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This development is actually terrifying. If socialism has no home on the left, we'll see it rise on the right, with nationalist tones.



You saw it take hold in 2016. Obama got the populist votes, and then Trump did. People wonder how the same people could vote for both, the common thread is populism.


What would you describe about Obama as “populist”?


His rhetoric and promises during campaigns




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