US election 2024: Is Trump a fascist?

Much has been buried about the question of whether Donald Trump is a fascist. That debate recently came to the fore after top Trump advisers said their former boss “falls within the general definition of fascist” and is “fascist to the core” — comments that Democrats have amplified. Meanwhile, notable scholars who opposed the Trump label in previous election cycles changed their minds after January 6, 2021.

FP columnist Howard W. French argues that Trump is actually a fascist and that his campaign has failed in attempts to refute these claims. But French writes: “The question before the entire nation now is whether any of this will matter in what is expected to be an extremely close election.”

Much has been buried about the question of whether Donald Trump is a fascist. That debate came to the fore recently after top Trump advisers said their former boss “falls within the general definition of fascist” and is “fascist to the core” — comments that Democrats have amplified. Meanwhile, notable scholars who opposed the Trump label in previous election cycles changed their minds after January 6, 2021.

FP columnist Howard W. French argues that Trump is actually a fascist and that his campaign has failed in attempts to refute these claims. But French writes, “The question now for the entire nation is whether any of this will matter in what is expected to be an extremely close election.”

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