Yeah there is definitley a segment of the population that is unbelievably happy right now.
Read up on civic nationalism.
As I said in the OP, thatās the problem. Trump says āthingsā, usually stupid things without a proper grasp of context/history behind those words. He typically says these things in front of adoring crowds for praise and to chastise his opponents. Trumpās own ignorance isnāt enough of an excuse.
Here is pretty good definition/example of Civic nationalism.
Liberalism was born in the Enlightenment, but entrenched aristocracies had no desire to give up power to the people for the sake of liberty and equality. However, that wasnāt as true in the British colonies of America, where self-governance was already being practiced. In 1776, the American colonists put their liberal, Enlightenment ideologies into practice and drafted the Declaration of Independence. āāWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.āā
A few years after winning their revolution, the Americans cemented the idea of civic nationalism by writing the United States Constitution . This document created a government not on hereditary lineage or because someone pulled a magic sword from a stone. It was not a government made to represent one ethnic group. It was a government made of the people, by the people, and for the people. This new government recognized citizens of the nation as those who ascribed to these political ideals, and not those who belonged to a singular ethnicity, religion, or class.
John Locke was one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment
Oh dear lord! Talking to a lib is like talking to a wall! 
The USA fought most of the countries on your list! They were socialists, fascists, communists, Nazism, so you go ahead and change the definition to suit the liberal agenda it all come out as stupid, dumb and unpatriotic equaling the worst āismā & āistā there is and is LIBERALISM and LIBERALISTS!
America LOVE IT or LEAVE IT!
Thats great- but you are talking about patriotism. See the long list of nationalists to see if you align with themā¦
Will you do the same long list for socialism, to condemn that as well?
You just keep proving my point over and over again. You ignore the other definitions for nationalism as simply pride in ones own country, people, culture and traditions, and you single in the the worst possible definition or context, and then run with it. You basically equate nationalism with fascism, and preclude the existence of any other possible meaning.
Go ahead and do the same thing again ten more times, if you are that thick headed.
Charles de Gaulle is your source? Thatās what nationalism means to me. Maybe the OP would feel more at home in France.
Ummmā¦ Europe, especially mid 20th century Europe , is not the USA. Never was. Never will be.
Socialists who were nationalists? Iād happily condemn them- Pol Pot, Stalin and Castro come to mind. Good riddanceā¦
If you are embracing nationalism, you are embracing a long line of dictators on the Left and Right. I prefer a constitutional republic with a series of checks and balances. But call me old fashioned I guess.
Do exactly this nine more timesā¦ 
That was just a quote. Not a source.
I guess it would be easier to try and change the definition of nationalism to something warm and fuzzy like a super patriotā¦but it really has a pretty clear history.
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Can one of you Trump supporters name me one self-describes Nationalist government that didnāt turn into a horrible kill fest of blood and death?
No, take any and all versions of socialism to the worst possible extreme, like you are doing here with patriotism and nationalism.
Seriously- why not just say you embrace patriotism? Why try and change a word like nationalism to make it warm and fuzzy?
Thanks for again, proving my point. 
Civic nationalism isnāt bad.
But that isnāt the most prevelant or famous form of nationalism.
When most people think of nationalism they think of the carnage of the world wars, or even the carnage of our own civil war, a nationalist war in its own unique way. They think of the willingness of nations to send entire generations of young men to slaughter for the glory of the fatherland.
Nationalism, in limited doses, can be a good thing. But far to often it spirals out of control.
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āHow can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?ā
Charles de Gaulle
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Because there are other meanings of that word, that do not equate to Hitlerās Nazi Germany version of the word.
Whatever, you have eight more timesā¦
