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MAGA Republicanism has its roots and ties with Brexit. The Brexit leave vote came first in 2016. Trumps people watched and learned from that win. He invited some of the Brexit campaign people over as consultants for his campaign and paraded Nigel Farage on rallies.
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No, not in the slightest. Honestly, I don't know where that idea even comes from. There's been a slow slide into MAGA Republicanism since GWB era -- that's when the Tea Party influence took hold, and was emboldened by McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate...which was considered a fatal mistake at the time, but also demonstrated the popularity of those fact-free, hype-driven ideas. It bubbled and seethed during Obama's terms, and only boiled over in 2016. One could argue that the core MAGA ideas are even stronger now than ever, though my hope is that enough people have weaned off the teat of extremism that there won't be a majority voting for the almost-certainly-MAGA-esque candidate (which will almost certainly be Trump). But that's just my hope, and in the end, the electoral college isn't about majorities, so...we shall see.