The term New Right has come to define the philosophy of President Donald Trump and, by extension, the modern Republican Party, paving the way for new conservative thought leaders such as Vice President JD Vance. This Washington Examiner series, The New Right, looks at the history of the New Right, the matters that define it, the movement’s major players, and its future.

Part 1: The New Right comes to define Trump and the Republican Party

New Right has meant different things to various people across time periods. For example, it was used to describe Arizona Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign and applied to the views of unorthodox 1990s political figures such as Pat Buchanan and Rush Limbaugh.

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