Ivan Krastev
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America benefited a lot, but not everybody.
And he goes to these poor Americans and said, they're telling you that you're the hegemon?
And this American said, yes, you're right.
We are not.
Yeah, Japan is crucial because this is how he was socialized.
You know, you're touching on something critically important, at least from my point of view.
Paradoxically, Trump does not understand nationalism.
So himself talks about this and that.
And yet uses it very well.
Because he basically really cannot understand that the more you talk about Venezuelan oil, for the Venezuelans, this becomes the major issue.
It became the magic things.
The resource nationalism does not come from nowhere.
And from this point of view, he's basically fueling
the forces that are going to create a problem for the world that he wants to create.
Because all these people, even Denmark... Listen, this is absolutely amazing with Denmark.
If you look at Denmark, Denmark should be one of the very few European countries that he likes.
Paradoxically, there is a certain nostalgia in all this Trumpian movement, and this is very much based on social cohesion, immigration, whiteness.
Paradoxically, Denmark is one of the countries that he should love most.
This was a country which basically was quite effective in protecting their borders.
Secondly, this is a country with a lot of social cohesion.