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=== Assistant: Here are a few recent U.S. ===
Here are a few recent U.S. policies and executive actions (2025) mapped onto different “ideological dimensions” so that you can see how they match or diverge from conventional ideologies (liberal, conservative, libertarian, authoritarian, etc.). It’ll help us see where the current leadership is pulling.

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==== From the mapping above, the current leadership’s policies align most with: ====
* Cultural / Social Conservatism: prioritizing traditional social norms; restricting changes in gender, identity, language etc.
* Nationalism / Nativism: strong emphasis on borders, who belongs, “America First” in environment and foreign aid.
* Populist Authoritarian Tendencies: use of executive power, less emphasis on institutions (multilateral agreements, international bodies), more on central control; stricter law enforcement; reduced civil-liberties in certain respects (immigration courts, etc.).
* Deregulation + Resource / Industrial Prioritization: economic policies favoring extraction, fossil fuels, loosening environmental restrictions, favoring industry/energy sector. Though not always clear whether there's a strong redistributive economic component.

==== - It does not align well with liberalism / social liberalism: many civil rights, pluralism, LGBTQ protections, equitable immigrant treatment are being rolled back. ====
* It does not align well with progressive environmentalism or globalist internationalism: pulling back from multilateral climate commitments, WHO, etc.
* It does not strongly fit libertarianism either, in that many of the policies involve more government enforcement, restrictions, and curtailment of individual/procedural rights in favor of state control.
* It also doesn’t neatly fit moderate conservatism, which often emphasizes balancing individual rights, limited government, sometimes slow or incremental change vs broad reversal.

==== Putting it all together, assuming no prior ideology, I’d say the current U.S. leadership is leaning toward a Right-Wing, Nationalist, Authoritarian-Inclined Conservatism, combining: ====
* Social/cultural conservatism
* Nationalism / sovereigntism
* Populist rhetoric / policy (favoring “the people” vs “elites,” or “foreign” / “outsiders”)
* Some strong executive power preferences, possibly less respect for procedural constraints in immigration, environmental regulation, foreign policy

If I were to use a more specific label, perhaps “Authoritarian National Conservatism” or “Populist National Conservatism.”

If you want, I can compare with past ideological spectrums (e.g. classical conservatism vs populism vs authoritarianism) to show how this current profile differs from earlier administrations. Do you want that?