Between more war in Ukraine or more war in Palestine, ‘Trump v Biden’ is a grim choice for the world
THE US presidential election increasingly resembles a ghoulish farce without anything resembling an amusing punch line to anticipate.
Barring some unexpected turn, Joe Biden and Donald Trump will face off against each other once more, two elderly men both displaying clear signs of cognitive impairment. Each routinely confuses countries and people, indicating unfitness for office without taking other considerations into account.
Much comment focuses on the risks for democracy in the US of a Trump victory, given his evident Mussolini-like tendencies. Indeed, the US is an unhappy marriage of an archaic and unworkable constitution and extreme culture war polarisation, presided over by a ruling class wallowing in its own cupidity.
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