Trump on Gary Cohn: He May Be a Globalist But I Still Like Him

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



During Gary Cohn’s final cabinet meeting Thursday morning, President Trump called his outgoing economic advisor a “globalist”—a term that has largely been used by the far-right as a xenophobic or anti-semitic slur. “[Cohn]’s been terrific. He may be a globalist, but I still like him,” the president joked during the meeting. “He is seriously a globalist, there’s no question. But you know what, in his own way he’s a nationalist because he loves our country.” The term “globalist” was never widely used in mainstream politics until the Trump era, in which the word has repeatedly been used by Steve Bannon and far-right outlets like Breitbart or InfoWars as a slur against various people, including Cohn and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner.

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[LiberalLovinLug]

1. So they'd rather be what?...Regionalists?

What is the final end game of protectionism? To be cut off from the rest of the world totally? To only consume and use made in America products and food grown? To only sell to other Americans as well? While the rest of the world benefits from trade with each other to diversify and enrich themselves with choices and competition?

[IronLionZion]

3. They've admitted to being nationalists

and only denied being "white" nationalists

Someone should ask them to say the word national in German.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. They are National Socialists

that embrace fascism, like some guy we read about in history.

[IronLionZion]

6. They don't like the word socialist

and use that lame excuse to claim nazis are liberal, and therefore liberals are the real nazis.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. They might not like it

but that it was the are. Especially those that like to "socialize" the pain and losses but "privatize" the profit.

[Bleacher Creature]

2. Holy anti-Semitism Batman! NT

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. He then proceeded to point to his nose when he said, "Globalist".

And then added, "He can count my money any day, because his people are good at that. You know, 'Globalists'"--While again pointing to his nose.

[More_Cowbell]

8. To Trump and his white nationalist thugs, "globalist" means Jewish nt