Do you think Donald Trump's rise to prominence in the 2016 presidential race was one of a kind? If you thought yes, then you may be in for a surprise. Kakuei Tanaka was one of the wealthiest men in post-WWII Japan. His construction company made outrageous profits by rebuilding the heavily bombed Japanese homeland. Tanaka succeeded in gaining office on a platform of being a man-of-the-people. His political rallies were unlike any of his competitors and his oration was fiery and full of criticism of his competition. If a potential Trump presidency will be anything like his Japanese counterpart, the United States is in for a tough four years.
Read about Kakuei Tanaka's scandalous political career here at historybuff.com.
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