populism | Watching America

Mexico: The Far Right: Triumph of Idiocy

Stephen Routledge - August 5, 2025. Published in Clarín

There is a new law of science: The more idiotic you are, the more you will vote for the extreme right.

Malaysia: Crackdown on Immigrants in Country Illegally Tears US Society Further Apart

Matthew McKay - June 28, 2025. Published in Oriental Daily News

Trump has sacrificed national unity on the altar of political expediency.

Canada: A Democratic Divide

Reg Moss - March 11, 2025. Published in Le Devoir

The 'leader of the free world' is no more.

Luxembourg: America Is on the Wrong Path — Even Europe Will Be Lucky To Survive Trump

Mallory Matsumoto - February 8, 2025. Published in Tageblatt

The cult of the führer has hijacked America.

Germany: Lack of Fitness: Europe Needs To Adapt after US Elections

Mallory Matsumoto - November 15, 2024. Published in Frankfurter Rundschau

Germany and the EU countries are not prepared for future U.S. policies.

Canada: J.D. Vance Heralds a Tsunami of US Populism

Rejeanne Lacroix - July 17, 2024. Published in National Post

Taiwan: How the Blight of Trumpism Has Swept across the US

Matthew McKay - March 14, 2024. Published in The Storm Media

Will the 250-year-old democratic experiment in the U.S. come to an abrupt end in November?

Luxembourg: Time of Monsters: The Political Success of Immorality and Indecency

Mallory Matsumoto - February 17, 2024. Published in Tageblatt

The brutal truth in 2024 is that liberal democracy is ... vulnerable to destroyers like Trump or his European followers.

Hong Kong: Harsh Words but True: The Rise of Populism in the US

Matthew McKay - January 25, 2024. Published in Oriental Daily News

American society will become more divided and world affairs will become more chaotic regardless of who wins the election.

Germany: Don’t Fall into the Trap

Michael Stehle - January 25, 2024. Published in Die Tageszeitung

Biden is falling directly into the trap that the Trumps of this world have since laid in almost all Western democracies.

Taiwan: Concerning the Impact of Chaotic American Politics and Trump’s Candidacy on Taiwan

Jennifer Sampson - October 19, 2023. Published in UDN

If Beijing makes concessions, will [Trump] sell out Taiwan?

Canada: Who Pulls the Strings of the American Populist Revolution?

Robin Koerner - July 31, 2023. Published in Le Devoir

Each time Trump seems to have made a blunder that would bring him down, the opposite occurs.

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