Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign Has a Lot in Common With Brexit and Other Nationalist Movements
When Donald Trump arrived in Scotland Friday morning, hours after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was quick to draw parallels between the U.K.’s political earthquake, and his own campaign for president.
“People want to take their country back,” Trump said, “They want to have independence, in a sense. And you see it in Europe, all over Europe.”
And while Scotland itself voted overwhelmingly to remain in the European Union, Trump is right. Right-wing nationalist movements, fueled by anger toward political elites and mistrust of immigration — and primarily backed by white voters — are gaining more and more momentum on the continent.