Donald Trump founded a style, just seven years ago, that seemed destined to be limited to North American territory.
However, it began to spread throughout the world to some who preceded it and others who joined it.
He launched himself as a “libertarian”, heir to the Tea Party, in the Republican Party, leaving the border of the traditional conservatism of the party founded in the mid-19th century by Abraham Lincoln.
He mixed liberalism with nationalist and protectionist populism - and continues to do so - with a media capacity and an absolute lack of scruples to affirm truths and falsehoods, which produce unconditional love and hate.
He suffered a near-tie defeat in November 2020, but never gave up and promised to return to power as the 47th president of the United States. Surrounded by controversies and criminal cases of all kinds - the most serious, having incited a coup d'état on 1-6-2021.
Champion of the rejection of illegal immigration and the expansion of Chinese power, he has made the slogan MAGA -Make America Great again- a banner that today provokes support that places him as the favorite for the next elections.
Different world leaders have been adhering to his slogans...in Europe, Marine Le Pen in France, the VOX party in Spain, Premier Meloni in Italy and Viktor Orban in Hungary, express their admiration and identification with the republican leader.
In Latin America, Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and Nayib Bukele in El Salvador paraphrase him and try to imitate him.
The latest to join the “Club” is Javier Milei, with our own national folklore.
Is the “Libertarian Movement” a reaction against the “Populist Left”?
Or a new global ideology that aspires to compete with the Socialist, Liberal and Conservative Internationals?
We'll see.
The History of Political Thought requires more than fashions and personal charisma to assert itself and, above all, time and achievements that allow it to establish a doctrine transmittable from generation to generation.
Networks and relationships with show business show their impact and highlight the shortcomings of traditional leadership.
Also, people's disenchantment with politics and its meager results, tinged with a patina of corruption and cynicism.
There is also a religious background, a natural need to believe that they supplied the great religions and that they were later supplemented by new secular sects.
Classical messianism was surrender and sacrifice – the “prize” for Jesus was the Crucification – with a promise of eternal life.
Today the most earthly proposal - short or long term - of happiness and prosperity appears in marketing and aspirational packaging.
We, Argentines, face the most basic but essential challenge of ending inflation and recovering reasonable investment and job creation rates;
and this is not blowing and making bottles...our state of prostration transforms it into an immense task.
Whoever achieves it will have a guaranteed place in the collective memory.
We still need to recognize Menem for that “paradise” of stability of ten years, which we all, including himself, knew how to throw away.
Hopefully this will be the time, the space and the new leadership that allows us to see “the top of the mountain”, even if only our children and grandchildren arrive, but we can open the path to achieve it.