Donald Trump is part of a ‘fascist tradition of politics’, says Archbishop
by Patrick Foster, Telegraph:
Donald Trump is part of the same “fascist tradition of politics” as far-right European politicians such as Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders, the Archbishop of Canterbury suggested last night.
In his most outspoken comments since the American president’s ban on travellers from some Muslim-majority countries was announced, the Most Rev Justin Welby accused Mr Trump of being part of a group of leaders from a “nationalist, populist, or even fascist tradition of politics”.
His comments came after John Bercow was criticised for accusing Mr Trump of “racism and sexism”, and are likely to further complicate the planning for the president’s state visit later this year.
Addressing the Church of England’s General Synod, the Archbishop said both Brexit and Mr Trump’s rise had been caused by factors including globalisation and social “marginalisation”.
Sketching a pessimistic view of Britain, he spoke of a “very serious and ultimately unsustainable balance of payments deficit, the appallingly low levels of investment by the corporate sector, the near absence of research and development funding, the dreadful levels of educational aspiration amongst those who have the least opportunities, the growing demands of care for an older population to a degree that will put massive strain on government funding, the skills gap, the lack of progress towards our goals of a carbon neutral economy”.
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