World Leader Power Rankings

Here's the new power rankings of world leaders. The last one was posted on November 6.

Rank	Leader	Country	Previous Rank
1	Xi Jiangping	China	1
2	Vladimir Putin	Russia	2
3	Jacinda Ardern	New Zealand	3
4	Recep Tayyip Erdogan	Turkey	9
5	Abiy Ahmed	Ethiopia	5
6	Kim Jong-un	North Korea	7
7	Justin Trudeau	Canada	Not Ranked
8	Mokgweetsi Masisi	Botswana	Not Ranked
9	Nana Akufo-Addo	Ghana	Not Ranked
10	Joao Lourenco	Angola	Not Ranked

1. China's main problem has been the trade war with the U.S., which has hurt the U.S> much harder. But tensions seem to have eased a bit, helping Xi, the president for life, a bit more comfortable.

2. The person who stood to gain the most from U.S. President Donald Trump's intimidation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is Putin. Now if Trump is kicked out of office, that won't be so great for the Russian autocrat. It's better to have a Russian puppet/asset in the White House if you ask Putin.

3. Ardern wowed on Colbert after showing what good governance is.

4. The U.S.'s confused policy in Syria has helped Erdogan take a bit more control in the region, especially against the Turks' old enemy, the Kurds.

5. Ahmed, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, continues to try to reform Ethiopia despite assassination attempts, the entrenched establishment, and a far distance to go for Ethiopia to be considered free.

6. With Trump becoming less relevant, Kim doesn't have his dance partner. He hasn't made much big news on the world scene lately. But he's just one nuclear threat away from "shooting" up the top ten list.

7. Trudeau won another election recently despite the discovery that he dressed up as the cast of Birth of a Nation. No truth to the rumor he gave his latest inauguration in hammer pants and a face-full of a mascara.

8. Masisi leads a free prosperous nation in Sub-Saharan Africa. He even been a critique his predecessor, who happens to be the son of the Father of the Nation.

9.  Akufo-Addo beat the incumbent in 2017 and also leads a free African country. He certainly has received criticism for undermining the Constitution, but it's nothing like ripping it up and installing himself as president for life.

10. Joao Lourenco is the autocratic leader of Angola, but he's less autocratic than his extremely autocratic predecessor, which is a step int he right direction.