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Although South Korea's President Park Geun-Hye was not impeached till December 2016, (after Trump's election but before his inauguration), the protests to lock her up had begun in late October. As for North Korea, Trump's video gift to Kim referenced Kim's 2013 speech when he said "We won't have to tighten our belts anymore". NK's market reforms and the end of their "military first" policy began at that time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_of_Park_Geun-hye#Parliamentary_motion
Britain's deplorables voted for Brexit, followed by Cameron's resignation, the snap election, and May's minority government. This was also prior to Trump's victory.
After Trump was elected we saw similar populist victories in Brazil, Italy, and Mexico, though Obrador's ideology is more to the left. In May 2017, Maduro was returned to the Presidency of Venezuela but the country has been in an ongoing constitutional crisis since 2015. In the November 2018 US midterms the Republicans lost the lower House and a confrontation has been ongoing between the President and Congress since.
The next big election is Israel where Netanyahu has been battling corruption investigations for a few years now. His Likud party is still 1st in the polls but a new party led by Benny Gantz is in 2nd place. Gantz is a much more palatable leader for other parties to enter into coalitions with.
What is interesting about Israel, is that if Gantz wins it will be an end to the old guard. Netanyahu is surrounded by a clique called "the Ugandans". This clique centers around ex- Seyeret Matkal (Chief of Staff Recon) members.Their claim to fame is the 1978 Entebbe rescue where Bibi's brother, Yoni, lost his life. Gantz is associated with a much bigger rescue. During the 80s, Sheyetet (Navy commandos) and Shaldag (Air force ground recon) engineered the secret rescue of tens of thousands of Ethiopian Jewish refugees from Sudan. This was operation Moses. Gantz took command of Shaldag in 1990 shortly before the communist government of Ethiopia fell to rebels. In May 1991, as the government fled and rebels entered Addis Ababa, Gantz executed operation Solomon and air lifted 14,000 Jews out of Ethiopia.
If the ancient Israelites sang "Saul has killed his thousands, but David his tens of thousands" Israelis can sing "Seyeret has rescued 248, Shaldag has rescued tens of thousands".
I forgot to mention the attempted coup in Turkey. It almost succeeded but, with the help of Russia, Erdogan avoided assassination and rallied the populace via his cell-phone. This is also some key history, because Hillary was deeply involved with the Turkish opposition leader Fetulah Gulen. Erdogan wants to extradite not only Gulen but Chuck Shumer for their roles in orchestrating the coup.
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I understood a long time ago how the US-centric mind works. This is just the latest twist to an old narrative. Guess I must be a 65 year old shill "getting in" again for the 1000th time. I'd also guess you're less than half my age to write shallow drivel like that.
[–] 16531094? [S] ago
Sorry friend by US -Centric is not a jingoistic commentary but an economic one. You may have age but not everyone gets the wisdom. What happens here always spreads because of our brokering, leverage, and sheer economic might. This is a fact whether you like it or not. Its not a cultural comment bro
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I didn't say it was cultural - for obvious reasons. I suspect you haven't traveled much - or at all.