Over the course of an hour, Trump used “globalist” to describe people, companies and countries, making it difficult to pin down specifically what he was talking about.
But during his first term, Trump
repeatedly denounced a set of ideas he called “
globalism,” and labeled some of his political opponents “globalists,” as he pushed his nationalist, isolationist worldview.
The word has drawn condemnation from critics who say it is linked to
antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jewish people.
According to the American Jewish Committee, the term “globalist” is used today as “a coded word for Jews who are seen as international elites conspiring to weaken or dismantle ‘Western’ society using their international connections and control over big corporations.”
It was unusual for Trump to use the term “globalist” as a catch-all for what he claimed was driving day-to-day movements of the stock market.
The White House did not immediately reply when asked for additional context about Trump’s invocation of the term.