Trump Will Give Speech Today Attacking Globalism and Declaring U.S. Economic Independence
By David Jackson – USA Today
WASHINGTON — Before launching into his recent lengthy attack speech against Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump took aim at another prominent election target: “globalism.”
Arguing that the country “has lost its way,” Trump told supporters, “we got here because we switched from a policy of Americanism, focusing on what’s good for America’s middle class, to a policy of globalism — focusing on how to make money for large corporations who can move their wealth and workers to foreign countries, all to the detriment of the American worker and the American economy itself.”
Globalization — particularly when it comes to trade — takes center stage Tuesday as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee makes appearances in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, seeking votes in areas that have seen job reductions in steel, coal and other heavy industries.
“This is a wave of globalism that wipes out our middle class and our jobs along with it,” Trump said last week.
Trump’s plans to deliver a prepared speech — “Declaring American Economic Independence” —Tuesday in Monessen, Pa., a city beside the Monongahela River that flows through what was once known as “The Steel Valley.” Later Tuesday night, Trump hosts a rally in St. Clairsville, Ohio, near the coal-rich West Virginia state line.
Trade and other global issues are resonating in blue-collar areas of Pennsylvania and Michigan, states that have gone Democratic in six straight presidential elections, as well as Ohio, generally considered a must-win for any Republican candidate.
Trump “talks about the economy only in the language of globalization,” said Daniel W. Drezner, professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. “It’s globalization that’s wrecking the American economy, and that’s how I’m going to fix it,” he said of Trump’s rhetoric.
Drezner added: “It’s a question as to whether people will actually vote on that.”
In western Pennsylvania, people have “endured incredible economic hardship” as manufacturing jobs move overseas, said Joseph DiSarro, who chairs the political science department at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pa. Trump’s message is well-received there, DiSarro said, adding that “globalization has really brought on unfair competition to the American worker” as businesses move jobs to low-wage, low-regulated countries.
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