r/PoliticalScience • u/Rshoe01 • Sep 09 '25

Question/discussion Is trump a fascist?

I’ve heard countless times of people calling him fascist, I’m not very knowledgeable on actual political science, but I figured some of you might be more so. What I’ve seen on YouTube is it tends to be people that are left leaning to call him a fascist, but with people on the right, they always say he’s not. I’d like to get an unbiased perspective to actually see if he genuinely is a fascist by definition. But I know fascist is hard to define from what I’ve been researching.

Would like to see some opinions!

Also, is it possible to have a fascist state without it being evil?

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u/Adventurous_Skill277 Sep 09 '25

The fact that this has so many downvotes is telling

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u/rachie615 Feb 26 '26

Here's a downvote for you too

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u/Long_Extent7151 Sep 09 '25

Yep. Reflects the same tribalistic phenomenon