Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Nationalism vs TransNationalism: Trump's Speech to UN

US President Donald Trump makes a speech in front of the United Nations General Assembly, where he advocates the values of nationalism over those of trans-nationalism:





Many of the thoughts expressed here are congruent with what Indian nationalists seek. The constitutions and institutions of governance created within nations like India and the US were designed to balance them internally against domestic abuse of power - but they were never expressly designed to resist domination by foreign-linked transnationalist forces supplemented from abroad. However, India and the US place different emphasis on which rogue regimes are the most threatening.

India's Sushma Swaraj also gave her speech at the UN:


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