Angry Minds...about the intellectual roots of Trump and the MAGA movement

Angry Minds: The Formation of the New Right (MAGA)... A book that explores how a new generation of radical conservative intellectuals shaped the American President’s agenda and at the same time threatened the principles of liberal democracy. It may seem strange to search for the "intellectual" roots of the supporters of the "MAGA" movement, and the word "MAGA", as it has become known to everyone, means the slogan "Make America Great Again", which was carried and won by Donald Trump in the US presidential elections, and with which he leads the United States and the world now, and is clearly inspired by his foreign policy, which is causing great tensions that are not hidden in the United States' relationship with Europe, in its behavior in its backyard (Latin America), and in the nature of its presence in important places. From the world, such as the Middle East, which gives all of this a tone that is, to say the least, controversial. “Maga” in the end is a conviction and behavior But “Maga” in the end is a conviction and human behavior, and even the most insignificant human phenomena are related to values ​​and principles and are based on ideas and established by “thinkers.” These intellectual roots of “MAGA” are the topic that Laura K. Field has been preoccupied with for years until her preoccupation resulted in a book entitled “**Angry Minds: The Formation of the Right (MAGA)” New **”. It was recently published by Princeton University Press in just over 400 pages. Her new book, “Angry Minds,” explores how a new generation of radical conservative intellectuals is shaping the agenda of US President Donald Trump, and at the same time threatening the basic principles of liberal democracy, and even the conservative movement itself, according to the estimation of some. Matthew J. Frank writes in his lengthy review of the book \["Washington Post", December 17, 2025\] that the past decade since Donald entered Trump The presidential election arena was a confusing decade for all political factions, but it was particularly confusing for conservatives who are loyal to a group of ideas that have been exhaustingly besieged over the past few years of the current century. “Conservatism should have emerged from the years of George W. Bush and Barack Obama bloody, not bent. It should have emerged from these years ready to renew itself and recommit to the principles of classical liberalism such as the rule of law, the free market, limited government, fiscal control, and the equal protection of human dignity. And leading America to strong alliances with countries of the free world, in parallel with rethinking policies that address the new problems of the era.”