Trumpism

Trumpism is the philosophy and politics espoused by Donald Trump.

Quotes

• [...] Trumpism, broadly defined as secure borders, economic nationalism, and America-first foreign policy.
  • Michael Anton (as "Publius Decius Mus"), "The Flight 93 Election", The Claremont Institute (September 5, 2016)

• [T]he booing began. I’d been dreading it for days, but when it came, I almost welcomed it. There is nothing more freeing than telling the truth. And it must be done, again and again, by those of us who refuse to be absorbed into this brainless, sinister, clownish thing called Trumpism, by those of us who refuse to overlook the fools, frauds and fascists attempting to glide along in his slipstream into respectability.
  • Mona Charen, "I'm Glad I Got Booed at CPAC" (February 2018), The New York Times

• The triumph of a raw populism, embodied by a shameless demagogue, over both the official establishment and the official ideology of a major political party.
  • Ross Douthat, A Cure for Trumpism The New York Times (July 17, 2016)

• Trumpism is also a celebrity-driven cult of personality, forged by its leader’s unique reality-television appeal. This has made it relatively easy for the Republican Party’s leaders to hope that his campaign is sui generis, that when he loses in November (as most of them still expect) there won’t be a coherent Trumpism after Trump.
  • Ross Douthat, A Cure for Trumpism The New York Times (July 17, 2016)

• Trumpism is here to stay.
  • John Feffer, Trumpism is here to stay: America’s neo-fascist fever dream has only just begun, Salon (June 28, 2016)

• In truth, modern life requires many people of talent and intelligence to run big institutions, including governments. Others resent their quality wherever they find it. They see it as oppressive. Then Donald Trump came before them and sneered at government leadership, in a style that had nothing to do with talent or intelligence. ... To accomplish this, his followers needed only to mark a ballot. Soon he looked like the man they always needed. In the future, this strategy may well be called Trumpism. For now, American journalists call it populism.
  • Robert Fulford, Robert Fulford: Until Trump, no openly racist candidate in modern times has reached such a height in U.S. politics, National Post (August 5, 2016)

• The tectonic shifts that gave rise to Trumpism have been gathering force over the last six decades. Over that time, the left won the cultural battle and the right won the economic battle, and Trumpism is a reaction against both.
  • Clive Hamilton, Trumpism as Whitelash (November 19, 2016)

• Trump’s personal political views have shifted through the years on any number of issues, “Trumpism”, for lack of a better term, has emerged as a populist blend of nationalism and protectionism. It is vociferously anti-immigration, strongly pro-tariff, opposed to cuts in entitlement spending and deeply skeptical of an interventionist foreign policy while still being very hawkish. Elements of this worldview have long lingered within the Republican party, animating the unsuccessful primary campaigns of Pat Buchanan in 1992 and 1996. The question is whether, thanks to Trump, this will emerge as a viable ideological wing of the Republican party. ... Trumpism appeals to a different coalition, one that frightens many veteran Republicans.
  • Ben Jacobs, Will 'Trumpism' replace conservatism?, The Guardian (19 May 2016)

• Today, there is a contest between Trumpism and Republicanism. Through the calculated statements of its leader, Trumpism has become associated with racism, misogyny, bigotry, xenophobia, vulgarity and, most recently, threats and violence. I am repulsed by each and every one of these.
  • Mitt Romney, Facebook, March 18, 2016

• The key to Trumpism’s future is infrastructure spending, which will cement its appeal. The stakes for Trump’s infrastructure plan are potentially enormous, by the lights of the chief author of Trumpism’s grand narrative.
  • Greg Sargent, Stephen Bannon has a grand plan to secure Trumpism’s future. Will Democrats cooperate?, The Washington Post (November 22, 2016)

• Trump and Republicans may simultaneously pursue deep tax cuts for top earners and businesses while dramatically slashing the safety net and social spending in other areas, meaning Trumpism may end up morphing into a form of “Reactionary Keynesianism” that fuels growth while increasing inequality.
  • Greg Sargent, Stephen Bannon has a grand plan to secure Trumpism’s future. Will Democrats cooperate?, The Washington Post (November 22, 2016)

• The celebrity character of Trumpism appeals to citizens that would otherwise be disengaged from politics, with Trump serving as a placeholder for their unsatisfied wants and dreams. The ability to translate the cultural capital of celebrity into political capital seems also to mean that one-time spectators can be similarly transformed into motivated voters.
  • David Edward Tabachnick, The four characteristics of Trumpism, The Hill (July 28, 2016)

• Much to the consternation of Republican elites, it also stands well outside of conservative political ideology.
  • David Edward Tabachnick, The four characteristics of Trumpism, The Hill (July 28, 2016)

See also

• Donald Trump

External links

• The Global Spread of Trumpism, The Atlantic
• Making Sense Of “Trumpism” - Learn Liberty (11 November 2016)
• Mark Blyth ─ Global Trumpism, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs (29 September 2016)