Make America Hate Again? Bernd Greiner analyzes the roots of Trump's power. What on earth is going on in the USA? Where does the poison in the political system come from? The lying, denunciation, and demonization, the hatred of minorities, and the relentlessness toward the weak? How could white-hot rage become the political operating temperature? Donald Trump and his MAGA movement have roots that reach far back into the "American century." This book lays them bare. Bernd Greiner tells a different story of the USA over the last hundred years, one that is as illuminating as it is disturbing. It is the story of a society that indulges in internal wars, fueled by a centrist extremism that proves to be the country's political metronome. At the heart of this story are neither presidents nor parties. At the heart of it are self-appointed guardians of the common good, citizens who, in the name of democracy, deny others democratic participation—with minimal tolerance for political dissent, with uncompromising insistence on their own goals, and with a missionary zeal.