Putin and Trump are anti-globalist and anti-open borders.
LOL. Putin IS a globalist.
https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/russian-ultra-nationalism-monster-moscow-s-making
Since taking power some 16 years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin has worked tirelessly to bring about the return of conservative and nationalist values. His government has enthusiastically promoted the Russian Orthodox Church, depicting its patriarchs as the state’s moral compass. After suffering a period of neglect under the Soviet Union, over 25,000 churches and 800 monasteries have been built or refurbished during Putin’s reign.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin has also launched a series of youth programs, the largest being Nashi, that teach conservative courses on politics, foreign policy and family values. Finally, after consolidating strategic economic sectors under its control, the government has presented itself as the people’s savior from the liberal, decadent oligarchs who once controlled the country’s resources.
If Putin is a globalist (meaning free trade with all regardless of trade deficits and free flow of people with no borders) why I can not find anything made in Russia in Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Sears, Macy’s, Walgreen, Kohl’s, etc etc?
All Putin is after is to restore the former and now defunct USSR. He can achieve that by weakening USA by forcing us to bleed resources in Syria, Iraq & ME with borrowed money from Asians.
None of the US middle class jobs in manufacturing have been gobbled up by Russia. Heck, Russia does not even buy US debt (Treasury bonds).
Doubtless, Putin would gladly accept the title of Emperor of the Globe, even as he reigns supreme as Czar of all the Russias.
But that is the only sense in which he is a globalist.