The Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement is synonymous with Donald Trump, but experts say it’s become so “battle-hardened” it’s likely to endure long after the US President leaves office.

Author and former speechwriter Don Watson says the one-time campaign slogan has transformed into an entrenched political force, arguing “even if Trump falls down dead tomorrow” MAGA and its supporters will live on.

“Every day it is becoming more solidified and less likely to go away,” Watson said this week on the After America podcast.

“They’re, in a sense, becoming battle-hardened, not just on the streets of Minneapolis but I think in their minds.

“War has been declared, in a way.”

The author of The Shortest History of the United States said the movement has evolved beyond Trump to reflect a broader political identity and cultural worldview.

“This is a sort of misappropriation of what America really is and the terrible path they’ve taken: That sort of rugged individualist notion that God meant America to be the place where the individual found his fullest expression of his freedom,” Watson said.

“It becomes a sort of........

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