It's also no coincidence we're seeing this neo-imperialist turn in the Trumpist movement after decades of hearing about the "Rise of the Rest" and more recently the "Westless world."
It's the global iteration of the racial status anxiety driving Trumpism's domestic expression.
@judah-grunstein.bsky.socialIt's also important to see the Trumpist neo-imperialist turn as very much the flip side of the domestic backlash to DEI that @jamellebouie.net has called out.
It's part of the reaction to the 2020 global protests that fueled calls to "decolonize" everything from boardrooms to academia.
