Shortly after the resignation of National Economic Council Director, Gary Cohn, then-president Trump quipped, “He may be a globalist, but I still like him.” The term “globalist” has become a bit of a buzz word these days; but where did it originate?
In 1930, before World War II was even on the horizon, Ernst Jäckh, fled Germany. During his stint as a professor at Columbia University, Jäckh authored a book entitled, “The War for Man’s Soul.” Within its pages, Jäckh writes,
“Hitler…reaches out for the sun itself. He has set out to conquer the world to make the globe a German possession! He aims at more than military or economic or political conquest. He has embarked on a ‘holy war’ as the God-sent leader of a ‘chosen people’ bred not for imperialism but for globalism — his world without end.”
Long before the word entered the political arena (or used as the conservative’s insult de jour) the word was seen as an anti-Semitic slur, referring to Jewish people who were seen as having alliances, not to their country o ...
