Talk:MAGA movement
Latest comment: 1 month ago by DocZach in topic Too much focus on Trumpism
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editElijahPepe, here's some scholarly sources (some seem POV):
- The Symbolic Politics of Status in the MAGA Movement (Koenig and Mendelberg; 2025)
- Connective Action and the Rise of the Far-Right: Platforms, Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy: Chapter 8: Exploring the Motivations of the MAGA Movement (Parker and Blum; 2025)
- The lessons of the hour: the anti-democratic republican MAGA movement and systemic white racism (Feagin and Ducey; 2025)
- Make America Great Again (MAGA): The Covert Call for Colonialism's Comeback (Bussaja; 2024)
- The MAGA movement and political violence in 2024: findings from a nationally representative survey (Wintemute et al; 2025)
- Who Wants to Make America Great Again? Understanding Evangelical Support for Donald Trump (Margolis; 2024)
- MAGA Trumps the Incumbency Advantage in a Dueling Incumbent Primary (Hood, Hughes, and McKee; 2024)
- Divided Nation: Analyzing Policy, Behavior, and Institutional Challenges in Modern American Democracy: Introduction: From the Tea Party and Donald Trump’s MAGA Extremism to January 2021 (Nacos, Shapiro, and Bloch-Elkon; 2026) (this book probably has much more)
- MAGA goes global: Trump's plan for Europe (Belin; 2025) Kowal2701 (talk) 17:21, 17 January 2026 (UTC)
- Thank you. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 18:11, 17 January 2026 (UTC)
Might need to add more to this page
editToo much focus on Trumpism
editThere is too much focus on "Trumpism" in this article. Although Trump did kickstart the movement and he is a leader of it as the president, the article should not focus too much on Trump but rather on the new right-wing movement Trump started and laid foundation for to continue even after him. There are already figures within MAGA movement who are not 100% aligned with Trumpism or are even critical of Trump. The new faces emerging in the movement might be thankful and supportive of Trump for kickstarting the movement, but might think that he does not goes far enough and maybe he even played out his potential for the movement. James Fishback can be described as one of the first of these new MAGA candidates. Joel Webbon is another such figure and Nick Fuentes too can be described as part of MAGA movement. Tucker Carlson and Candice Owens have also occupied new niche and are not just "Trumpist". The word "Trumpism" suggests that Trump's ideology is where the ideological evolution of the movement stops, but it would not be an accurate suggestion. Forteur (talk) 00:19, 2 April 2026 (UTC)
- The MAGA movement is, as NPR states, intrinsically tied to Trump.[1] "MAGA" is overwhelmingly associated with Trumpism, and you will find virtually no people who oppose Trump call themselves MAGA. Two people you mentioned here, Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, have since denounced Donald Trump and publicly denounced the MAGA movement as well.[2] They would describe themselves as "America First." Trump himself has declared that anyone who does not support him is "not MAGA." MAGA is the movement advocating for the implementation of the ideas under Trumpism, and is ultimately a cult-of-personality under Trump.[3] DocZach (talk) 03:12, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
References
- ↑ Montanaro, Domenico (2025-08-01). "What's the future of the MAGA movement, beyond President Trump?". NPR. Retrieved 2026-05-04.
- ↑ Oremus, Will; Hunter, Tatum (2025-12-16). "She was MAGA's favorite conspiracist. Then she dug into Charlie Kirk's killing". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-05-04.
- ↑ Baker, Peter (2026-02-15). "Trump's Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-05-04.