MSNBC Warns: Trump Ushering in Era of ‘Rage Vote,’ ‘Fringe Candidates’ Around the World

Kyle Drennen | November 15, 2016
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Following MSNBC’s 10 a.m. ET hour coverage of a joint press conference between President Obama and the Greek prime minister in Athens, anchor Kristen Welker brought on chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and worried: “What level of concern is there right now in this region and other regions around the world – the Middle East, for example – about this election and what we have seen so far in this transition period?”

Engel proclaimed: “...there is a perception that forces of nationalism, ultranationalism, the rage vote is leading in many sectors around the world and that Trump was part of that....People think that perhaps after Trump, you're going to see more right-wing or fringe candidates emerging to the center stage and Greece and other countries are concerned about that.”