The same issues on which Trump campaigned and which resonated with American voters are what British voters endorsed on May 2 to give Nigel Farage’s Reform Party a historic victory. Like the 77 million Trump voters, they want control of borders and immigration, alleviation of the cost of living and energy supply, ending of government waste, and upholding of British culture and sovereignty by putting Britain first.

Having held barely 30 seats in councils before May 2, Farage’s party now has 677 and controls 10 of the 23 council regions in which elections were held. Voters rejected the Tories, who lost 679 seats ending with just 317 while the Labour Party was reduced to only 99 seats.

As was the case in the US where the mainstream media opposed Trump, Farage’s Reformists were subjected to disparagement and dismissed as a hard-right, one-tune party.

Reprising the role it played in Trump’s election, social media accounted for the success of the Reformists. Farage has 2.2 million followers on X compared to Prime Minister Starmer’s 1.9 million.

Further proof that the writing is on the wall for Starmer’s Labour Party was the result of the by-election in the Runcorn Helsby constituency of Liverpool. Rated the 16^th safest Labour seat with a majority of 14,700 in the election held just ten months ago, the Reformists reversed that to clinch victory by six votes.

Like the Democrats in America who have learned nothing from their losses in the 2024 election, Starmer mistakenly and incredibly claims, “the result proves that Labour needs to go further and faster in delivering change” (quoted on X).

His refusal to recognise the rejection of Labour’s globalist, un-British policies is facilitating a Trump-like upheaval in British politics. Like the Democrats, Labour faces a long relegation to the opposition benches along with those Tories who fail to form a coalition with Farage’s Reformists after the next election, which is likely to be sooner rather than later.

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First amendment violations of freedom of expression and religion, weaponisation of the justice system to persecute and prosecute political opponents as ‘domestic terrorists,’ the invasion by millions of illegal aliens and drug cartels, Biden’s illegal receipt of funds from China, electoral fraud—none of those criminal violations of governance and democracy attracted condemnation by the pro-Biden lobby.

But now that Trump is returning justice to America by rooting out those elements that subverted it, he is accused of threatening constitutional principles. The American Bar Association’s outcry in defence of the law firm Perkins, Coie shows how corrupt the practice of law has become in America. Hillary Clinton and the Democrat Party paid $1 million to Perkins, Coie to manufacture the Steele dossier which claimed Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.

A court has already sanctioned Perkins, Coie for unethical conduct for undermining democracy. Trump’s pursuit of Perkins, Coie for its role in character assassination and destabilisation of his first Administration is fully justified. He has banned Perkins, Coie staff from all Federal buildings. In addition, no contract with his Administration will be granted if a contractor has business dealings with Perkins, Coie.

In contrast with the globalist elites of the EU, WEF and UN that seek confrontation and a world war, Trump’s mission is to promote peace. Significantly, his critics are silent about how since January 20, China’s threat to invade Taiwan has abated, the North Korean ‘rocket man’ despot has gone quiet, Putin is ready to negotiate an end to war in Ukraine.

Turning around the wasteful and costly state of the economy Trump inherited from Biden will take about six months. But the building blocks are being placed. Apple is investing $500 billion in America. Taiwanese semi-conductor electronics company TSMC is investing $100 billion in Arizona. Oil and gas production is set to boom and generate new employment opportunities.

The Republican Party is now the party of American workers. As corruption and waste is rooted out by Musk’s Dept of Government Efficiency, savings of billions will lower taxes and living costs.

In campaigning for the White House, Trump made his policy intentions clear. The Democrats, however, promised more of their subversive, globalist, woke programmes. Now, rudderless and leaderless, all they offer is hate and bitterness. Thus, Trumpism as liberal commentator Bill Maher has stated, is simply a response to the insanity of the Left.

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Virtuous revolutions are those that occur as a result of the will of the people.  On the cusp of the 250th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence, Trump is leading a return to America’s roots based on the will of the people as expressed on November 5, 2024.

Trumpism is a response to globalism which seeks to subvert national sovereignty and the values on which Western civilisation was built – individual liberty, religious freedom and respect for tradition and heritage.

Last week Europe had a taste of Trumpism when Vice President JD Vance addressed a gathering of Europe’s elites in Munich. Unpacking his theme of ‘shared values,’ Vance severely upbraided the elites for “Soviet-era” treatment of their fellow citizens by censoring and criminalising freedom of speech.

“The threat I worry about most regarding Europe is not Russia or China….it is a threat from within; the retreat of Europe from its most fundamental values, values shared with the US,” declared Vance.

He put Europe on notice that America’s new agenda was one that listens to citizens, protects their rights and promotes Western Civilisation over Orwellian globalism. The US would not stay silent when European elites sought to silence opposition and to subvert election outcomes the likes of which occurred recently in Romania.

Thus, the essence of Trumpism is the reassertion of moral leadership on the world stage by rejecting undemocratic globalism and those, like the ANC  which spurn the ‘shared values’  to which Vance referred while accepting US aid and trade benefits.

If BRICS was the brotherhood it claims to be, it would have rushed to guarantee aid to South Africa following its loss of US aid. Instead, BRICS key members are silent. Indeed, it is likely that BRICS becomes an early casualty of Trumpism. Two BRICS countries likely to align with Trump are Russia and India because of shared interests. That would reduce BRICS to socialist-ruled Brazil under Lula, China and the ANC.

As China proceeds to establish strategic trade choke points – the Red Sea, the ‘Silk’ Road to the Middle East, the eastern Pacific while cultivating South America, Panama and seeking a foothold in Greenland – the Cape sea route once again becomes strategically significant as the gateway to the Indian Ocean.

Trumpism is reconfiguring international relations. That means testing times ahead for the ANC’s relations with China.

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