President-elect Donald Trump’s election is a major blow to globalization, and will probably lead to a period of US nationalist populism.
Judging from what he has said publicly in recent months, Trump wants to take a step back from some of America’s major trade, climate, and political commitments with the rest of the world. He probably won’t be able to do it all, even if he controls both houses of Congress, but he will owe it to his base to move in that direction.
“Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo,” Trump said in his July 21 acceptance speech as