Trump: Nationalism vs. Imperialism, at Home and Abroad
The global elites spout off endlessly about multilateralism. But they're actually establishing an empire.
by Rod D. Martin
January 19, 2020
The globalists spout off endlessly about multilateralism, but actually believe in an empire, ruled by a Western elite of unelected bureaucrats and insiders from Brussels to the Beltway. In their scheme, everything from Saudi Arabia to South Dakota is their colony, and you better not speak back to your betters.
Nationalism is about everyone ruling themselves, not kowtowing to their distant, usually unelected “betters”. Domestically that means our government works for “America First” instead of redistributing Americans’ earnings to the elites’ pet interests and Americans’ jobs to other parts of the elites’ global empire.
Internationally, it means actually respecting other countries sovereignty as much as we wish ours to be respected, instead of unending meddling and “nation building” with massive costs in blood and treasure to all but the elites who gain by that blood and collect that treasure.
Nationalism is self-rule, and the belief in others’ right to the…