On the eve of the US Presidental, it is worth reflecting that this is now the third election where Donald Trump has been on the ballot. Initially dismissed as a joke candidate who would not make it past the primary, his brand of post-truth and divisive politics has dominated the last decade of US politics.
In the six years since I started this blog, I have written various posts about Trump’s politics and its negative influence on the world. These are listed below:
Qasem Soleimani: murdered by the United States
Pandemics are no time for inward-looking nationalism
The US election – why sometimes voting for the lesser evil is right
Trump loses the Presidency, but Trumpism lives on
The ugly finale of the Trump Presidency
The US withdraws from Afghanistan and the inevitable happened
Democracy is on the Ballot – watershed US midterms this week
The 2022 midterms and what happens next in US politics
Trump is not, and never has been, fit for public office. Yet he remains a force to be reckoned with. He has never won the popular vote, and the majority of Americans, including many in ‘red’ states, oppose him. But to beat him, people need to vote……
Nick Kelly 