"Donald Trump is taking the United States steaming towards a full authoritarian state, and now like-minded leaders are rising across the world, as far-right political movements spread like a virus. If the United States can turn from claiming to be a bastion of free speech, liberty, and justice for all to a nation of secret police where #YesKings can seem like a reasonable response to protest, then why can't it happen everywhere else?"
"Trump has been a significant political figure over the last decade, and far-right movements have been mimicking his style to one degree or another during that time. Argentina elected a right-wing populist president in 2023. Le Pen's National Rally in France has made huge gains. Giorgia Meloni leads a right-wing conservative coalition, Fratelli d'Italia, in Italy. Other right-wing populists have been elected across Europe, and where they're not winning elections, they've still made huge gains at the polls. Even Germany, who have a strong memory for the horrors of the Nazis, has been fighting against their own new fascist party."
"While some of this global movement might be the result of backlash to shared traits across the countries, Trump's playbook, from villainizing migrants and LGBTQ+ people to lying about his own personal history, has been picked up globally. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the United Kingdom. In the U.K., Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson was often named Britain's answer to Trump. He played himself off as a goofy celebrity who might not always know what he was doing, while orchestrating massive harm to the country behind that façade."
Far-right political movements modeled on Donald Trump's style are spreading globally and enabling authoritarian shifts in several countries. The United States shows signs of moving toward an authoritarian state, normalizing harsh responses to protest and secretive policing. Right-wing populists have gained or won power in places like Argentina, France, and Italy, while other European parties have grown and Germany confronts a new fascist party. The Trump playbook of villainizing migrants and LGBTQ+ people and spreading lies has been widely adopted. The United Kingdom's Boris Johnson mirrored Trump through myth-making, scandals, and policies that caused significant national harm.
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