One of the outcomes of populist electoral rebellions is that the people end up with the types of political leaders for whom they wish. But, as the old saying goes, «Be careful of what you wish for». From the Philippines and the United States and Turkey to Guatemala, «populist» leaders have engaged in troubling name-calling…
President Donald Trump’s oft-repeated slogan of «America First» is not a substitute phrase for American isolationism but a call to arms for aggressive unilateral military action on a global scale. Unlike the pre-World War II «America Firsters», among whose ranks could be counted Trump’s father, Fred Trump, Donald Trump’s administration and the ranks of his…
Donald Trump’s threats to deport illegal Mexican immigrants back to Mexico and to seal off the border are stimulating a nationalist backlash in Mexico. Mexicans have organized over the past week mostly in response to Trump’s strict immigration policies and the recent wave of deportations which have swept the country, but they’re also protesting more…
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has tweeted his support for President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the US border with Mexico, hailing the proposal a ‘great idea’. The tweet comes in the wake of Trump signing several executive orders on immigration, including plans to erect a wall along the southern border and…
