When Donald Trump first became US president eight years ago he was dismissed as an aberration. Rather than the dawn of a new political age, his presidency was regarded as a passing frenzy.
Many liberals felt vindicated by Mr Trump’s subsequent election defeat in 2020. But the forces he had unleashed endured. By transforming the Republican Party into the Maga Party, Mr Trump vanquished his internal opponents. By building a broad political coalition – spanning working-class, black and Hispanic voters – he then routed his external ones.
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