It's amazing how much the world knows about American politics. I wouldn't be surprised if they knew more about American politics then the politics in their own country.
It's not just American politics, that's the reason I said the world. I lived this before in my home country, and now here in Germany it is not so different. It's the Zeitgeist.
It's all about persecution. Many people have done this around the world and at different periods in the past. Sometimes it causes societies to collapse. Like the persecution of middle man minorities which led to economic collapse. Or German persecution of Jews. Or Venezuela persecuting the Rich and look how they are doing now.