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# You’re not in Reagan’s America anymore |The New U.S. Right
- URL: https://www.craftpolitics.fm/episodes/youre-not-in-reagans-america-anymore-the-new-u-s-right/
- Published: 2025-10-20T18:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-09T01:47:18.000Z
- Author: Joseph Lavoie
- Tags: Alex Muir, GOP Pollster and Campaigner, #episode, #interview, #ai-5

In this week’s *interview edition* we sit down with Canadian-American pollster and strategist **Alex Muir** to map out the real factions driving the MAGA movement — and why Canada is dangerously unprepared for a second Trump administration.

Muir doesn’t pull punches.

> “The America we grew up with doesn’t exist anymore. In the same way that the Canada I grew up in doesn’t exist anymore.”

 **The Seven MAGA Factions**

Alex walks us through the internal tribes of the America First movement — including:

- **MAGA Populists**
- **Institutional MAGA**
- **Traditional Business Conservatives**
- **Tech Libertarians**
- **Christian Nationalists**
- **Isolationists & Neocons**
- **The Family Court**

**Shared Beliefs That Bind Them**

From the branding genius of *Make America Great Again* to the cultural rage at a world that “disrespects” America, Alex explains:

> “Foreigners need to know their place.”

 **The Chilling Truth for Canada**

Despite trade, shared security, and years of goodwill:

> “Canada doesn’t have leverage. It has convenience value.”

**What Canada Gets Wrong**

- Canadian politicians assume a return to “normal” is inevitable
- The embassy lacks deep MAGA relationships
- Most outreach is happening in **the wrong cities** (DC, NY, LA)

> “They don’t care about Canada. They don’t think they need to.”

### **Hard Truths About Trump 2.0**

Unlike the first time:

- **They’re ready to govern**
- They’ve written executive orders in advance
- They’ve mapped out personnel, departments, and state-level pipelines

> “Trump is no longer isolated in Washington.”

And if you think this all ends when Trump does:

> “The next thing will be more ideological, more effective — and worse for Canada.”

### **A Strategic Wake-Up Call**

Alex shares a clear message for Canada:

> “Want the Trump administration’s attention? Have you considered buying $100 million of his crypto?”

…And why the work to build relationships **must start now**, especially with:

- CPAC
- Heritage Action
- Turning Point
- The Danube Institute
- Texas & Florida power bases

00:32 Welcome and introducing Alex Muir — Canadian pollster who knows the American right  
02:54 Why map the MAGA factions? The piece that started as a rant  
03:56 The 20-pointed star — America's fractured political coalitions  
05:41 Trump 1.0 versus Trump 2.0 — From chaos to control  
08:19 The shared beliefs — American exceptionalism and foreign indifference  
13:29 MAGA populists — The burn-it-down faction  
15:17 Institutional MAGA — The professionals who actually run Washington  
17:59 The energy arbitrage — Why America doesn't need Canadian oil  
20:14 Traditional business conservatives — Our weakest allies  
22:22 Isolationists and what they want from Canada  
24:39 Christian nationalists — The cultural complex that sees Canada as other  
27:20 The relationship deficit — Canada's absence from MAGA world  
31:02 Texas is bigger than Canada — The geography of American power  
31:57 Pay to play — The brutal reality of getting Trump's attention  
33:09 Reagan's America is gone forever — The world that's not coming back  
38:07 What comes after Trump will be worse  
40:13 The electoral blowback problem — Why Canadian politicians can't just show up  
42:37 Shut up and show up — The diplomacy Canada needs to practice  
43:25 Wrap and takeaways