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Donald Trump

Country: United States
Era: b. 1946
Tradition: Right populism, national conservatism

President of the United States in 2017–21 and again from 2025, who combined tax reduction and deregulation with tariffs, restrictive immigration policy, and an adversarial posture toward established institutions.

Documented positions

Documented positions come from the sources listed. Similarity is this project’s inference from those positions, and is a much weaker claim.

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017), reducing corporate and individual rates
Tariffs on steel, aluminium and a broad range of imports, reversing decades of trade liberalisation
Restrictive immigration policy, including border wall construction and reduced refugee admissions
Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement and rollback of federal environmental regulation
Appointment of judges who subsequently returned abortion policy to the states
Disputed the outcome of the 2020 presidential election

Where it sits on each dimension

Wealth and inequality

RedistributionMarket outcomes

Evidence: Well documented

The state in the economy

Active stateLimited state

Evidence: Well documented

Personal liberty

Collective orderIndividual freedom

Evidence: Documented

Tradition and change

ContinuityReform

Evidence: Well documented

Nation and the world

InternationalistNationalist

Evidence: Well documented

Religion and the state

Secular stateReligion in public life

Evidence: Documented

Power and its limits

Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism

Evidence: Documented

Environment and growth

Production firstProtection first

Evidence: Well documented

Crime and punishment

PunishmentRehabilitation

Evidence: Documented

Sources

Tax Cuts and Jobs Act · United States Congress · 2017
Republican Party Platform · Republican National Committee · 2024
Notification of withdrawal from the Paris Agreement · UNFCCC · 2019

Last verified: 2026-08-21