Donald Trump And The Anti-Federalist Analysis

Written 230 years apart, President Donald Trump’s speech and the ideas expressed by the Anti-Federalists share some similar ideas. These ideas include subsidiarity as the most effective way of running an organization, momentum, and unity and identity. In President Donald Trump’s address to the Boy Scouts at the National Jamboree, he expresses views and ideas consistent with those of the Anti-Federalists. Trump tells the story of William Levitt, who was a successful small business owner who was bought out by a “big conglomerate.” that “didn’t know anything about building homes […] and after about a ten year period they were losing a lot with it.” This large company—a conglomerate as Trump describes it—did not have the attention to detail, and was spread too thin over different industries to have the knowledge and expertise to run Levitt’s business. The Anti-Federalist’s showed similar sentiments towards the federal government’s ability to govern all of the people, through representation a of the people. It is said by the …show more content…
When Trump asked him what happened, Levitt responded, “Donald, I lost my momentum.” The states, according to the Anti-Federalists, are “[making] rapid advancements towards independence in resources as well as in empire.” Trump goes on to say that losing momentum is “a [phrase] that you never hear when you’re talking about success.” The Anti-Federalists mention something similar, saying that “if we adopt the new system of government we shall by one rash vote lose the fruit of the toil and expense of thirteen years.” This is the view of the Anti-Federalists on momentum. The Anti-Federalists believe that the collection of states is moving in the direction towards being a stable community, and has no need of a federal, uniting government. Unity however, is an important aspect of the states, and should be