President Donald Trump, a Proud Nationalist
I haven’t heard of any American president describing himself, at least in public, let alone in front of a large crowd, as “a nationalist.” And even a proud one. Not that we haven’t had any nationalist presidents so far.
George Washington was a nationalist when, together with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, he had Congress call a constitutional convention in 1787 that produced the Constitution for a strong national government, which was debated in every state, unanimously adopted, and enforced in 1789 (See Edward J. Larson, George Washington, Nationalist, University of Virginia Press, 2016).
Andrew Jackson was considered a promoter of the American nationalist-populism of the 19th century (See Uri Friedman, “What is a populist? And is Donald Trump one?,” The Atlantic, September 15, 2017).
Abraham Lincoln was a nationalist when, in an 1858 speech, he stated that American civic nationalism is a method for uniting people of different ethnic ancestries into a common nationality (See his “Address to Chicagoan voters,” July 10, 1858).
But on Monday, October 22, 2018, in Houston, Texas, in front of an audience of over 100,000 people, President Donald Trump finally said it. He dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s.
“Radical Democrats want to turn back the clock for the rule of corrupt, power-hungry globalists. You know what a globalist is, right? You know what a globalist is. A globalist is a person that wants the globe to do well, frankly, not caring about our country so much. And you know what? We cannot have that. You know, they have a word, it sort of became old-fashioned. It’s called “a nationalist.” And I say, really, we’re not supposed to use that word?! You know what I am?! I’m a nationalist, okay? I’m a nationalist. Nationalist. Nothing more. Use that word, use that word!”
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We are living times when words like “nationalist” or “patriot” have been constantly derided or vilified by the arrogant left and its shallow mainstream press. So, it takes a lot of guts for a political leader, let alone a president of a nation, let alone the leader of the world, to have a point-blank statement like this.
Now that the United States president has said it, and he is proud of it, it’s time for all of us to take him seriously. And I mean not only the ones among us who voted for him, and took him seriously from the very beginning, but all of us, including the ones on the other side, too.
Trump has made nationalism official now, as a credo, as an ideology, as a doctrine, and as a policy.
Nationalism can be now considered as the White House official direction for the future.
From now on, the political leaders of the world, especially the conservative ones, should consider themselves on notice. They will have to adhere to Trump or distance themselves ideologically from him.
Here, in the United States, the Republican Party is not just a conservative party anymore, but also a nationalist one. President Trump has redefined it. To the same extent, the Democratic Party is not just a liberal party anymore, but also a socialist one, as many progressives have already redefined it.
The time has come for us to stop hiding behind our fingers and face the ugly truth — a truth the midterm elections of November 6, 2018 will confirm: like it or not, America has become part nationalist and part socialist.
Those in denial can (and probably will) stay home and watch on TV how two giants will clash. In the end, one will defeat the other.
NOTE — Versions of the article were published in:
AMERICAN THINKER (El Cerrito/San Francisco, California) [320+ comments]
and
CARIBBEAN NEWS NOW! (Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas) [ comments]
and
INTELLECTUAL CONSERVATIVE (Phoenix, Arizona) [5 comments]
and
MARIANAS VARIETY (Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands) [ comments]
and
MEDIUM (San Francisco, California) [100+ views; 5 comments; 150+ likes]
and
SAIPAN TRIBUNE (Garapan/Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands) [ comments]
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and featured in:
ALTERNATIVA/THE ALTERNATIVE (Toronto, Canada) (_________ 2018) [in Romanian] [NOTE = scroll down on the journal’s home page to get the article and then press OPEN on the article]
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and
ARMONIA/THE HARMONY (Hickory/Charlotte, North Carolina) [in Romanian] [ comments]
and also
ARMONIA MAGAZINE/THE HARMONY MAGAZINE (Hickory/Charlotte, North Carolina) [in Romanian] [ comments]
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and
CLICK ROMANIA (London, United Kingdom) [in Romanian] [5 comments]
and
CURENTUL INTERNAŢIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CURRENT (Sterling Heights/Detroit, Michigan) [in Romanian] [ comments]
and
GÂNDACUL DE COLORADO/THE COLORADO BEETLE (Estes Park/Denver, Colorado) [in Romanian] [500+ views; 5 comments]
and
MERIDIANUL ROMÂNESC/THE ROMANIAN MERIDIAN (Santa Clarita/Los Angeles, California) [in Romanian]
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and
NAŢIUNEA/THE NATION (Bucharest, Romania) [in Romanian] [4 comments]
and
NEW YORK MAGAZIN/NEW YORK MAGAZINE (New York City, New York) [in Romanian] [ comments]
and
QWIKET (Kingston, New York) [6 comments]
and
ROMANIAN TIMES (Portland, Oregon) [in Romanian]
and also
ROMANIAN TIMES (Portland, Oregon) (print edition, pp. and ) [in Romanian]
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SAVE AMERICA FOUNDATION (Clearwater, Florida)
and
TRUMP’S MINUTEMEN (Fort Worth, Texas)
and referenced in:
CENTRUL DE PRESĂ — PRESSPEDIA/THE PRESS CENTER — PRESSPEDIA (Bucharest, Romania) [in Romanian] [+ views]
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and
CURENTUL INTERNAŢIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CURRENT — FACEBOOK (Sterling Heights/Detroit, Michigan) [in Romanian]
and
DIANU GEORGE FEEDSRSS
and
EIN NEWS US POLITICS TODAY (Washington, DC)
and
FORMULA ONE
http://www.formulaone.ws/search/
and
LUCIANNE.COM (Chicago, Illinois) [5 comments]
and
MUCK RACK (New York, New York)
and
NEWSPAPERS TODAY (London, United Kingdom)
http://www.newspaperstoday.co.uk/item/commentary-donald-trump-and-the-american-populistnationalism
and
PRESS RUSH (Turku, Finland)
and
UK NEWS (London, United Kingdom)
http://www.uknews.network/news/commentary-donald-trump-and-the-american-populistnationalism
and
WIKINOW
and
WORLD NEWS (New York, New York)
NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS = 26
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