Barack Obama: “It would be wrong to treat populists as normal politicians”

“Populist leaders tap into people’s fears with a crude sort of nationalism or ethnic identity or tribalism that is built around an ‘us’ and a ‘them’. We know what happens when Europeans start dividing themselves up, and emphasising their differences. The 20th century was a bloodbath.” – Barack Obama, speaking during his final official trip to Europe. With France’s far-right National Front party tweeting that Trump’s office had invited them to “work together”, Obama said it would be wrong to treat them as normal politicians. And here’s another good read.