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the lawmakers and leaders that evoke
intense reactions from their supporters
and their haters in order for someone to
be considered
they can’t be universally hated or
acknowledged as pure evil like Adolf
Hitler they have to have a base that
supports them and detractors that point
out there flaws
number 10 Hillary Clinton well no it’s
the fact Hillary has a list of
achievements that puts many other
politicians to shame she was first lady
for eight years senator from New York
Secretary of State under former
presidential rival President Obama and
the first woman in a major US political
party to be nominated for president for
many she is a powerful feminist figure
in politics and particularly loved by
the left but she is also equally
vilified perhaps most infamous is her
handling of Benghazi and her private
email server many feel that choosing
such a polarizing candidate ultimately
cost the Democrats the 2016 US election
number 9 Benjamin Netanyahu the short
version is I think it’s an issue but I
don’t think it’s the issue
the man they call Bibi is a juggernaut
in Israeli politics he was Israel’s
ambassador to the UN from 1984 to 88 and
was elected four times as the country’s
prime minister but as popular as
Netanyahu is among conservatives in both
his own country and abroad he is less
liked by parts of the left and groups
that oppose the continuing violence of
the israeli-palestinian conflict he also
clashed with President Obama on a few
occasions over issues like the continued
building of Israeli settlements and the
2015 Iran nuclear deal
analysts say President Obama and Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
despise each other as long as Bibi stays
popular in his home
and though it doesn’t look like he’ll be
going anywhere number eight george w
bush you will meet that threat now with
our Army Air Force Navy Coast Guard and
Marines w’s presidency was controversial
from day one as he lost the popular vote
and was chosen as the ultimate winner of
the 2000 election by the Supreme Court
though his sky-high poll numbers
following 9/11 gave him unprecedented
popularity and power he chipped away at
that goodwill throughout the rest of his
administration the Iraq war became a
costly seemingly endless endeavor his
handling of Hurricane Katrina was
considered generally weak and he ended
up presiding over the worst American
economy since the Great Depression
while nobody would argue against his
leadership skills in the aftermath of
September 11th almost everything he did
after that was seen less than positively
by the masses number 7 rosetta heap
air21 during air diwan’s 11-year prime
ministership in the 2000s he attempted
to bring turkey into the 21st century by
negotiating the country’s acceptance
into the European Union improving the
economy and reducing the power of the
Turkish military but shortly after air
Dewan became president in 2014 he was
caught up in corruption scandals and
even accusations of abuse of power
against dissident groups by the time he
assumed the presidency the situation in
Turkey had become downright volatile
with air Dhawan reportedly repressing
the power of the Free Press and media
leading to an unsuccessful coup in July
2016
following a 2017 referendum that
basically granted him unlimited
presidential power many see him as a
dictator in the making number 6 Silvio
Berlusconi a media Titan before he was a
major political player in Italy
Berlusconi’s three non-consecutive terms
made him the longest-serving Prime
Minister of post-war Italy but despite
his victories his tenure in office was
marred by corruption scandals and a
struggling economy during his third and
final term that being said Berlusconi is
probably more known for all the mayhem
he caused out of office it would take
too long to run down everything he’s
infamous for
but some of the lowlights include his
involvement in an underage sex scandal
possible ties to the Mafia and his
legendarily outspoken demeanor which has
landed him in hot water more than a few
times number 5
Richard Nixon I want one that’s warm on
the outside but I want one who when the
tough decisions are made is cold and
tough it’s easy to forget all the
progress Nixon made in the early years
of his presidency he was the first u.s.
president to visit the People’s Republic
of China initiated date on with the
Soviet Union and finally ended u.s.
involvement in Vietnam
despite his massive popularity going
into his second term he was brought down
by one infamous compound word Watergate
the break-in and it’s suing scandal
destroyed trust in the federal
government and Nixon specifically it was
as his successor called it a quote long
national nightmare in the end
Nixon’s legacy is split some admire the
progress he made in his early years
while others were vile the mistakes he
made in his later ones number 4 Vladimir
Putin the man who put Russia back on the
map to being a superpower Putin is
beloved by many in his home country
where he’s portrayed as some sort of
superhero but internationally and in
leftist Russian circles the view of him
is much less favorable Putin’s cold
brutal rule has resulted in what many
see as suppression of liberties in
Russia specifically his antagonism
against journalists and the Free Press
he’s also supportive of regimes that
have blatantly violated human rights
such as bashar al-assad’s in syria a lot
of times it seems like Putin is unafraid
of returning to the status quo of the
Cold War and that scares a lot of people
number 3 Margaret Thatcher when the UK
was at its lowest point in the late 70s
its first female prime minister came
along to try to set things right
regard it equally for her leadership and
her status as an icon for women the Iron
Lady brought Britain out of a period of
economic stagnation by rejecting the
post-war consensus and lessening the
country’s reliance on welfare
these policies later became known as
Thatcherism how
despite her success at the time harsh
critics of Thatcherism remain vocal
referring to the fact that even though
the economy may have improved
unemployment did not
despite her looming stature in Britain’s
history Thatcher remains a polarizing
figure in her homeland number 2 Fidel
Castro few men in the world have been as
idolized and at the same time as hating
as Cuba’s Fidel Castro a years after the
Cuban Revolution the impact and legacy
of Fidel Castro’s decades-long rule
continues to be debated
despite cutting off his country from the
rest of the world
he brought Cuba into a new era freeing
it from the hand of American imperialism
and becoming iconic among anti
capitalists and members of the far left
still his cult of personality was
evidence of a totalitarian rule in his
country despite his responsibility in
raising parts of the standard of living
in Cuba Castro is also characterized as
a ruthless leader not only supposedly
suppressing liberties but also aligning
himself with regimes like the Soviet
Union an alliance that almost led to
full nuclear war in 1962 before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
number one Donald Trump guards are very
gentle with him he’s walking out like
your big high fives smiling laughing
like to punch him in the face I’ll tell
you he didn’t have any political
experience he lobbed insults like they
were going out of style he endured so
many scandals that would have ended
anyone else’s career he was up against a
qualified but equally polarizing
candidate despite it all Donald Trump
became president he was able to tap into
something in Americans and ride it to
the top his White House tenure has
proven equally polarizing with
continuing scandals personnel turnovers
and rampant Twitter rants driving him to
the lowest approval ratings of any US
president yet his supporters stand by
him ensuring that President Trump
continues to be one of the most
controversial figures in political
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