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(CNN)President-elect Donald Trump’s historic election was a lesson for those who relied on polls to tell them that Hillary Clinton’s victory was a sure thing.
Now, with Trump’s transition to power underway, we’re learning something new each day about the inner workings of politics, finance and culture. Here’s our running glossary of terms to help keep you up to speed.
White nationalism
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Breitbart News executive chairman Stephen Bannon as his chief strategist brought a fringe term into the mainstream: white nationalism.
It’s an umbrella term for a movement that espouses white domination but stops short of calling for the unrealistic goal of a 100% white society. Adherents say it promotes the interests of whites by focusing on white racial consciousness and white identity.
Activists say white nationalism is little more than a euphemism for white supremacy that attempts to distance itself from traditional hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
For one, a blind trust requires selling off assets and having an independent trustee oversee them so the president doesn’t know where the money is invested. But Trump already knows where the money is and his children are far from independent trustees.
“Having your children run your trust does not discharge the conflicts of interest because the interests of your children, particularly in this case, are coexistensive with his self interests,” said Kenneth Gross of international law firm Skadden Arps.
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