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The Populist Revolution is a recent international event of countries moving toward populism. This revolution began with the election of U.S. President Donald John Trump. Afterwards, populist figures began to achieve prominent positions and leaderships in different countries. For example, Doug Ford, a right-wing populist, was elected Premier of Ontario in Canada^[1], and the runner-up was a left-wing populist named Andrea Horvath.^[2] Mexico elected a left-wing populist as its President,^[3] and Brazil elected a right-wing populist President, Jair Bolsonaro^[4][5], notable for his boldness and fervent anti-globalism, anti-communism, anti-feminism, anti-environmentalism, and anti-establishment stances. He replaced his corrupt establishment predecessor. Italy elected a right-wing populist, Matteo Salvini,^[6] and Steve Bannon has been attempting to assist his and other current populist administrations, as well as populist movements, in various European countries.^[7] Viktor Orban, a right-wing populist, nationalist, and social conservative was elected in Hungary.^[8] Ukraine elected a populist after ousting its pro-Russian leaders.^[9][10] In 2017, Robert Mugabe, the dictator of Zimbabwe, was ousted and the nation was democratized.^[11] In 2019, Britain elected the right-wing populist and explicitly pro-Brexit Boris Johnson^[12] after the second imprisonment of Tommy Robinson.^[13] Democrats running for President of the United States in 2020 began pandering to left-wing populists after witnessing the success of Bernie Sanders' campaign^[14], which required illicit tactics and establishment cronyism by the Hilary Clinton campaign team to defeat in 2016.^{[15][16][17][18][19]} Narendra Modi of India and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel were leaders of their countries before the Populist Revolution, and both congratulated Donald Trump on his electoral success in 2016.^[20][21] Both have been very conservative in the leadership of their respective countries, which are both Western democracies.

United States of America

Donald J. Trump left the establishment flabbergasted when he won the presidential election in 2016.^[22] His victorious campaign is best exemplified by this quote from Gandhi, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." President Trump has been very populist in his governing of the United States, implementing [tariff]s and [protectionism], reforming the criminal justice system, and pulling the U.S. out of harmful globalist international deals.

Also, 2020 Democrats have imitated the left-wing populism of Bernie Sanders, who has been endorsed by populist paleoconservative Ann Coulter.^[23] However, they have been harshly criticized even by right-wing populists due to their brand of populism being radically extremist, socialist, environmentalist, feminist, and favouring identity politics more extreme even than that which elected Barack Hussein Obama in 2008 (which is why they criticized Obama for not being extreme enough, and called Joe Biden racist or implied that he was (which is somewhat true)). Moving so far to the left, they have alienated working Americans, including many of the "Bernie Bros" who supported Bernie Sanders in 2016.^[24]

Canada

Europe

Italy

Hungary

Ukraine

Britain

Latin America

Brazil

Mexico

After the threat of tariffs by the Trump administration in 2019, President Obrador agreed to work with the U.S. to manage illegal immigration.^[25]

References

1. ↑ https://www.therebel.media/doug_ford_victory_speech_we_have_delivered_a_government_that_is_for_the_people
2. ↑ https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-horwath-steers-ndp-hard-to-the-left
3. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/07/02/mexico-president-left-leaning-populist-elected-wide-margin/750191002/
4. ↑ https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/28/jair-bolsonaro-elected-brazil-president/
5. ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/latin-america/2018/10/28/jair-bolsonaro-elected-president-of-brazil/
6. ↑ https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/03/05/populists-sweep-italian-national-elections-5-star-movement-big-winner/
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5pvKpFi5vY
8. ↑ https://hungarytoday.hu/breaking-amid-high-voter-turnout-viktor-orbans-ruling-fidesz-party-wins-hungarian-parliamentary-elections/
9. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/katyasoldak/2019/04/21/ukrainian-humor-a-comedian-is-elected-president/#1a6e1bdcd140
10. ↑ https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/europe/ukraine/ukraine-elects-jewish-president-volodymyr-zelensky/2019/04/22/
11. ↑ https://www.foxnews.com/world/mugabes-37-year-reign-in-zimbabwe-appears-over-after-military-take-control
12. ↑ https://freedomwire.com/boris-johnson-elected-british-prime-minister/
13. ↑ https://www.therebel.media/breaking_tommy_robinson_sentenced_to_prison_again_for_journalism
14. ↑ https://video.foxnews.com/v/6071875509001/#sp=show-clips
15. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41850798
16. ↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/5136890/bernie-sanders-supporters-democratic-party-2016/
17. ↑ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/donna-brazile-hillary-clinton-bernie-sanders
18. ↑ https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/11/14/16640082/donna-brazile-warren-bernie-sanders-democratic-primary-rigged
19. ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/11/02/ex-dnc-chair-goes-at-the-clintons-alleging-hillarys-campaign-hijacked-dnc-during-primary-with-bernie-sanders/
20. ↑ https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/appreciate-friendship-towards-india-modi-congratulates-trump-on-us-election-win/story-fMMnp1rpsK2GVvzolVpAiL.html
21. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOMG4IOfH0I
22. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G87UXIH8Lzo&list=LLFJcTiEokiqDXMUIctBYYnA&index=129&t=0s
23. ↑ https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/04/18/coulter_i_could_vote_for_bernie_sanders_if_he_returned_to_original_immigration_position.html
24. ↑ https://www.libertynation.com/2020-dems-how-to-lose-votes-and-alienate-people/
25. ↑ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-secures-historic-deal-mexico-combat-crisis-border/