Donald Trump delivering a speech at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
The political positions of Donald Trump (sometimes referred to as Trumpism [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] ), the 45th president and 47th president of the United States, have frequently changed, though he has held generally conservative , anti-intellectual , and populist inclinations throughout his life,[ 4] and is considered a prominent figure of the radical right [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] in American politics,[ 8] while also being characterized as McCarthyist [ 9] [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] or Nixonian .[ 14] [ 15] Trump variously referred to himself as a conservative ,[ 16] [ 17] a “common-sense conservative,”[ 18] a “man of common sense,”[ 19] and a nationalist [ 20] [ 21] in a “true sense,”[ 22] while also initially saying he identified with Democrats on some[ 23] or most issues.[ 24] His most consistent positions have been characterized as protectionist on trade, anti-immigrant , and nationalistic in foreign policy.[ 25]
^ "Trumpism" . Cambridge Dictionary . Cambridge University Press . Retrieved July 30, 2020 .
^ "How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party" . www.msn.com . Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
^ "The GOP platform's ruling plank: Trumpism" . Laredo Morning Times . Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
^ D'Antonio, Michael (2016). The Truth About Trump . New York: Thomas Dunne Books. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-250-04238-5 .
^ Neiwert, David A. (2017). Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump . London ; New York: Verso. ISBN 978-1-78663-423-8 .
^ "The Year in Hate and Extremism: Far-right extremists coalescing in broad-based, loosely affiliated movement" . Southern Poverty Law Center . February 5, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2025 .
^ Frostenson, Sarah (January 15, 2021). "How Has The Radical Right Evolved Under Trump?" . FiveThirtyEight . Retrieved April 26, 2025 .
^ D'Antonio, Michael (2016). The Truth About Trump . New York: Thomas Dunne Books. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-250-04238-5 .
^ Kalb, Marvin L. (2018). Enemy of the people: Trump's war on the press, the new McCarthyism, and the threat to American democracy . Washington, D.C: Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 978-0-8157-3530-4 .
^ Thompson, John Jack (December 2016). "Donald Trump's Foreign Policy: McCarthyism as a Cautionary Tale" . CSS Policy Perspectives . 4 (10). Zapfe, Martin, Mahadevan, Prem. doi :10.3929/ETHZ-A-010818395 .
^ Salkin, Jeffrey K. (February 11, 2025). "Don't compare Trump's US to Nazi Germany. These 3 American moments are more apt" . The Forward . Retrieved April 28, 2025 .
^ Remnick, David (May 17, 2020). "What Donald Trump Shares with Joseph McCarthy" . The New Yorker . ISSN 0028-792X . Retrieved April 28, 2025 .
^ Jong-Fast, Molly (July 11, 2024). "How Donald Trump Echoes Joe McCarthy" . Vanity Fair . Retrieved April 28, 2025 .
^ Timmons, Patrick (January 2, 2017). "Trump's Wall at Nixon's Border" . NACLA Report on the Americas . 49 (1): 15– 24. doi :10.1080/10714839.2017.1298238 . ISSN 1071-4839 .
^ Lemon, Jason (April 18, 2019). "Mueller Report Shows Donald Trump's Behavior Is 'Eminently Nixonian,' Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Says" . Newsweek . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link )
^ Trump, Donald; Shiflett, Dave (2000). The America We Deserve . Los Angeles: Renaissance Books. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-58063-131-0 .
^ Trump, Donald (2011). Time to Get Tough . Regnery Publishing . p. 32. ISBN 978-1-59698-773-9 .
^ Gass, Nick (February 17, 2016). "Trump's new catchphrase: I'm a common-sense conservative" . POLITICO . Retrieved April 26, 2025 .
^ "Trump says he's 'not conservative': 'I'm a man of common sense' | Fox News" . www.foxnews.com . Retrieved April 26, 2025 .
^ "Trump: 'I'm a nationalist' " . Politico . Retrieved October 23, 2018 .
^ Baker, Peter (October 23, 2018). "Promoting His Agenda, Trump Embraces the 'Nationalist' Label" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 23, 2018 .
^ "Trump: I Am a Nationalist in a True Sense" . RealClearPolitics . February 27, 2017.
^ Gillin, Joshua; "Bush says Trump was a Democrat longer than a Republican 'in the last decade'" , PolitiFact (August 24, 2015).
^ Moody, Chris; "Trump in '04: 'I probably identify more as Democrat'" , CNN (July 21, 2015).
^ Matthews, Dylan (January 19, 2017). "Zero-sum Trump" . Vox.com . Retrieved April 26, 2025 . {{cite web }}
: CS1 maint: url-status (link )