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COVID won't kill populism, even though populist leaders have crisis badly

  • Written by: Nicholas Gruen, Adjunct Professor, Business School, University of Technology Sydney
COVID won't kill populism, even though populist leaders have crisis badlyAlex Brandon/AP

Three of the world’s most populist leaders of modern times – Donald Trump, Boris Johnson and Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, have handled the COVID crisis badly.

All three have caught it.

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