Foreign Affairs
Radical Dutch Clergy Laid the Foundation for Trump's MAGA Movement: 'He Did Not Need Permission for America'
Americanist Peter van der Heiden argues that radical Dutch immigrants shaped the conservative trajectory of the US, influencing Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. He highlights figures like Albertus van Raalte, who founded a strict Reformed community in Holland, Michigan, and Theodorus Frelinghuysen, a founder of born-again Christianity. Van der Heiden suggests that without these early settlers, American conservatism might have been milder, noting that places like Holland remain cultural enclaves supportive of right-wing politics.
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