Yet the parallels between the forces that drove the British vote and those at the core of Trump’s campaign are striking.
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As President Obama and Hillary Clinton both voiced their support of the Remain camp prior to the vote on Thursday, most Republicans in Congress had only advocated for the U.S.to stay out of the debate earlier this week.
Donald Trump capped off his two-day overseas tour in a golf cart Saturday afternoon, zooming around the golf course he built on top of sand dunes.
The U.K.’s decision to leave the European Union was made via popular referendum.
“I don’t want to have a plummeting pound”, Trump said. Bernie Sanders in the Democratic contest, represent an American echo of the inward-looking politics that have swept across Europe in recent years. “I don’t think it’s enough to say I know all the stuff he doesn’t or he’s rash, because right now people aren’t filtering that through”.
We are in the midst of a worldwide sea change regarding how people view themselves, their government and their countries. The rise of populist and nationalist sentiments, particularly among less-educated and older white voters.
In the United States, there is no recent history of electing nationalist presidents hostile to immigration, and even recent Republican presidents have celebrated new arrivals as integral to USA prosperity and identity.
US presidential elections are largely decided by a diverse and upscale electorate, anchored in America’s cities and suburbs. These communities more closely resemble London than Lincolnshire.
That mood may be doubly worrisome for Democrats now that Clinton, the insider, establishment candidate, has become the de facto nominee.
Trump also criticized Clinton, who sided with Obama, for “misreading” the situation.
Together, those six states offer 166 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. Crowd sizes don’t necessarily predict election outcomes, but they are a signal of enthusiasm – and Trump supporters are nothing if not fervent.
“People want to take their country back”, Trump said of the Brexit vote. But their excitement, Trippi said, would be largely “a false read” of the results.
“I think it’s a great thing that happened, an unbelievable vote, very historic”.
Speaking on the green, Trump was asked if a Scottish Muslim would be welcome in the United States under his restrictive entry policy. Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. This in turn triggered a debate at a Westminster committee room, which ended without a vote being taken.
If the answer was “yes”, then that person would not be allowed into the country, Trump said.
“And that’s a higher hurdle”.
‘In this area this is a very, very contentious zoning approval, you know, to get this done, ‘ Trump explained. In Donald Trump’s opinion, the likelihood that other countries will follow suit is a real possibility.
Trump has said he will announce his pick at the Republican National Convention next month, but his campaign team has long said it will choose someone with extensive Washington experience to team up with the billionaire.
U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump today flew in to his North-east golf course.
“Look, if the pound goes down, they’re going to do more business”.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Sen.
Both campaigns initially released brief statements.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., and Sen. Among them: a belief that globalization is hurting the working class, and increased immigration is changing the country’s character.
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At one point, Ewen MacAskill of the Guardian listed prominent British leaders who refused to meet with Trump because he is “regarded as toxic”.
