Speech at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
Delivered December 4, 2016

By: AIC's President, Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi

Let me begin by noting that I am not using “Trumpism” to mean a coherent ideological system, which it is not. Rather Trumpism is a constellation of often contradictory or inconsistent ideas that together point towards a certain ideological orientation.  I must also note that the arguments presented here are tentative as Trumpism is an evolving “America First” movement with no set direction as yet. This fluidity notwithstanding, I believe it is possible to decipher the key features of President-Elect Donald Trump’s public-policy agendas (domestic and international) for the U.S. political-economy, which will be centered on rejecting globalism for Americanism – “To Make America Great Again.”