I havent 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 havent 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 100000 people President Donald Trump finally said it. He dotted the is and crossed the ts.
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. Its called a nationalist." And I say really were not supposed to use that word?! You know what I am?! Im a nationalist okay? Im a nationalist. Nationalist. Nothing more. Use that word use that word!"
Watch HERE.
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 its 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 - A version of the article was previously published in AMERICAN THINKER.
TIBERIU DIANU has published several books and a host of articles in law politics and post-communist societies. He currently lives and works in Washington DC and can be followed on MEDIUM.
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I havent 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 havent 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 100000 people President Donald Trump finally said it. He dotted the is and crossed the ts.
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. Its called a nationalist." And I say really were not supposed to use that word?! You know what I am?! Im a nationalist okay? Im a nationalist. Nationalist. Nothing more. Use that word use that word!"
Watch HERE.
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 its 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 - A version of the article was previously published in AMERICAN THINKER.
TIBERIU DIANU has published several books and a host of articles in law politics and post-communist societies. He currently lives and works in Washington DC and can be followed on MEDIUM.
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