Other parts of it. But on top of ukraine, between ukraine and the baltic states, is the large and still quite soviet country of belarus. Belarus did become an independent country when the soviet union collapsed in 1991. They established a new form of government. They constituted themselves as the republic of belarus. They held an election for president of that republic for the first time in 1994. In that first election in 1994, they picked this guy, alexander lukashenko, to be their first ever president. Again, they picked him in 1994. He is still there today. I say that belarus is kind of soviet because belarus is often described as europes last dictatorship, and he is the dictator. But belarus is both effectively a dictatorship and also nominally its a republic. It is a place that holds elections. And those two things may seem contrary, that you would be a dictatorship but also one that holds elections. But in practice, those two things often come together. I mean if you think about
Is the large nation of ukraine. Lots of news about ukraine in recent years. Russia recently took part of that country. Russia is currently occupying other parts of it. But on top of ukraine, between ukraine and the baltic states, is the large and still quite soviet country of belarus. Belarus did become an independent country when the soviet union collapsed in 1991. They established a new form of government, they constituted themselves as the republic of belarus. They held an election for president of that republic for the first time in 1994. In that first election in 1994, they picked this guy, alexander lukashenko, to be their first ever president. Again, they picked him in 1994. He is still there today. I say that belarus is kind of soviet. Because belarus is often described as europes last dictatorship. And he is the dictator. But belarus is both effectively a dictatorship and also nominally, its a republic. Its a place that holds elections. And those two things may seem contrary t
The president elect decided to spend the period between his election and inauguration, he held a whole bunch of campaignstyle rallies. This is something that literally no president elect had ever done before in the runup to his inauguration, because if youve just been elected president of the United States, especially for the first time, theres just too much to do. There are tons of vital briefings. You have to staff the whole federal government. You to plan how to govern. But this president elect, he held a whole bunch of selfcongratulatory rallies in which he relived the glory of Election Night over and over. He bragged about his victory, attacked all the politicians he had beaten and all the media who he said had done him wrong. It was simply unlike anything that this country had ever seen before. This show the New York Times reported on his first rally three and a half weeks after the election. Quote, kicking off what was billed as a thank you tour, mr. Trump was incendiary and pri
In that first election in 1994, they picked this guy, alexander lukashenko, to be their first ever president. Again, they picked him in 1994. He is still there today. I say that belarus is kind of soviet because belarus is often described as europes last dictatorship, and he is the dictator. But belarus is both effectively a dictatorship and also nominally its a republic. It is a place that holds elections. And those two things may seem contrary, that you would be a dictatorship but also one that holds elections. But in practice, those two things often come together. I mean if you think about it, right, basically by definition, if you are an authoritarian leader, if youre a dictator, you dont believe in like checks and balances in government, right . You dont believe in anybody else in government, anybody else in any position in your country being able to interfere with you just dictating what you want to happen and getting it. By definition, right . Authoritarian leaders and dictators
Spend the period between his election and inauguration. He held a whole bunch of campaignstyle rallies. Now, this was something that literally no president elect had ever done before in the runup to his inauguration because if youve just been elected president of the United States, especially for the first time, theres just too much to do. There are tons of vital briefings. You have to staff the whole federal government. You have to, you know, plan how to govern. But this president elect, he held a whole bunch of selfcongratulatory rallies in which he relived the glory of Election Night over and over. He bragged about his victory, attacked all the politicians he had beaten and all the media who said had done him wrong who he said had done him wrong. It was simply unlike anything that this country had ever seen before. This is how the New York Times reported on his first rally 3 1 2 weeks after the election. Quote, kicking off what was billed as a thankyou tour, mr. Trump was incendiary