marine's late father), and Eric Zemmour (their version of Farage)
*[[Greece]] via Antonis Samaras (expelled from his own party in 2024)
*[[Germany]] via [[Bjorn Hocke]] (chair of the [[Alternative for Germany]] in Thuringia state; his ''Der Flugel'' faction was declared an extremist group and disbanded but he's still involved in politics)
*[[Hungary]] via [[Viktor Orbán]]
*[[India]] via [[Narendra Modi]] and the [[Hindutva]] ideology
*[[Indonesia]] via [[Prabowo Subianto]]
*[[Iran]] via [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]] (disqualified from ever running again), [[Ebrahim Raisi]] (died in office in a 2023 plane crash), and [[Mohammad Hosseini]]
*[[Israel]] via [[Benjamin Netanyahu]]
*[[Italy]] via [[Silvio Berlusconi]] (convicted of multiple crimes and briefly banned from holding office, later died in office shortly after winning another election), [[Matteo Salvini]], and [[Giorgia Meloni]]
*[[Japan]] via [[Shinzō Abe]] (resigned in 2020, assassinated in 2022) and Sohei Kamiya (leader of Sanseito, their version of Le Pen)
*[[Malaysia]] via [[Najib Razak]] (prime minister from 2009 to 2018, convicted of corruption in 2020 and sentenced to 12 years in prison)
*[[Mexico]] via [[Jaime Rodríguez]] (though he consistently loses elections to leftists)
*[[Netherlands]] via [[Geert Wilders]]
*[[Peru]] via [[Alberto Fujimori]] (became dictator in 1992, overthrown in 2000)
*[[Philippines]] via [[Rodrigo Duterte]] (arrested by the International Criminal Court for human rights abuses and transferred to the Hague)
*[[Poland]] via [[Jarosław Kaczyński]] (resigned after losing the 2023 election)
*[[Portugal]] via Andre Ventura
*[[Russia]] via [[Vladimir Putin]]
*[[Saudi Arabia]] via [[Mohammad bin Salman]]
*[[South Korea]] via [[Yoon Suk Yeol]] (impeached and removed from office in 2025)
*[[Spain]] via Santiago Abascal
*[[Taiwan]] via [[Terry Gou]] (lost both times he ran for president)
*[[Turkey]] via [[Recep Tayyip Erdogan]]
*[[Ukraine]] via Viktor Yanukovych (forced out of office, fled to Russia)
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==See also==
*[[Trump]]
*[[QAnon]]
*[[Putinism]]
*[[Fascism#Italian Fascism|Italian Fascism]]
*[[Nazism]]
*[[Restart]]
*[[Falun Gong]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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