An analysis of the American-led Global Liberalism Impact on the Rise of Trumpism

Abstract

Donald Trump got more than 74 million votes in the 2020 presidential election, making a record for the defeated presidential candidate in the United States history. Trump managed to get this result, while he and his administration had been under a wave of accusations including racism, populism, and mismanagement at home and abroad. The 2020 election results indicated that Trump's nationalist discourse despite rejecting the values of a liberal international order, has taken deep roots across the US society. This article aims to answer the question of why the United States during the Trump presidency turned against the US-led liberal international order. In response, this article focuses on the increasing costs of US hegemonic role in international relations. The article as a mixed-method research focuses on the theory of hegemonic stability, arguing that Trumpism has been a result of American hegemonic foreign policy during recent decades.

Keywords

• the united states
• liberal hegemony
• globalism
• donald trump
• nationalism
• protectionism
• trade war
• unilateralism