Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

Bullshit, 'pull' something, anything, that refutes what I posted from any source but your own ass. Until you do you remain one who pulls your assertions out of your ass.

Note links at the end of this post. You can only shoot so many 'messengers' before being arrested for possessing an AR-15 converted to fully 'automatic'.

Meanwhile:

Is Trump considered right wing or simply a populist?

Trump is widely classified as both **right wing** and **populist**, and in political science is usually placed in the specific category of *right-wing populism* rather than “just” generic populism.[1][2][3]

## What “right wing populist” means

- Right-wing populism combines traditional right-wing themes (nationalism, social conservatism, “law and order,” economic nationalism) with populist anti-elite rhetoric about “the people” versus “the corrupt establishment.”[4][1]

- Populism itself is often called a “thin” ideology: it can attach to left or right, but in the right-wing version the “real people” are usually defined in ethnonational or cultural terms, and minority protections or liberal-constitutional constraints are treated as obstacles to the popular will.[2][1][4]

## How Trump fits this pattern

- Scholars and commentators consistently describe Trump’s campaigns and Trumpism as a form of right-wing populism or right-wing authoritarian populism, citing his nationalist, anti-immigration, and protectionist positions plus his anti-elite, anti-“establishment” rhetoric.[5][3][1][2]

- Studies of the GOP under Trump argue he has moved the party toward a “populist radical right” profile similar to European radical-right parties, rather than just adding a neutral, catch-all populism on top of an otherwise centrist program.[6][2]

## So is he “just” a populist?

- Trump clearly uses classic populist framing (the “forgotten men and women” vs. “globalist” elites, hostile media, deep state), but the content of his agenda—nativism, hardline immigration policy, culture-war politics, skepticism of minority rights protections—anchors him firmly on the right.[3][1][2]

- In academic terms, calling him simply “a populist” is incomplete; the prevailing view is that Trump is a **right-wing populist**, often further specified as **populist radical right** or **right-wing authoritarian populist**.[1][2][6][3]

Perplexity.ai

[1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_populism)
[2](https://resolve.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-american-studies/article/donald-trump-and-the-turn-to-rightwing-populism-in-the-republican-party-19902024/0F2E019C9441E9A0BBF6009211CF31A5)
[3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism)
[4](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9780470674871.wbespm627)
[5](https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/12132)
[6](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00438200231176818)
[7](https://academic.oup.com/book/45686/chapter/398080529)
[8](https://rop.org/uia/section-i/the-patriot-movement-historically-nationally/what-is-right-wing-populism/)
[9](https://www.clingendael.org/pub/2017/3/trumpism-and-democracy/)
[10](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277539523000079)