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The Rapid Growth of Extremist Groups During the Second Trump Administration

This page is part of a resource collection on far right extremism.

Image: from In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream.

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Enrique Tarrio: “Things we were doing and talking about in 2017 that were taboo, they’re no longer taboo — they’re mainstream now.”

January 20.   David Gilbert: Neo-Nazis Love the Nazi-Like Salutes Elon Musk Made at Trump’s Inauguration: The far right is celebrating what it views as a clear signal from the X owner and Donald Trump associate, who made the gestures onstage Monday.

February 24.   Ben Makuch: Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm: Terrorist group the Base appears defiant as new administration aims to deprioritize threat from far right.

April 5.   Ben Makuch: US neo-Nazi group with Russia-based leader calls for targeted Ukraine attacks: The Base, terrorist group founded in 2018, free to export violence abroad as Trump pulls FBI from pursuing far right.

June 7.   Ben Makuch: Neo-Nazi group ‘actively seeking to grow in US’ with planned paramilitary training event: The Base is emerging from shadows and ramping up its ranks as White House turns blind eye to the far right.

July 6.   Kate Plummer: Warning Issued Over ‘Explosion’ of Neo Nazi Clubs in US.

July 14.   Jordan Green: I’ve Seen How the Neo-Nazi Movement Is Escalating. You Should Worry.

July 23.   Ben Makuch: From Canada to Finland, a US neo-Nazi fight club is rapidly spreading across the globe.

August 2.   Jason Wilson: Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels. Chris Booth’s channel – rife with neo-Nazi ideology, antisemitism and racism – garnered 2.3m views and likely thousands of dollars from YouTube in about two months.

August 8.   Aram Roston & Jim Urquhart: American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era.

August 23.   Alan Feuer: In Trump’s Second Term, Far-Right Agenda Enters the Mainstream: President Trump has embraced an array of far-right views and talking points in ways that have delighted many right-wing activists who have long supported those ideas.