Adrienne Lawrence Legal analyst, law professor & award-winning author
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UK far-right riots signal dire global consequences if Trump wins

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Adrienne Lawrence Legal analyst, law professor & award-winning author
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Far-right politicians around the world have long leaned into ethnic, religious and cultural divides in order to strengthen their own political ingroup at the expense of targeted outgroups. In many nations, immigrants are one of the largest targeted outgroups, as demonstrated by recent anti-immigrant riots in the United Kingdom and across Europe.

Straight Arrow News contributor Adrienne Lawrence reviews far-right populist and anti-immigrant riots in the United Kingdom and argues that modern communications and social media have made those riots much worse than they might have been otherwise. Lawrence has a strong warning about the global consequences of Donald Trump regaining power if he wins in November.


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The following is an excerpt from the above video:

The United States has plenty of issues going on, such that I will sometimes forget to check across the pond. And well, I just did, and it is quite disturbing what’s going on there. There’s an astounding wave of anti-immigrant hate going on across Europe now. While I am somewhat used to France burning it all down in opposition to political measures, this is different. Citizens of the U.K. and other nations are causing mass disorder and chaos, assaulting immigrants, asylum-seekers and other nonwhite individuals.

Now, this anger appears to be fueled by scarcity mentalities among economic decline in the EU. Jobs are scarce, health care and other social services are overextended, so unfortunately, we’re seeing the far-right make immigrants an easy target.

Now, social media is also playing a big role in spreading misinformation and stoking racists, like those who attacked a Rotherham England hotel housing asylum-seekers earlier this month. Things are so bad that the EU formally asked Elon Musk to censor Donald Trump during a scheduled conversation between the two that’s running on the platform X. The EU can’t even handle divisive rhetoric from a convicted criminal 5,000 miles away.

Between white supremacists and far-right wingers rioting in the streets, torching cars and unleashing heinous attacks online, it is evident that the most vulnerable in the U.K. are not okay, and things are only going to get worse for them and other marginalized peoples across the globe if Donald Trump returns to the White House. That’s why we must vote blue.

The United States has plenty of issues going on such that I will sometimes forget to check across the pond. And while I just did, and it is quite disturbing, what’s going on there, there’s an astounding wave of anti immigrant hate going on across Europe now, while I am somewhat used to France burning it all down in opposition to political measures, this is different. Citizens of the UK and other nations are causing mass disorder and chaos, assaulting immigrants, asylum seekers and other nonwhite individuals. Now this anger appears to be fueled by scarcity. Mentalities among economic decline in the EU jobs are scarce, healthcare and other social services are overextended, so unfortunately, we’re seeing a far right make immigrants an easy target. Now, social media is also playing a big role in spreading misinformation and stoking races like those who attacked a Rotherham England hotel housing asylum seekers earlier this month. Things are so bad that the EU formally asked Elon Musk to censor Donald Trump during a scheduled conversation between the two that’s running on the platform X. The EU can’t even handle divisive rhetoric from a convicted criminal 5000 miles away, between white supremacists and far right wingers rioting in the streets, torching cars and unleashing heinous attacks online. It is evident that the most vulnerable in the UK are not okay, and things are only going to get worse for them and other marginalized peoples across the globe if Donald Trump returns to the White House, that’s why we must vote blue. The US presidential election may happen within these 50 states and several territories, but its profound implications are felt across the border. Experts are predicting that the economy in Europe would take a significant hit if the dawn takes office again during his last term, trade tensions between the US and EU flared with Trump instituting tariffs on European steel and aluminum, impacting auto imports, only for the EU to hit back with tariffs on US goods, according to Goldman Sachs Analyst, well, Trump has pledged to impose an across the board, 10% tariff on all US imports, including from Europe, which would likely lead to a sharp increase in trade policy uncertainty, as it did in 2018 and 2019 that’s a costly problem for Europe that would likely exacerbate the attacks on immigrants who are currently under attack. Trump is also expected to slash, if not entirely, cut, US aid for Ukraine. The US is a main provider of monetary support to Ukraine right now, and Congress has given the country at least what some $70 billion toward weapons alone since the war began. So how do you think that cutting Ukraine’s funding would work for their war against Russia, or for Ukrainian asylum seekers in the EU did I also mention that Trump says that he won’t help NATO countries that aren’t meeting the 2% defense spending requirement, so those EU countries will have to redirect funds toward military spending or operate without us contributions. That sounds also like it’ll be quite costly beyond the economics, though. We also must bear in mind that having yet another far right leader in the world is scary, as they seem to want to dismantle their respective state for the professed benefit of white Susette glory. Just look at Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, or Italy’s Maloney and so on the far right is on the rise. A second Trump administration brings significant geopolitical harm, the impact of which will be felt by those who are most vulnerable, namely immigrants. So when November comes, it is important that we keep in mind that our vote isn’t just about our government. It’s going to impact far more than us. It will have an impact around the world and.

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