Is Donald Trump destroying the liberal order, or did an unraveling order produce Trump? In this essay for Politique étrangère (available here in English), I discuss Trump as symptom (not cause) of the troubled liberal order, arguing that its problems in the US and Europe stem from its increasingly expansive agenda. As the order has broadened, it’s triggered backlash as countries have (contrary to public preferences) dramatically increased immigration, and  (in the US), failed to uphold the social compact of free trade.  Who hasn’t experienced a backlash to liberal order? Japan: a country whose  immigration policy follows public preferences, where free trade is far from free, and whose government has maintained high social spending.