MAGA's Global Roots: Why 'America First' Isn't American
“Modern A style of politics that involves an effort to mobilize “the people” into a social or political movement around some form of anti-elitism. Such movements can be egalitarian or authoritarian, inclusive or exclusionary, forward-looking or fixated on a romanticized image of the past. Learn more also facilitates and normalizes the presence of Generically used to describe factions of right-wing politics that are outside of and often critical of traditional conservatism. Learn more radical groups. In the United States, Short for Make America Great Again, the slogan of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Learn more exhibits subtle overlaps with A form of neofascism that is opposed to both capitalism and communism and typically presents itself as "beyond left and right." Learn more politics in its emphasis on ‘America First’ The belief in the primacy of “the nation” as the most important political allegiance, that every nation should have its own state, and that it is the primary responsibility of the state and its leaders to preserve the nation. Learn more and critiques of globalism. Trump’s appeal to the working class, paired with his anti-elite and protectionist economic rhetoric, reflects a syncretic approach. Like the Third Position’s rejection of both capitalist elites and socialist internationalism, MAGA positions itself as a champion of the ‘forgotten’ American worker while opposing progressive social movements.”