The US has been the world's foremost superpower roughly since the Second World War, and although its status is being increasingly contested by an ascendent China, its supremacy remains intact for now. As such, ideological debates which divide the American ruling class continue to have wider implications on the rest of the world. One modern feature of this has been the identification of the "left" (i.e. Democrats) with "woke" and the "right" (i.e. Republicans) with "anti-woke" policies, cemented by Trump's declaration that with his return to power the US "will be woke no longer".