We noted at the end of the post below no-fascist doofus Donald "Rump" Trump expressed his strong approval of the vote in Britain to withdraw from the European Union, an outcome that was pushed by the racist nationalist UK Independence Party. His views were expressed as he took a break from being the presumptive nominee for the Rethuglican Party to attend the more important business of opening his golf resort in Scotland. Sadly for him, he knows British politics about as well as he knows the Bible: Scotland voted strongly to remain in the EU, and they weren't shy about pointing that out to Rump, most pointedly by British pop star Lily Allen:
@realDonaldTrump Scotland voted IN you moron— lily (@lilyallen) June 24, 2016
And,
I cannot begin to explain how catastrophically this misunderstands and misjudges the majority mood in Scotland. https://t.co/DRxR339A87— James Cook (@BBCJamesCook) June 24, 2016
The Rump disease mirrors a trend in some European countries -- the UK, France and Belgium are examples -- of nativism, xenophobia and racism in the person of an authoritarian political leader and movement; in Britain, as noted below, it's the tax-avoiding demagogue who leads the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, whose political positions look remarkably like Rump's on immigration, trade, gun control, even his admiration of Vladimir Putin.
The siren call of "taking our country back" appeals to those who haven't adapted, or don't want to adapt, to a global economy and multicultural society, and who believe that walls instead of roads and bridges are the way to a brighter future.
BONUS: Please read Steve Benen's take on Rump's risible "it's all about me" appearance in Scotland. Sad!
