An unexpected outcome
of Great Britain’s referendum on whether British citizens wished that their
country should stay in the European Union brought about shock and dismay in
some groups as globalist and liberal allies were forced to reckon with a surge
in populist anger.
With British
politicians including Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour Party leader
Jeremy Corbyn, leaders in banking, media and business all in favor of remaining
in the EU, the so-called “Brexit” decision has brought about much handwringing.
What the political
establishment was surprised to discover was that despite a strong campaign in
the press and online, older voters turned out in large numbers to reject the
status quo that they felt was dragging their nation downward and tying it to
the EU’s woes of debt, bailouts and illegal immigration, among other things.
In the end, an
expected defensive bulwark against the forces of the “Leave” camp never
materialized, and British Prime Minister David Cameron immediately resigned
from his office in disgrace.
Former London mayor
Boris Johnson appears to be all but assured of taking Cameron’s place as
bankers, media pundits and progressive groups argue about the possible
repercussions of this simple expression of voters’ will.
Could a similar event
take place in America?
That is, could
populist forces reject the Establishment order of trade agreements,
international coalitions and obligations as well as the near-open-door policies
of immigration of President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton?
Certainly, what seemed
like an impossibility in the U.K. just weeks ago now looms like a wave that’s
threatening to wash over the economic integration policies of both Europe and
the U.S. in the coming years.
Political insiders are
waking up to the possibility that candidates like GOP presidential contender
Donald Trump in the U.S. and conservative nationalist politicians in Europe may
have more respect and support among the common people than the media would have
the average voter believe.
In fact, there may be
a tide that will overwhelm the well-fortified armada of the current elite power
structure that keeps the wheels of corrupt trade and industry turning in
today’s hyper-capitalist environment.
Bloomberg Businessweek
recently published a story entitled “Trump’s Coalition Looks a Lot Like Brexit
Voters,” in which the publication declared that many U.S. voters’ “economic
prospects have diminished in an era of globalization, and they feel that
immigration is damaging their pocketbooks and their cultural identity. And they
think the elites aren’t listening.”
In both countries,
despite the respective national economies growing at a modest pace, wage growth
has stagnated for years, if not decades.
Candidate Trump (who
had backed the Leave forces prior to the U.K. referendum) declared that he saw
similarities between his supporters and those advocating Brexit, saying, “I see
a big parallel… People want to take their country back, and they want to have
independence in a sense. They took their country back, just like we will take
America back.”
Trump’s campaign
slogan is “Make America Great Again”; the UK Leave campaign’s was “Take Back
Control.”
Coincidentally, Trump
took a victory lap following his virtual confirmation of becoming the GOP
presidential nominee, traveling to politically vocal UK jurisdiction Scotland
to open a golf resort there.
Although a majority of
Scottish voters elected to side with the “Remain” camp in Brexit, Trump was
correct that overall, British voters decided to “reject today’s rule by the
global elite, and to embrace real change that delivers a government of, by and
for the people.”
It’s no coincidence
that Hillary Clinton has in the past favored every trade deal between Europe
and the U.S. such as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
that would ultimately cost the U.S. millions of jobs.
Just as the North
American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) did, signed into law by her husband Bill
during his presidential administration in the 90s, both the TTIP and the
Transpacific Partnership (TPP), a similar agreement covering the U.S. and Asia,
will further gut America’s manufacturing base and weaken food and safety
standards.
Despite renouncing her
support of TTIP and TPP, many suspect that Clinton’s opposition to both
agreements will fade or vanish completely if she’s elected to the nation’s
highest office. (Clinton was recently caught deleting mentions of the latter in
the paperback version of her book “Hard Choices” after they appeared in the
hardcover edition.)
Most observers agree
that Clinton will almost certainly continue and expand the destructive trade
and immigration policies favored by President Obama (who incidentally had
chided supporters of the Leave campaign prior to the British referendum when he
visited the country recently).
Clinton’s support of
the Remain camp in the Brexit brouhaha was a “bad judgment call” according to
Trump. Like other Clinton judgments, this one seemed woefully out of step with
what the voters actually desired, and come November, it’s quite possible that
the Democratic candidate’s continued misestimation may cost her the very job
she believes already belongs to her.
~American Liberty
Report
Comments
Since
this article was written, Boris Johnson has announced that he will not be the
next PM. Obama and most of the Congress
supported “Remain” and are opposed to a “Populist” movement in the US, but it
has already appeared in the Trump and Sanders campaign results. Hillary’s support of “Remain” was a dumb
move.
Obama and
Liberal Republicans are in synch and are happy with the status quo. That’s why RINOs are flirting with endorsing
Hillary.
Traditional
Democrat voters are defecting and joining Trump, especially “blue collar” and
union members. If uninformed US voters
are attracted to the “taking their country back” message in the BREXIT, they
may end up voting for Trump. If informed voters realize that the TPP would be
our version of the EU, they may end up voting for Trump.
The
BREXIT vote highlighted the fact that the EU bureaucracy was dictating suicidal
policies like the Refugee Resettlement current Muslim invasion and Americans
should know that Obama is the one dictating these UN policies in the US. The Liberal US Congress is happy with this,
because they would reveal their real allegiance if they came out in favor of
Resettlement and UN Agenda 21.
Now
everyone knows that the BREXIT “Leave” vote will not result in the disaster
predicted by the status quo defenders and everyone wants the Muslim invasion to
be reversed. This could mean the end of
the EU, the end of the UN’s recent power grabs and the end of the global
warming scam.
Norb
Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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