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Donald Trump

US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present

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Campaigns on “America First,” with tariffs, tighter immigration limits, tax cuts and deregulation, and has repeatedly tested the boundaries of executive power.

Donald Trump sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly nationalist on nation, strongly growth-first on environment and strongly anti-establishment on institutions.

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Where Donald Trump sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Donald Trump

Abelardo de la Espriella President of Colombia, 2026 to present96%Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202296%Geert Wilders Dutch politician and leader of the Party for Freedom94%Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador, 2019 to present93%Benjamin Netanyahu Prime Minister of Israel, 1996 to 1999 and 2009 to present93%Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister of Italy, 2022 to present92%Ronald Reagan US President, 1981 to 198992%Janez Janša Prime Minister of Slovenia, 2004 to 2008, 2012 to 2013, 2020 to 2022 and 2026 to present92%

People furthest from Donald Trump

Emma Goldman Russian-born anarchist and writer, 1869 to 19401%Petra Kelly German Green co-founder, 1947 to 19921%Murray Bookchin American social theorist, 1921 to 20061%John Lennon British musician and peace activist, 1940 to 19801%

Political views closest to Donald Trump

BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…92%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.90%Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…88%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.85%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Daniel Torok, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.