Donald Trump succeeded in bringing about a revolution by American political standards, and he succeeded in arousing the enthusiasm of millions of citizens and pushing them to political participation in an unprecedented way, and I do not expect Trumpism to end even with Trump's defeat and his exit from the White House, as the expectations of most polls results go.
Four years ago, Trump represented the tide of change, which came from outside the corridors of American politics, realizing that his country and the world are going through exceptional moments with which it is not permissible to follow traditional methods, whether in the presidential campaign or in the way of government.
The nature of Trump's personality was an element that attracted millions of voters who were concerned about what they see as an intentional demographic change during the last half century, which came as a result of the immigration of nearly 60 million people from mainly Catholic Central America and non-Christian Asia, to make America and its society more diverse and different from what he wrote. A lot of Americans.
The population of America this year was approximately 330 million, of whom 60.4% were whites compared to 18.3% of the Hispanics (Mexican Catholics in the first place), 13.4% of black Africans, 5.9% of Asians, and the rest are diverse.
At the same time, the percentage of Protestants decreased from 50% in 2003 to 36% in 2017, and the percentage of Christians in general decreased from 83% to 72% in the same period, and many white Protestant fanatics refuse to acknowledge the new reality of America, as they see these changes as a threat. Existential for them and America, which in their collective imaginations.
4 years ago, Trump won for addressing an injured and defeated crowd in a paternalistic manner with sympathy and unrealistic promises;
Except that it was necessary.
The broad conservative movement in support of Trump's policies believes that there is an internal religious awakening accompanied by calls for a growing role for the "Christian" religion in society, which is a reflection or an echo of the ideas of a large group of Americans, most of whom live in rural areas or the south, and suburbs of conservative states.
Trump succeeded in realizing the insignificance of the ideological framework for most Americans, in return for realizing their great concern (like the rest of the world's people) with their religious, ethnic and racial identity and affiliation.
4 years ago, Trump won for addressing an injured and defeated crowd in a paternalistic manner with sympathy and unrealistic promises;
Except that it was necessary.
Trump has satisfied religious social conservatives, who are the cornerstone of the pro-Republican factions, by standing up to policies endorsed by the administration of former President Barack Obama, which they see as provocative and hostile to their religious convictions, such as gay marriage technologists or supporting pro-abortion groups with taxpayer money.
Trump's racist and fascist rhetoric during the years of his rule against everything that is not a white Christian did not stop Republicans from continuing to support him;
In fact, it seems that it was the direct reason behind this alignment.
Trump has not yet uttered the word "sorry" or "I did not mean that," and everything he mentioned was enough to topple any traditional candidate.
Trump realized the importance of stirring up controversy and enthusiasm in light of rising right-wing populism around the world, as well as the extent of anger at home in the United States about the economics and policies of globalization, which Washington adopted and paved the way, especially with the migration of factories to China, and the lack of an alternative to American labor.
Trump won for several reasons, the most important of which is his success in immunizing himself against any mistakes or failures, he says what he says, and makes mistakes what is wrong, and all this is without count.
Trump has not yet uttered the word "sorry" or "I did not mean that," and everything he mentioned was enough to topple any traditional candidate.
"America first", "Let's make America great again" and "The need to build walls and barriers to prevent immigration" are all slogans that Trump did not invent;
Rather, it exists, and it has not disappeared since the founding of the American state, and it will not disappear if Trump is defeated.
The division of American society, which is reflected in the convergence of opinion polls between Biden and Trump, which appears in the form of a cultural conflict that the country has never seen before, and this division paved the way for Trump to win the presidency 4 years ago, and Trump increased the size and chasm of the division, and made it continuous glowing until With a pandemic, it claimed the lives of nearly a quarter of a million Americans, and infected nearly 9 million others.
He fully represented Trump and his control over the Republicans, including the traditional and right-wing conservative currents of the party;
A new birth certificate as the anti-Republican demographic change continues.
Months ago, the famous pastor Jerry Falwell Jr. urged his Christian conservatives to "stop electing a good candidate who might be an ideal Christian leader ... We must elect an experienced leader like Trump at all levels of government, because liberal fascist democrats are playing with us to support weak conservative leaders. High morals. "
It is not expected that Trump's defeat in the 2020 elections or his success, and then his exit from the White House in 2024, will result in the extinction of the intellectual current that Trump has expressed and ridden over the last four years.
This current will renew itself by sorting out a number of leaders who strongly supported Trump, approached him, and benefited from his disclosure of the nature of these right-wing currents and the frank expression of their concerns and preferences.
And a number of Republican politicians are still waiting for Trump to leave the scene to start the steps to search for the leadership of a current that has existed to stay, figures such as Senator Tom Cotton, former UN representative Nikki Haley, Senator Ted Cruz, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Senator Marco Rubio, and of course Vice President Mike Pence. They are waiting to turn the page on Trump to start their competition to renew Trumpism to fit the absence of Trump's tyrannical character.