Donald Trump and Neoconservantism

Abstract

The relation of neoconservatives with the Republican Party emerged when they decided to support the candidacy of Ronald Reagan. Since then, the group is being identified as part of the north-American republican spectrum. In 2016 elections some exponents of the neoconservative thinking were opposed to the election of Donald Trump even supporting the democrat candidate Hillary Clinton. By examining the literature produced by the conservatives themselves in relation to Trump and also the literature regarding neoconservativism, we tried to understand the support for Clinton in the light of “neocon” thought and what it means. Analyzing the main issues of the ideology that guide their actions and discourses, added to the current literature produced about the studied theme, it is possible to reason that the support for the democratic candidate is much more consistent with this line of thought. However, this should not represent a fleeing of neoconservatives from the Republican party.

Keywords

• Neoconservadorismo
• Donald Trump
• eleições presidenciais americanas de 2016
• Estados Unidos