Mick Clifford: Living in Trumpland — how his politics of grievance spread to Ireland

Trump’s politics of grievance and 'othering' are shaping global debates, with worrying echoes in Ireland’s immigration and public discourse.

Maria Steen claimed the ‘political consensus seemed more oppressive or detached from the wishes and desires of the public’ when she conceded her presidential election bid. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

We all live in Trumpland now, even those of us who consider the terrain to be dangerously hostile.

It’s a world without facts, where you fashion a narrative that suits your purpose and present it as reality.