The Congress that reopened today was transformed into a unity government, its bitter divisions erased overnight by the worst act of terrorism on American soil and the widespread sentiment that the nation was at war.
Anti-elite, anti-politics sentiment is fertile soil for those with fallen wages, good jobs swapped for Uber zero-hours insecurity, while inequality removes the professional classes yet further from the lower half.
During his visit this week to Egypt, Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan delivered a verbal attack on Israel, further fomenting anti-Israeli sentiments on Egyptian soil with the blessing of its government while signing trade agreements to triple commercial ties with Egypt, in an effort to appeal to the Egyptian street.
To illustrate, the Western, Christian presence on Saudi Arabia's holy Islamic soil during the Gulf War stoked anti-Western sentiment in the region.
Every single time there is a violent incident on U.S. soil, no matter how big or small, the sentiment is the same.
After Israeli forces shot dead five Egyptian security personnel on Egyptian soil after last August's cross-border attack, anti-Israel sentiment rose markedly and the Israeli embassy in Cairo came under violent attack.
Popularity: Currently a prominent fixture in Sweden's government after the 2014 election, the rise of anti-asylum sentiment and concern over immigration has given the Sweden Democrats fertile soil to grow.
I hope to see such an outpouring of sentiment against letting in elements of the Iranian regime on American soil and against the violation of the Iranian people's fundamental rights within the country.
Even before reaching his new post, Connor accused its Mormon population of disloyalty and warned that those who uttered "treasonable sentiments in this district … must seek a more genial soil, or receive the punishment they so richly merit".
By suggesting that America should consider steps to prevent such developments on American soil through immigration policies, I earn the wholly unfounded accusation that I harbor sentiments of racism.
