The chief responsibility of the government of a democratic nation state is the welfare of its own people. And the best welfare program, as Ronald Reagan stated, is a job.
Donald Trump gained office by proclaiming what the media and the political class have long tried to ignore, which is that sending manufacturing jobs abroad and permitting mass immigration destroys American jobs and drives down the wages of those whose jobs in America remain.
In office, Trump enacted a corporate tax cut to encourage manufacturing investment at home, built a wall to halt the flood of illegal immigrants, and imposed tariffs of cheap Chinese manufactured goods. By these means Trump drove US unemployment sharply down, with African-American unemployment reaching an all-time low.
That is the essence of Trumpism. That is why Trump received more votes in 2020 than in 2016. And the lessons of Trumpism have been noted throughout the world, which means that any Western government presuming to continue with the globalist project for free movement of capital, technology, goods, jobs, and labor is liable for early retirement.
So, at least does the future seem to be shaping up in Canada for Justin Trudeau's globalist liberal government, which now faces an opposition under a dynamic new leader focused not on greenery, and global do-goodery, but on the interests of working Canadians.
