Alt-lite

The alt-lite, also known as the alt-light and the new right, is a loosely defined right-wing political movement whose members regard themselves as separate from both mainstream conservatism and the far-right, white nationalist alt-right. The concept is primarily associated with the United States, where it emerged in 2017. The term remained in vogue during the first Trump administration. According to extremism scholar George Hawley, alt-lite was coined by white nationalists as a pejorative term in an attempt to exclude more moderate figures from the alt-right. The term alt-right had previously included "anyone that fell on the right of the political spectrum but had major problems with the conservative movement", including populists and libertarians. After the term alt-right was successfully reclaimed by white nationalists, previous adherents abandoned the term and started calling themselves populists or civic nationalists.