OPINION

Trump's nationalism fades as he now winks at Putin

News, Megan McArdle, Published on 29/07/2016

» The word of the year 2016 has to be "nationalism". All over the developed world, electorates seem discontented with elites who were too quick to embrace immigration and trade, too unwilling to value native culture, native workers, native interests over those of foreign lands. Donald Trump's campaign has some unique American twists, but when you pull back the camera, he looks like part of a pattern of resurgent nationalism, nativism, a desire to hear a politician stand foursquare for "Us" against "Them".