Populist surge on several continents

Donald Trump's election as US president is the latest example of surging political populism fuelled by supporters' fears that globalisation is leaving them behind. Despite the fact that he has never held public office -- or maybe because of it -- brash billionaire Trump won the US election after one of most bitter campaigns in memory. Trump pledged to "Make America Great Again" and restore jobs to middle- and working-class Americans worried about immigration and an exodus of jobs.