A Rising
Perhaps you recall how and where you learned of Trump’s triumph over Clinton four years ago and loss to Biden this past weekend. For me, the bad election night news in 2016 came from a flight attendant while I was en route to China. The good news this year arrived via a Saturday morning phone call from India, asking me to do a TV interview on Biden’s win. It jolted me awake far better than my morning coffee was doing.
However, the strongest memory that word of Biden trumping Trump triggered for me was Philippine People Power: the massive demonstrations, witnessed across the world, that toppled long-entrenched autocrat Ferdinand Marcos in 1986. But also the televised celebrations that immediately ensued.
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