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Donald Trump and Angela Merkel each advocated on behalf of the Enlightenment at the recent G-20 meeting: Trump, the populist, in appealing to the national experiences that form us, and Merkel, the elitist, to the faculty of reason that makes sense of it all.

... declared Brexit a “crime” in his manifesto, and pledged to be “tough” on the UK in an interview in February. Macron told Channel 4: “If your Government decides to organise a Brexit, I will be pretty tough on it. “We have to preserve the rest of the European Union and not to convey the message that you can decide to leave without any consequences.”