Why is everything related to actors and stages when it comes to politics? I've heard the words coined multiple times in the last week and I can't help but wonder... how many fellow american'ts may actually recognize their use in government. I mean.. it's hollywood 2.0 ::|
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I forgot military men, alright. That's actually typical for historical politicians.
Reagan is an outlier for most categories, as is Trump.
You are right in that those are exceptions, but I was talking about contemporary congress and small-time local politicians, especially in Europe.
Merkel has a PhD in technical physics or something like that, but she was forced to enroll by the GDR regime or something and actually wanted to go into humanities.