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al republic and suspect majoritarian
democratic rule, which they believe
could potentially override individual
liberties.
Unlike neo-conservative or the
so-called ‘Neocons’, the ‘paleo-con-
servatives’ promote a Southern states’
traditionalist worldview that is averse
to a modern, secular and more per-
missive lifestyle, which makes them
critical of the neocon support for glo-
balisation and the growing influence
of foreign lobbies in US politics, even
Israel’s alleged role in influencing US
foreign policy.
Many of Trump’s previous die-
hard media and online influencers,
like Steve Bannon, Tucker Carlson,
Alex Jones, Joe Rogan, Benny John-
son and Candace Owens, openly ex-
pressed their anguish after Trump
castigated them for demanding trans-
parency in the Epstein case. In an
interview with ABC News, the US
President called some of his diehard
supporters ‘fools’ and ‘stupid’ over Kennedy in March this year. As a political term, ‘Woke’ is de- tional Studies, a non-partisan think
the Epstein files issue. Thus, Trump Surprisingly similar to paleocon- rived from the 1930s African-Ameri- tank in Washington, shows that “vi-
stated: servative White supremacists, many can slogan ‘Stay Woke’, which refers olent far-right perpetrators, such as
It was a hoax. It’s all been a big young Democratic members—such to racial prejudice and discrimina- white supremacists, anti-government
hoax. The Democrats perpetrate it, as Ana Kasparian—seem disillu- tion awareness. By the early 21st extremists and violent misogynists
and some stupid Republicans and sioned with their party’s top leader- century, the term was gradually asso- committed most US terrorist at-
foolish Republicans fall into the net. ship and oppose US involvement in ciated with a broader range of social tacks in recent years”. Yet, the report
And so they try to do the Democrats’ costly foreign wars, allegedly fought inequalities, such as sexism and the states that “violent far-left perpetra-
work. The Democrats are good for at the behest of the ‘Israel lobby’. denial of LGBTQ rights. As the use tors, such as anti-fascist extremists,
nothing other than these hoaxes. The rise in US politics of the Zohran of the term woke increased, it was anarchists and violent environmen-
Surprisingly, even Charlie Kirk Mamdani—a young Muslim born in adopted even by the White popula- talists have also orchestrated a grow-
urged the Trump administration to fix Uganda into an Indian family (with tion to show their support for pro- ing percentage of terrorist attacks”.
the Epstein mess by disclosing more his mother being the famous inter- gressive causes. As the US remains the world’s
information. national director Mira Nair)—run- However, the term ‘Woke’ is leading superpower, internal political
In early September, the House ning as the Democratic nominee for now being targeted by Republicans discord could have concomitant im-
Oversight Committee released mayor of New York City in the 2025 and used as a slur against racial and plications for the international order
33,000 pages carrying the records elections, seems to have captured the gender rights in the US and Europe. and global peace and security. The
related to Jeffrey Epstein, including imagination of the young Democrat- Many GOP leaders use the word pe- rise of White supremacist far-right
flight logs, court filings, surveillance ic base. With his socialist campaign joratively in their campaigns, such as groups in the US should be careful-
footage from the jail where Epstein hinging on promises of fare-free city Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron ly observed by most countries of the
died, redacted records, depositions buses, public child care, city-owned DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy, Global South, particularly by India,
and memos. In his statement, the top grocery stores and US$ 30 mini- who penned a book, Woke Inc.: In- as the rise of the US administration’s
Democrat on House Oversight, Rep. mum wage by 2030, he has won the side Corporate America’s Social radical supremacist orientation may
Robert Garcia, said: approval of prominent progressives Justice Scam. Negative propaganda even influence its foreign policy deci-
After careful review, Oversight like Bernie Sanders and Alexandria against the term has increased hostil- sions and target the security and eco-
Democrats have found that 97% of Ocasio-Cortez. ity in the US between the predomi- nomic interests of emerging powers
the documents received from the However, many Jewish New nantly White Christian community and new geopolitical rivals.
Department of Justice were already Yorkers remain sceptical regarding and minority groups of Black, Latin
public. There is no mention of any his policies, including his promise American and Asian immigrants, Dr Adil Rasheed is Research Fellow
client list or anything that improves to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Net- LGBTQs and other minority com- (Selection Scale) and Coordinator of
transparency or justice for victims. anyahu on his visit to New York City. munities. In fact, the rise of the an- the Counter Terrorism Centre at the
However, this disclosure did not There is also growing restiveness ti-Woke right-wing movement has Manohar Parrikar Institute for Strategic
silence the anti-deep state and now among young Democratic leaders given rise to violent acts of extrem- Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA).
anti-Trump MAGA members (like like Chris Deluzio, who resent “boot- ism on both sides of the political dia- Views expressed are of the author and
Republican politician and business- licker politicians” from his party. The lectic, and some experts fear that the do not necessarily reflect the views of
woman Marjorie Taylor Greene) re-election of Donald Trump to the present US dispensation might use the Manohar Parrikar IDSA or of the
from raking up conspiracy theories presidency and the absence of effec- Kirk’s killing as a pretext to muzzle Government of India.
regarding a ‘possible’ Israeli in- tive leadership that might challenge legitimate, non-violent political op-
volvement in the JFK assassination, Republican rule in the foreseeable position. The full version of this article first ap-
despite the Trump administration’s future are raising a groundswell of This is particularly disconcerting peared in the Comments section of the
release of a large number of unre- discontent in the left-wing base, par- as the 2024 Global Terrorism Threat website (www.idsa.in) of Manohar Parri-
dacted files related to the 1963 as- ticularly among the so-called ‘Woke’ Assessment Report issued by the kar Institute for Defense Studies and Anal-
sassination of US President John F. voters. Centre for Strategic and Interna- yses, New Delhi, on September 22, 2025

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