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Not a good month for governments and their leaders...
Five weeks ago Donald Trump won the US Presidential election, so there will be a new administration in DC five weeks from now, expected to be even more openly corrupt than the previous Trump administration, and favoring strongman dictators over democratically-elected governments.
The prime minister of France lost a no-confidence vote a few weeks ago.
The government of Syria collapsed with stunning rapidity after fifty years in the hands of the Assads; the President is now taking refuge in Moscow. There are at least four different insurgent groups in Syria, each with different motivations and each claiming control of a different part of the country.
The president of South Korea was impeached a few days ago and may well be removed from office.
And today the chancellor of Germany, whose three-party coalition had fallen apart last month, lost a no-confidence vote.
The prime minister of France lost a no-confidence vote a few weeks ago.
The government of Syria collapsed with stunning rapidity after fifty years in the hands of the Assads; the President is now taking refuge in Moscow. There are at least four different insurgent groups in Syria, each with different motivations and each claiming control of a different part of the country.
The president of South Korea was impeached a few days ago and may well be removed from office.
And today the chancellor of Germany, whose three-party coalition had fallen apart last month, lost a no-confidence vote.