The article addresses the relationship between Donald Trump and American conservatism, arguing that the Trumpist phenomenon is not as unprecedented as many analysts suggest. The text maintains that conservatism in the United States has always presented multiple currents and internal divergences, which makes Trump's rise less surprising when analyzed within this political tradition.
The author suggests that a large part of political commentary errs in characterizing Trump as a completely new and unprecedented phenomenon in American politics. By ignoring the historical diversity of conservatism, these analysts fail to understand how Trump fits into certain existing currents within this political spectrum.
The article invites a more nuanced reading of American political history, proposing that to understand Trumpism it is first necessary to accept that American conservatism was never a monolithic block, but rather a political field marked by tensions and different worldviews.
