Geert Wilders Quotes
Make the Netherlands Great Again.
When Wilders saw the success that Donald Trump was having in America with his nativist, nationalist appeal, he adopted and adapted Trump's slogan. See Quotations 163466 and 259430 for example's of Trump's use.
Geert Wilders Quoted in Nina Siegal "Geert Wilders, Dutch Far-Right Leader, Is Convicted of Inciting Discrimination" The New York Times, December 10, 2016
Sourced by: Eigen's Political and Historical Quotations
Trump had so much success with the line"make our coutntry great again" that it was picked up by nationalist and fea mongering poilitics in other counties. See Quotation 644086.
This seems to be origin of the slogan that was used by the extreme right wing opponents of fighting Hitler in WWII and an isolationist minor political party that formed in 1944.
This point of view is not held by the majority of politics thinker but it is the view of more than a few. Others argue that it is a response to decades of undemocratic conservative policies. Still others argue that it is a response to decades of undemocratic unfair and unequal results of policies—liberal or conservative. In America, the inequality gap that produced the publish at the time of his quotation had ben the result of 40 years of Democratic and Republican control; and policies, liberal and conservative,
- Born: September 6, 1963
- Nationality: Dutch
- Profession: Politician
Geert Wilders is a Dutch businessman and politician. He has been Leader of the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid – PVV) since he founded it in 2006. Wilders is the parliamentary leader of his party in the House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer). In the 2010 formation of the Rutte cabinet, a minority cabinet of VVD and CDA, he actively participated in the negotiations, resulting in a "tolerance agreement" (gedoogakkoord) between the PVV and these parties, but withdrew his support in April 2012, citing disagreements with the cabinet on proposed budget cuts. Wilders is best known for his criticism of Islam and the EU; his views have made him a controversial figure in the Netherlands and abroad, and since 2004 he has been protected at all times by armed bodyguards.