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Donald Trump

US President, 2017 to 2021 and 2025 to present

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 anti-establishment on institutions, strongly nationalist on nation and strongly growth-first on environment.

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Where Donald Trump sits on eight dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this leader'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
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

Leaders most like Donald Trump

Jair Bolsonaro President of Brazil, 2019 to 202289%Abelardo de la Espriella President of Colombia, 2026 to present85%José Antonio Kast President of Chile, 2026 to present78%Recep Tayyip Erdoğan President of Turkey, 2014 to present (Prime Minister 2003 to 2014)75%Giorgia Meloni Prime Minister of Italy, 2022 to present74%Nayib Bukele President of El Salvador, 2019 to present74%

Leaders furthest from Donald Trump

Olof Palme Prime Minister of Sweden, 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 19860%Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister of New Zealand, 2017 to 20230%Willy Brandt Chancellor of West Germany, 1969 to 19740%

Political views closest to Donald Trump

Right-wing populismCasts politics as ordinary people against elites, mixing nationalism, tradition and…78%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.66%BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…65%

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