Posters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are seen outside Trump’s Nevada caucus night rally in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young
John Lloyd, Reuters: Why Russia and China may cheer for a President Donald Trump
Global threats mount, and on top of the heap a jester gesticulates, roars and guffaws. The United States – no, the world – is in thrall to the Donald Trump reality show, on many days commanding more TV time and newsprint than the rest of the candidates for the presidency combined. The would-be leader of the free world has not spent a day, not an hour, on public service The Celebrity Apprentice statesman has not served a political apprenticeship of any kind.
They love him for it. Cleansed by wealth and fame, he has not been besmirched by active politics.
It’s still unlikely, but no longer inconceivable, that he will be president. Nate Silver of Fivethirtyeight, the man who generally calls it right on how elections go, is still skeptical that he will win the nomination, but much less so. He writes that “things are lining up better for Trump than I would have imagined… it’s not his continued presence in the race that surprises me so much as the lack of a concerted effort to stop him.” The trouble is, the people who would stop him are the Republican establishment. Politicianssss… hiss!
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WNU Editor: China has already warned about a Donald Trump Presidency .... Donald Trump Rattles China. As for Russia .... the media is curious about Donald Trump, but there is no official line from the Kremlin on who would they prefer in the White House .... so far. All they care about is the end of President Obama's term, and a reset in the U.S.-Russian relationship.
In the meantime .... the Republican campaign is getting interesting .... Rubio labels Trump a ‘con artist,’ Trump responds with ‘Mr. Meltdown’: Debate fight spills onto the campaign trail (Washington Post), as well as the Democrat campaign .... Hillary Clinton has a race problem — and it’s resurfacing at a dangerous time (Salon).
Hasn't Putin praised Trump in the past (and been praised by Trump in return)? There is a very widespread perception that Trump is Russia's/Putin's best hope in America.
ReplyDeleteI believe by default Russia and the U.S are very much alike and the biggest problem is that the political class do no represent The will of the people. I personally don't know any American that it has decided that Russians are enemy of America ,no one .
ReplyDeleteHillary is a whole lot of the same, the Russians and Chinese would just love the predictability.
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