The motif of the 2016 presidential election has emerged as one of rebellion against the establishment and the oligarchy that perpetuates it.
Author: Nathan Allen and Theodore Roosevelt Malloch
The Manhattan Populist
Trump’s nationalism can be seen as a rebuke of Obama’s tribalism, just as Jackson’s election was a rebuke to Adams’ and later Calhoun’s sectionalism. And Trump’s popularity is an affirmation that many believe that the country is stronger and better off with a decisive, unapologetically nationalist President.