https://www.scmp.com/rss/323618/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Donald Trump’s call to “make America great again” went down well with some members of the electorate. His “America First” rhetoric strongly appealed to Americans who find themselves shut out from the past few decades of economic prosperity. In this narrative, globalisation is the underlying cause for economic stagnation and the uneven distribution of wealth. Blaming globalisation is palatable, linking frustration over one’s economic insecurity to foreign nebula beyond one’s control. But, like... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2048176/trumps-self-defeating-vision-fortress-america-must-not?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2048176/trumps-self-defeating-vision-fortress-america-must-not?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:07:28 +0000