how to tell if a politician or news source is trumpian
If your definition of "gun control" steadily increases the funding and militarization of ICE, police, and the Pentagon, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a gun nut.
If you have used “narco-trafficking” or “Maduro is a dictator” as some kind of plausible pretext for illegal sanctions, invasions, or bounties, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a pathological liar.
If your definition of law and order is that nonviolent demonstrators get arrested and attacked but it’s ok for US lawmakers to commit a few war crimes, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a criminal.
If your definition of patriotism uses economic sanctions to kill nonwhite people across the globe, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a white nationalist.
If you say “we need to strengthen our borders” in reference to immigration from Africa or Latin America, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a white supremacist.
If your definition of racial justice makes space for apartheid, genocide, or military conquests, as long as it's not against your own race, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a racist.
If you increase funds to ICE, the Pentagon, the police, the prison system, or the border wall, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a fascist.
If your definition of “saving our democracy” is to do the exact opposite of what voters want on issue after issue, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a tyrant.
If your definition of economic justice is to maintain record levels of homelessness, not raise minimum wage, and let billionaires pay no taxes, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as an oligarch.
If your definition of climate policy includes new drilling permits, record fossil fuel profits and consumption, and the building of more AI data centers, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as a climate denier.
If you define antisemitism as criticism of genocide, or criminalize antisemitism without defining it at all, you are: A TRUMPIAN. It doesn’t matter if your name is Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, Chuck Schumer, or The New York Times. The rest of the world is perfectly reasonable to see you as an antisemite.