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The world's largest economic power and largest democracy, aka United States, elected a Western movie actor and a Reality TV star as presidents. The clown pales in comparison.

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Sorry, but there is no comparison. None of them were elected by saying: "Vote Reagan (or Trump). It can't get worse than this".

Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiririca#2010_elections

The people that voted for Trump didn't vote for him because he was a reality TV star.

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