Does Donald Trump qualify as a fascist? What experts say
Trump’s slogan “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) and its nostalgic underpinnings mirror, for example, the Nazi myth that Germany had been betrayed by its elites during the First World War. His hyper-masculine image, darkly apocalyptic rhetoric about America’s future, and his declarations that “I alone can fix it” reflect aspects of fascist traditions. Trump’s use of xenophobic rhetoric targeting Muslims and Latin American migrants, his endorsement of “big lies” (such as unproven claims of election fraud), and his promotion of conspiracy theories all bear some resemblance to fascist propaganda methods.