its not just happening in the USHe fooled 70 million people into thinking what he was doing was for their benefit.
brazil has bolsonaro
hungary has orban
india has modi
turkey has erdogan
israel has netanyahu
philippines has duerte
and more that i probably have no clue about.
right wing populism (aka fascism) is fooling lots of people. and for many of these countries, including the US, it directly has to do with the utter failure of neo-liberalism (the thing boogie thinks is a made up leftist word).