To me, both brexit and part of Trump campaign were predicated on the idea that some pie in the sky 'deals' could be made and that everything would be amazing after these deals happened. For Brexit, I think the leave campaign sold an unrealistic idea that leaving the EU would get rid of all their problems but keep all the good things about being in the EU. That just was never possible. Similarly, Trump claimed all these deals like Iran nuclear, NAFTA, and trade policy/tariffs/deficits would be shredded and he would negotiate insanely better deals as if there were no other sides involved that aren't just going to take inferior deals.
So to me, now that people can see the truth in what the actual best deal is for leaving the EU, there may be some validity in asking for an additional referendum.
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