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Chapter 1: The Stage is Set

down this slippery slope of collectivism for de-
cades—until the election of Donald Trump.

Populism is not a left or a right movement, but it
represents a break from the establishment. The Bernie
Sanders campaign was a populist movement, but his
platform was the opposite of President Trump's
platform. The economic collapse of 2007-2008 and the
Great Recession that followed indicates a failure of
political stewardship leading to a loss of confidence in
mainstream parties and established institutions. This
populist movement is picking up speed in Europe where
there is a growing awareness that Islam is incompatible
with western culture.
Peter Sutherland is known as the father of
globalization. Sutherland had been in the leadership of
global organizations such as Attorney General of
Ireland, the first chairman of the World Trade Organi-
zation, chairman of British Petroleum and Goldman
Sachs International in Europe. His last and most impor-
tant position was the U.N. Special representative of the
secretary-general on migration. In this office, he con-
vinced many European leaders, including Angela
Merkel of Germany, to give up some of their nation's
sovereignty and to embrace multiculturalism. He
believed that countries who were nationalistic were
racist, that migration is the original strategy for people
escaping poverty, and that multiculturalism is a vital
part of the world's future agenda. The European Union
has embraced the idea of replacing population by
migration.
The 28-member European Union has come a long
way since six European countries founded the European
Economic Community in 1958. They aimed to avoid

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