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Michael, a 60-year-old trucker who travels between the US and Canada, said he doesn't want to see populist politics in his home country.

His reactionary brand of “America First” nationalism entailed stoking populist skepticism of technological progress, and centering American interests ahead of what he called the emerging “globalist technocracy.”

All of these populist authoritarian figures are all trying to say that the world can be made simple and comprehensible again.

Since he took office last October, this programme, along with other populist policies like new houses and free medical check-ups, has earned him political points.

The "rift" refers to the vast, decades-long gulf in Argentine politics and society between supporters and opponents of the populist political movement Peronism, founded by late President Juan Perón in the 1940s.