From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

The sounds of populism from Holland to Iowa.

Hello again, I'm Aranalmi, and this is To the Point.

In today's Dutch election, a right-wing candidate's running on the slogan,

Make the Netherlands ours again.

Music to the ears of Brits who voted for Brexit, French who are listening to Merlin Le Pen,

and American supporters of President Trump.

Western democracies are showing variations in different degrees of nationalism and populism,

as well as religious and racial discrimination?

Is it partly the failure of liberal elites

to address the economic and social consequences

of free trade and immigration?

Later on today's talking point,

could President Trump's reduction of Obama-era fuel standards

backfire against U.S. automakers. First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Mormon-Aulney, back with To the Point. Nationalism, populism, concerns about immigration and outright racism are parts of election campaigns from the U.S. to Europe.

We'll hear how today's election in Holland reflects the recent past and may forecast the future.

Today's talking point, President Trump, is picking a fight with California and other states

by reducing fuel standards set up by the Obama administration.

Is he really doing U.S. automakers the favor they are expecting?

First, this news update for the first time the U.S. Justice Department

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