You’ll Only Understand Trump and Brexit If You Understand the Failure of Globalization
WashingtonsBlog.com
November 13, 2016
You can only understand the victory of Donald Trump and Brexit once you understand the failure of globalization …
Trump
Trump made rejection of globalization a centerpiece of his campaign. In his July 21st acceptance speech as the Republican nominee, he said:
Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo.
The Boston Globe bannered this headline on Thursday: “Trump won. Globalization lost. Now what?”
On election night, CNN’s Jake Tapper explained that many Americans voted for Trump because they are sick of the income inequality, globalization, and politics-as-usual that the status quo have given us. He pointed out that only a handful of people have gotten rich off of globalization, and a lot of people have been left behind.
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