Chinese leaders – and many of its citizens – believe the United States is in terminal decline and that President Donald Trump has hastened the inevitable. The troubling story of decay in America paints a different picture in China from that in the rest of the world: the authoritarian model of politics and economics is just as good, if not better, than the liberal democratic model of the “west”.
A dysfunctional America helps China – but hurts Australia and our region | China | The Guardian
While US Republican politicians and conservative commentators were quick to condemn President Trump, not so Australian conservatives, despite their professed love for freedom. Bernard Keane reports.
Coalition, conservatives duck for cover on calls for US democracy – Michael West
You’ve been in or around politics for more than 50 years. How are you feeling about Tuesday’s election? I’m more frightened for my country than I’ve ever been. Another four years of Donald Trump would be devastating. Nonetheless, I suspect Biden will win.
FAQs About What’s Ahead | The Smirking Chimp
If a mother tells her son not to touch a hot stove, and the kid does it anyway, and gets burnt, this isn’t irony. It’s the behaviour we expect from a young boy, and the result we all know will happen. Trump was told by many people that mask-wearing and social distancing would inhibit the spread of the disease; he ignored the advice, and the expected result has occurred. When the subjects are a young boy and his mother, there is a lesson to be imparted when he burns his fingers. But what do we do when the young boy is a septuagenarian, and incapable of learning? Someone who is indolent, resentful, reckless and seemingly incapable of experiencing empathy?
US election: How Trump infantilised the presidency and infected the White House
Trump has been more direct. Back in March, he blasted a different coronavirus rescue package from Democrats, telling Fox News, “The things they had in there were crazy … levels of voting that, if you ever agreed to it, you’d never have a Republican elected in this country again.” The equation was pretty simple: More votes equals fewer Republicans.
via Donald Trump Is Committing A Crime Against Democracy | HuffPost Australia
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Americans will still have a long way to go before they can decide what their country represents. Once they do, Palestinians can begin to care again about what happens in Washington. As a Palestinian contributor to +972, I have been struggling these past weeks with how to write about the US presidential election. Part of the problem is that this year’s nominees have hardly touched on our part of the world. Beyond the shock-jock antics of the Republican candidate or the very real resurgence of hate among the American electorate, this election has revealed America’s distinct lack of awareness about…
Source: Palestinians aren’t counting on Trump or Hillary for their liberation | +972 Magazine
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