The Ideology of Trumpism and White Supremacy in the Post-globalization Geo-political Struggling

Today there are neo-Nazis in the White House—the 45th president himself, his aides Bannon, Miller, Gorka, who are working hard to “Make America Great Again”—a code for making U.S. white again (Devega, 2017). Many are asking how this happened, especially white people who had been declaring for more than a decade that “racism is over”. Scanning the current public social arena in the U.S. highlights what black and brown people have never been allowed to forget—that racism is still active as an everyday practice. Globalization has widened the gap between the rich and poor in the United States since 1970s, which laid the economic foundation for the rise of anti-free trade and anti-immigration sentiments. After financial crisis of 2007-2008, gulf between rich and poor is growing in America, which prompted the emergence of Tea Party movement. Coverage of the Tea Party by American media created impression that the Tea Party was interchangeable with the Republican Party, paving the way for Trump to enter the Republican Party. Besides, the demographic changes within the Republican Party in the past decade—the base of the Republican Party has shifted from more wealthy and educated Americans to blue-collar and white voters without college degrees, have also provided the basis for the emergence of Trumpism. Populism is the core idea of Trumpism, gathering working-class whites support for Donald Trump, and promoting the Republican to become a party with more working-class voters. Although Trump loses the election in 2020, his supporters have stayed with him because of a complex interplay of economic, cultural, and racial factors, and Trumpism will have a long-term impact on Republicans. But it’s difficult for Republicans to find a heir to Trumpism because of its strong personal traits.