United States President Donald Trump speaks in the White House, in front of a portrait of Ronald Reagan, in Washington, March 28, 2025. (Pool via AP)

How Donald Trump’s assault on universities echoes earlier American conservative ideas

It is easy to recognize the ideas of philosopher James Burnham, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Ronald Reagan, in arguments and actions of the Trump administration.
Nigel Farage, former leader of the UK Independence Party, speaks during the National Conservatism conference in Brussels on April 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

How not to counter the radical right

Trying to silence the radical right isn’t the way forward. Not only is it likely to backfire, it will probably galvanize the movement’s leaders.

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