In his first few weeks in office, Trump came out all guns blazing on a variety of topics, including if not especially immigration. there is so much about him and what he does and how he does it to non-plus and rational person. however, whether its Trump or Brexit or the rise of the nationalist parties, there are questions worth thinking through
Nation states, in order to be nation states need certain attributes:
they need borders. a nation without borders is not a nation
they need citizens. are you or are you not. if not what is your status and rights
now maybe we don't want nation states. that is a position. but if we are not prepared to give up the concept then we need borders and citizenship. and having national values, ethos and culture isn't such a bad idea either.
the globalist view of Europe is in conflict with the concept of a nation state. One of the drivers of Brexit was the fact that someone from say Somalia could somehow get into Europe and if they then found their way to England could go into the NHS. This led to increasing costs and "natives" having to wait longer for healthcare.
Trump got elected, in part, due to our unwillingness and inability to deal with some of these
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