Last week’s vote supporting the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union (Brexit) is expected to have many transcending effects for Europe and beyond, such as weakening the European Union and other multi-national political, economic, and security institutions. Too, Great Britain’s supporting greater autonomy may be replicated in the United States. For example, the call for the secession of Texas (Texit), California, Vermont, and other states might garner broader support than previously witnessed.
Support for Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican president nominee, suggests that segments of the U.S. population embrace an anti-establishment, disenchanted chord, although, not necessarily, secessionism. It was reported that after the Brexit vote, Trump discouraged secessionism in the United States.