American Execptionalism

Is there a way for the US to get Canada, Northern Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico while at the same time being far right? What I mean is incredibly nationalistic, pro gun, and ultra religious.

I was wondering because I was writing a story and America is like this in it but I like to make it where my alternate versions make sense even if the story isn't alt history. Or is this just ASB?
 
Not that hard. Just take more of Mexico after the Mexican War and take Cuba after the Spanish-American War. We already have PR in OTL.

For Canada, just have the War of 1812 go better or have some type of disaster befall England where they need to sell Canada.

The added expansion would be a huge confidence boost for nationalist/expansionist types.

We're pro gun in OTL. Biggest challenge is ultra religious - best way to be even more pro gun is to have a larger frontier culture but doing that forces self reliance and weakens all institutions including religion.
 
Not that hard. Just take more of Mexico after the Mexican War and take Cuba after the Spanish-American War. We already have PR in OTL.

For Canada, just have the War of 1812 go better or have some type of disaster befall England where they need to sell Canada.

The added expansion would be a huge confidence boost for nationalist/expansionist types.

We're pro gun in OTL. Biggest challenge is ultra religious - best way to be even more pro gun is to have a larger frontier culture but doing that forces self reliance and weakens all institutions including religion.

I meant to quote you
 
I meant to quote you

I just thought of a good way to make that alt-USA right wing. At some point, have a far left government engage in human rights abuses. Wouldn't have to be as bad as the French Revolution or Great Leap Forward, or even be a dictatorship. Just has to be bad enough to cause a stigma to surround progressive views and have an overreaction.
 
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