Political positions of Donald Trump

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]

  1. ^ "Trumpism". Cambridge Dictionary. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party". www.msn.com. Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  3. ^ "The GOP platform's ruling plank: Trumpism". Laredo Morning Times. Archived from the original on October 11, 2018. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  4. ^ D'Antonio, Michael (2016). The Truth About Trump. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-250-04238-5.
  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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Frostenson, Sarah (January 15, 2021). "How Has The Radical Right Evolved Under Trump?". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  8. ^ D'Antonio, Michael (2016). The Truth About Trump. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. p. 291. ISBN 978-1-250-04238-5.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Remnick, David (May 17, 2020). "What Donald Trump Shares with Joseph McCarthy". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  13. ^ Jong-Fast, Molly (July 11, 2024). "How Donald Trump Echoes Joe McCarthy". Vanity Fair. Retrieved April 28, 2025.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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)
  16. ^ Trump, Donald; Shiflett, Dave (2000). The America We Deserve. Los Angeles: Renaissance Books. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-58063-131-0.
  17. ^ Trump, Donald (2011). Time to Get Tough. Regnery Publishing. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-59698-773-9.
  18. ^ Gass, Nick (February 17, 2016). "Trump's new catchphrase: I'm a common-sense conservative". POLITICO. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  19. ^ "Trump says he's 'not conservative': 'I'm a man of common sense' | Fox News". www.foxnews.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  20. ^ "Trump: 'I'm a nationalist'". Politico. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  21. ^ Baker, Peter (October 23, 2018). "Promoting His Agenda, Trump Embraces the 'Nationalist' Label". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
  22. ^ "Trump: I Am a Nationalist in a True Sense". RealClearPolitics. February 27, 2017.
  23. ^ Gillin, Joshua; "Bush says Trump was a Democrat longer than a Republican 'in the last decade'", PolitiFact (August 24, 2015).
  24. ^ Moody, Chris; "Trump in '04: 'I probably identify more as Democrat'", CNN (July 21, 2015).
  25. ^ Matthews, Dylan (January 19, 2017). "Zero-sum Trump". Vox.com. Retrieved April 26, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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