In some ways, it may be useful to understand the Trump phenomenon through the lens of Iraqi firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. That is not to suggest that Trump is the moral equivalent of Sadr; he is no murderer or terrorist. But, just as with Trump in the United States, Sadr has long been a household name in Iraq, even if Muqtada has sought to capitalize on it largely at the expense of the reputation for intelligence and religious sincerity built by his father, father-in-law, and brothers.
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