Patrick Buchanan

Patrick Joseph Buchanan is an American retired writer, political commentator, and political advisor. He was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan. An influential figure within paleoconservatism, a nationalist and traditionalist strain of conservatism in the United States, Buchanan is also associated with right-wing populism. Many observers consider Buchanan's politics a predecessor to Trumpism and the contemporary postliberal New Right.