21 March 2025

Trump Is Not a Revolutionary

Stephen M. Walt

If you were asked to picture a “revolutionary leader,” you’d probably think of a bearded figure in combat fatigues (such as Fidel Castro or Che Guevara), a rabble-rousing firebrand like Leon Trotsky or Maximilien Robespierre, or perhaps the glowering image of a turbaned Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. You probably wouldn’t picture an obese 78-year-old American real estate heir with a combover, in a dark suit and a long red tie.

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