http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/donald-trump-brexit-224795 Can Trump repeat the Brexit miracle?
The parallels are there, but key differences still spell trouble for the presumptive GOP nominee.
By Eli Stokols
06/24/16 06:19 PM EDT
A mix of economic anxiety and populist anger. Furor over immigration and it accompanying culture shift. And charismatic, unconventional politicians whipping up a frenzied following over the need to reclaim a national identity that is supposedly being wiped away.
Indeed, the run-up to Great Britain’s surprise vote to leave the European Union would look familiar to anyone who’s watched Donald Trump’s shock run to the top of the Republican party. That’s certainly how Trump himself sees it. “Many people are equating BREXIT, and what is going on in Great Britain, with what is happening in the U.S. People want their country back!” Trump tweeted.
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