Re: Trumpled (Alternative Leading)
Reply #3287 –
Perhaps he has emboldened a few, but he isn't the first in recent times by any means. Berlusconi and Orbán immediately spring to mind as forerunners. I've said a few times that the left is basically dead, and the world is shifting to the right, with barely any exceptions, and barely any resistance.
I would be very reluctant to attribute any trend setting to a bloke who has never had an original thought in his life. I think that his success in being elected to the Presidency and getting the presumptive Republican nomination for the next election may have emboldened populist and totalitarian leaders. They have more ruthless and successful (if I can use that word) authoritarian figures to follow, as has the likely Republican nomination himself.