"It is axiomatic to many of his critics that the US president, Donald Trump, is a fascist. Indeed, some have seen echoes of the work of the Nazis' crown jurist and political theorist, Carl Schmitt, in the Trump administration's domestic policies, particularly his doctrine of the exception, which can be used to suspend certain constitutional rights. After a tumultuous few weeks in geopolitics, his work is being discussed for its contemporary relevance again."
"In the wake of the release of the new US National Security Strategy in 2025, its raid on Venezuela, the president's rhetoric on Greenland, Panama, Colombia, Mexico and Cuba, and his apparent indulgence towards Vladimir Putin's Russia, the question now being asked is whether Trump is also an advocate of aspects of Schmitt's concept of great space. Like many of his compatriots, Schmitt was outraged at Germany's humiliation after the first world war and its alleged colonisation by the victorious entente powers."
Many critics consider Donald Trump a fascist and see parallels between his administration's domestic doctrine of exception and Carl Schmitt's legal-political theories. Recent US geopolitical moves — a 2025 National Security Strategy, a raid on Venezuela, rhetoric toward Greenland, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, and Cuba, and apparent indulgence of Vladimir Putin — raise questions about strategic ambitions. Schmitt's concept of great spaces envisioned the world divided into imperial spheres each dominated by a Reich, rejecting international law as a victor's tool and condemning British universalism. Schmitt contrasted British global empire with American continentalism and proposed formal imperial zones in 1939 as a legal-political order.
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