Komentatorica "Politico.eu" je također primjetila Rutteovu frazu o "pogrešnom tipu populizma", koju sam spomenuo gore.
Mark Rutte’s ‘right kind of populism’ : A combination of optimism and tough talk on immigration won the day
(…) a diplomatic spat with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, which gave Rutte a chance to play elder statesman and tough guy. And in part, it was thanks to his own ability not so much to defeat Wilders’ anti-immigrant rhetoric as to absorb and wield the same message to build momentum in the closing days of the campaign.
Behind the late upswing, however, was the trend that began to point in Rutte’s favor with the inauguration in January of President Donald Trump. (…)
“I think Wilders made a mistake,” said Tim de Beer of pollster Kantar, which found only 15 percent of Freedom Party voters supported Trump’s policies. “Trump is ultimately too radical for the Netherlands.”
The viral success of the
“Netherlands second” video, which lampooned Trump, marked the moment the tone of the campaign shifted.
“People were responding to the fear of Trump’s policies with humor. That was really a striking moment, it marked the beginning of a change in the campaign. (…)