# National Policy Institute The National Policy Institute (NPI) is a white nationalist think tank led by [[Richard Spencer]] that provided institutional infrastructure for the alt-right. It is best known for its November 2016 conference in Washington, D.C., at which Spencer's "Hail Trump!" salute drew Nazi-style salutes from the audience — the "Heilgate" incident that helped make the movement too toxic for mainstream donors. NPI operated alongside Spencer's [[Radix Journal]] imprint. > [!info] Stub > Minimum-viable hub page created to support links from [[Radix Journal]], [[Greg Johnson]], and [[Peter Brimelow]]. Expand with founding (Louis Andrews, William Regnery II funding), conferences, and deplatforming.