Democrat Kamala Harris failed to capitalize on her gender and ethnicity in her presidential bid. This is because she was seen as too much of the mainstream establishment.

But at some point, the United States will have a female president, likely from an ethnic minority. Demographic trends alone seem to favor such a candidate in the years to come. However, the same trends are also driving the comeback of Republican Donald Trump, thanks to his many angry white supporters who fear a future where they become an ethnic minority in their own country.

In 1990, about three in four Americans identified as white. Today, that figure has fallen to around 58 percent. By the middle of this century, or even sooner, it is expected to fall below 50 percent.

No one understands this cultural and racial fear and anxiety better than Trump, and he has masterfully exploited it for political purposes, including his successful attack on the Joe Biden administration’s border control and immigration policies, including much of it was in response to Trump’s own policies. failed policy.

Trump’s racially exclusionary rhetoric, repellent to many, contributed to his return to the White House.

Across Western societies, immigrants, particularly those from developing countries, face backlash. Liberal ideology about the virtues of a racially mixed society has aroused resentment and given rise to the far right and its virulent anti-immigrant racism.