Europe can “no longer be taken for granted as a bastion of democratic stability” according to a new report by Freedom House, an NGO with ties to George Soros. “The rise of antiestablishment parties in Poland, France, Germany” is identified
The president of the European Council has listed “demagogues” like U.S. President Donald J. Trump as an “existential threat” to the bloc alongside “terror and anarchy in the Middle East and in Africa, with radical Islam playing a major role”.
The German Chancellor has lectured President Donald J. Trump on his order pausing immigration from some terror-linked states, claiming it is “not justified” as well as “explain[ing]” the Geneva Refugee Convention to him.
Victory at the polls later this year for Alternative for Germany (AfD), or Marine Le Pen in France would be a “disaster” that would “destroy Europe”, Spain’s Prime Minister said on Thursday.
It’s too early to know what will become of the Trump presidency, and yet we can already gain some clues as to where its leader is heading. And we can start by looking at the seventh president, Andrew Jackson, who is very much a model for the 45th president.
On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated, “maybe Trump is riding something, and he will be able to marshal a left-right populist movement. That’s a possibility we should be open to, especially because the anti-populists, people
A lion isn’t always beloved, but it is always respected, even feared. In his inaugural address today at the Capitol, President Donald Trump roared, and decades’ worth of vapid orthodoxy melted away.
President Donald Trump’s inaugural address on Friday was one of the more unique and memorable in recent decades, with clear themes of populism, nationalism, and unity.
In a thinly veiled attack on Donald J. Trump, Britain’s economic minister has blasted the “fool’s paradise” of populism, as well as insisting the UK will continue to need European Union (EU) migration after Brexit.
They are the would-be Donald Trumps of Europe and they are coming together in a bid to gain influence in some of the continent’s most powerful nations.
“I want to be loud and clear: populism scares me,” a leading global investment fund manager has told the World Economic Forum in Davos, setting the scene for the conference at large.
A new poll finds that populist leader Marine Le Pen now leads France’s presidential race while the incumbent Socialist Party has plummeted in popularity.
Peter S. Goodman writes in the New York Times that the Davos elite are well aware of the “populist fury” fueled by working-class people around the world who have borne the brunt of globalist economic policies.
President-Elect Donald Trump may not be well-liked in the deep blue state of California, but he is seeing growing support for his proposal to enforce federal immigration laws.
Attacks on Stephen K. Bannon, the former executive chairman of Breitbart, slated to become the top strategist in the Trump White House, are nothing new. Just since the election, Mother Jones magazine has called him “worse . . . than a racist,” Joy Behar labeled him “a fascist,” and former Vermont governor Howard Dean insisted, against all evidence, that he is “a Nazi.” You get the idea. Despite the many false labels, Bannon’s actual views can only be described as Trumpian, and he has held them for a long time. So of course the globalists hate him, too.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — At the Davos economic conference, “it’s important to listen to the populists,” says the founder of the annual gathering of movers and shakers, adding that he hopes to welcome U.S. President Donald Trump “expressing his ideas”
The political and business elite, who attend the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, admit their push for globalisation and open borders contributed to the worldwide populist backlash and the rejection of the mass integration project.
Marine Le Pen has overtaken centre-right candidate François Fillon to be the frontrunner in France’s presidential election, according to the latest poll by Ifop-Fiducial.
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to invest £9.3 million of proceeds from his lobbying business in a new institute that he is setting up to fight populism. Mr Blair said last month he was creating the Tony Blair
In a rising tide of populist sentiment, Brazil’s two largest cities swore in mayors from outside the political class Sunday, underscoring widespread frustration with the establishment.
A new study by the Pew Research Center points to Europe’s migrant crisis as a key to the rise of populist movements in a number of countries across the European Union (EU).
Breitbart News National Security editor Dr. Sebastian Gorka, author of the best-selling book Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War, joined SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Friday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about the final act of the secretary of state drama, beginning with Rep. Dana Rohrabacher’s idea of working with former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton as a “dynamic duo” at the State Department.
The Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has failed in its bid to win the presidency following a shock pivot towards the EU by candidate Norbert Hofer.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi kept his promise to resign from office after losing a constitutional referendum tied to his administration Sunday, opening the door for the growing populist Five Star Movement (M5S) to move into Italy’s political driver’s seat.
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi made a final appeal to citizens Friday, hoping to snatch victory from the hands of defeat in Sunday’s referendum, which will determine whether or not he stays in office.
A majority of Austrian and French voters are concerned about globalisation, a study has found, identifying it as the top factor driving support for populist parties.
Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna writes at Politico that before Stephen K. Bannon “embraced the mogul from Manhattan,” the former Breitbart Executive Chairman and current chief strategist to Donald Trump had his eye “on another gifted populist” outsider — former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Both Bannon and Palin realized that the Republican Party needed to “drain the swamp” in DC and champion the forgotten American working class if it ever wanted to regain the White House again.
The Hill’s Jonathan Swan reports that during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, Donald Trump’s economic advisor Stephen Moore told House Republican lawmakers that “they now belong to a fundamentally different political party.” To the surprise of some in the room, Moore explained that the conservative party of Ronald Reagan has now become Trump’s new “populist working-class party.”
On Tuesday’s Breitbart News Daily, SiriusXM host Matt Boyle asked Robert Costa of the Washington Post why Donald Trump’s election took so much of the “legacy media” by surprise.
In the last installment, we examined some positive historical precedents for a new president’s foreign policy. In this installment, we will consider positive precedents for a new president’s domestic policy.
Stephen K. Bannon gives an exclusive interview to Michael Wolff at the Hollywood Reporter, previewing his ambitious agenda for president-elect Donald Trump. While Bannon seems to relish the left seeing him as “Darth Vader” or “Satan,” he describes himself as “Thomas Cromwell in the court of the Tudors.”
On December 4, Italy faces a referendum that could sink the present government and usher in a new populist era, an outcome made more probable by Donald Trump’s recent election victory in the U.S.
Jeff Spross writes in The Week that Donald Trump’s new chief strategist Steve Bannon is an “anti-Wall Street populist” who correctly articulated the public’s anger at the 2008 financial crash and subsequent Wall Street bank bailouts. “Trump effectively rode that anger all the way to the White House,” Spross writes.
In previous articles, we explored the Democrats’ likely trouble in the near term, and also the Democrats’ potential for a comeback in the long term. As the wise say, there are no final victories. Now we’ll consider how Republicans can hold on to their grip on the White House and on to their majorities in Congress.
Economist Alan Tonelson, founder of the economics and public policy blog RealityChek, joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about Donald Trump’s vision for the economy.
Jonathan Swan reports in The Hill about the policy focus of Stephen K. Bannon, President-elect Donald Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor.
David Rovella reports in Bloomberg.com on the resurgence of populist movements across the globe, including most recently in the United States.
I’m thinking strictly positive thoughts about this latest peaceful American revolution, which begs comparison to two other political earthquakes: the Reagan Revolution of 1980, and the Gingrich Revolution of 1994. Here are ten takeaway points from the Trump Revolution of 2016.
Italy’s liberal media erupted into open hysteria Wednesday morning after the announcement of Donald Trump’s victory, calling the outcome the triumph of “American rage.”
Beth Reinhard writes in The Wall Street Journal that Republican nominee Donald Trump ended his campaign Monday night in Michigan with the same “overtly nationalist message” that he started it with 19 months ago in New York City.
