Wallerstein on the consequences of Trump

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Immanuel Wallerstein, the sociologist who gave us World Systems Theory, has devoted his latest commentary to the consequences of a Trump victory. (From the end of the month it will appear as Commentary 437 in the archive.)

Domestically he says it doesn’t matter how much he won by or whether he won the primary vote. He won.

What is more he won the trifecta – the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court. Continue reading Wallerstein on the consequences of Trump