[lantry]

But the "Make America Great Again" movement is explicitly regressive because they want to return America to its "past glory". All of trumps messaging has been about how great the US used to be, before it was hijacked by communists/the left/transgenders, and that he will protect you from the cultural changes taking place. This is reactionary/regressive. You can play word games with "progress to the goal of returning america to the past" but it's just spin. People know what "progress" means.

[_heimdall]

I don't disagree at all, I think many of Trump's talking points could fit with a "regressive" label.

I don't think its really word games when talking about progressivism today. Trump could claim the banner of progressive in the sense that he's trying to progress towards a future he believes is better for all of us, while Democrats are attempting to conserve what they built. Personally I see that as a bullshit word game, but that doesn't mean the words are actually used improperly there.

If someone tells you they are progressive, what is the end goal you expect they mean? Its totally possible that banner is shorthand for a specific goal or direction and I just completely missed the boat there.

[lantry]

> Trump could claim the banner of progressive in the sense that he's trying to progress towards a future he believes is better for all of us

He could, but he hasn't.

> totally possible that banner is shorthand for a specific goal or direction

It is, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism