3 ms·
>But the truth is that the US doesn't have an history of populist demagogues as rich as 3rd world countries. There is Trump and nothing as him before. George W
by Dalewyn 3y ago
>But the truth is that the US doesn't have an history of populist demagogues as rich as 3rd world countries. There is Trump and nothing as him before.
George Washington, literally the first POTUS, was as populist as he could be. Likewise Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt; they are all on Mt. Rushmore because they were popular both at the time of their elections and during and after their tenures.
Benjamin Franklin was also popular with the people even though he never held a public office as prominent as POTUS; Franklin's political roles were much more subdued, such as his time as Postmaster-General or the ambassador to France.
- reducesuffering 3y agopopulist doesn't mean popular. That you don't understand these political terms speaks well on the competence of Milei supporters. There is simultaneously left wing populism and right wing populism at the same time, yet not both can be a majority.