Every single day, the problems in America show us why nation-states function better.
America is a nation-state though?
Anyway, if he is concerned about people being poor, then presumably he should be a member of a different party to VVD
Aren't you confusing David with me? I'm a VVD member but I've never heard anything about David being a VVD member. He didn't even vote VVD in the 2017 elections (and probably also not in elections in 2012, 2014 and 2015 but I'm not so sure about that).
Being a member of a centre-right party in the Netherlands is somewhat compatible with being concerned about the rough edges of the American system imo, but that's another discussion
(but I definitely don't buy the "Bernie/Democrats would be centre-right in Europe" theory, and I generally still back the right in America so you're probably right).