Both the Trumpkins and the Brexiteers aimed their fire at a toothless opponent—and the wrong one to boot. I lived in Brussels at the turn of the century and wrote about European politics for this newspaper. Ever since the U.K. voted Thursday to leave the European Union, there’s been no end of commentary, favorable and invidious, comparing the Leave campaign to the anti-establishment wave that swept the GOP this spring. That the EU can be meddlesome, unhelpful, self-important and... In one respect the comparison is apt.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 27, 2016 23:19 UTC