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Trump’s victory: the ‘whitelash’ against the liberal order

The new nativism thrives off the failures of neoliberalism. We have entered a dangerous era of anti-liberalism.

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Donald Trump makes his acceptance speech in New York. (Paco Anselmi PA Wire/PA Images)
Donald Trump makes his acceptance speech in New York. (Paco Anselmi PA Wire/PA Images)

Donald Trump makes his acceptance speech in New York. (Paco Anselmi PA Wire/PA Images)

'America first, 

the cradle of the best and of the worst'

(Leonard Cohen, 'Democracy', because which other nation could elect Obama and Trump in succession?)