Pretty much agree with what you say. In Trump's case, he was also ably assisted by the Democrats putting up seriously dodgy opposition to him. The UK interests me more. I was a massive fan of Ian Richardson as Francis Urquart in the original UK "House of Cards" (good episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06TJo9My38o). Good stuff, even if I thought it was a tad far-fetched. It now seems mild by current events. The real winners as you intimate are Russia and probably China.
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