Earlier this month, the people of Sweden – a nation long misruled by the left – repudiated their elites and voted for a government dominated by the right’s Swedish Democrats. Yesterday, a similar political earthquake brought to power in Italy a right-wing coalition led by a Thatcherhesque Giorgia Meloni.

The implications of such tectonic shifts for these two countries remain to be seen. But the message to the European Union and other globalists seems clear: National sovereignty and accountable government that protects it from distant bureaucrats and illegal immigrants now enjoy unprecedented popular support.

For us, the question is: To what extent are such sentiments next going to dominate our elections this fall? Clearly, the United States is in at least as urgent a need of a course-correction as Europe. And we must pray that America will secure a mandate for it, as well.

This is Frank Gaffney.