1. The person who is best situated to provide a theoretical account of Trumpism is, strangely enough, Perry Anderson.
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2. I'm re-reading Anderson's under-rated American Foreign Policy & Its Thinkers, which really illuminates contradiction that gave us Trump.
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3. Anderson argues at beginning of Cold War emerged contradiction in US foreign policy between national interest & upholding global capital
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4. In terms of national interest, US policy was long to push for "open door" on trade with other countries.
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5. But USA emerged as superpower, it had to forgo traditional "open door" policy to help rebuild shattered allies in Europe & Asia
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6. In Anderson's account, USA asa guardian of global capital had to occasionally sacrifice its immediate financial interestpic.twitter.com/v3WdLB6Xu3
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