"I 'haven't been keeping up with all the issues,"

There's been quite a bit come out over the last two years to the extent that a majority or a large percentage (depending on which poll you read) of USians think it was stolen or at least not free and fair. Additionally it is now pretty much unanimously accepted that Hunter's laptop is indeed Hunter's laptop and, but for the disinformation put together by the FBI, it alone would have swung the election to Trump.

"The question is will he drain the swamp this time?"

If by some miracle he did win, then, yes, he'd be much better prepared for the ferocity of the deep states attempts to overturn the will of the people, and multiple heads would roll. Which is why they can't let him win.

As a student of ancient history, this reminds me of the fate of Tiberius Gracchus. Following many decades of the elite securing all the wealth of the nation (in this case Rome) for itself, the elder Gracchus sought to use the Roman laws to benefit those who had missed out on their share of the increased prosperity. He achieved massive popular support but the elite used every mechanism and lever( legal and illegal) to thwart his efforts. In the end they murdered him.

This was Rome's last best chance to save its democracy. The following century was a story of increasing conflict between the elite and the plebs and their leadership. Each downward step saw increased suppression and oppression, not to mention blood letting on an unprecedented scale, which culminated in the rise of Octavian and the end of the Roman democracy.

Luckily for Rome, it didn't have any major rivals to take advantage its century of mayhem. The US doesn't have that luxury

"There's been quite a bit come out over the last two years to the extent that a majority or a large percentage (depending on which poll you read) of USians think it was stolen or at least not free and fair."
- I've never really felt that the democrats were honorable when it comes to election integrity.
They are cheats, the question is whether Republicans are any better.

"Additionally it is now pretty much unanimously accepted that Hunter's laptop is indeed Hunter's laptop and, but for the disinformation put together by the FBI, it alone would have swung the election to Trump."
- Yes I recall this now that you've refreshed my memory.
The FBI had Burisma whistleblowers including audio evidence on Bidens corruption, and evidence on Hunters laptop proved it.
They kept this information from the public despite being fully aware of the corruption - prior to the 2020 election in order to get Trump out of the Whitehouse.

If you asked me what I thought were the biggest problems in America...
Without thinking too much about it, I'd probably say
1/ Military Industrial (Congressional) Complex
2/ CIA (foreign) and the FBI (domestic)
Both these agencies have covert intelligence and covert action.
- And it's the covert action sides which are most concerning.
The CIA helping to conduct overthrows through the NED
And the FBI's entrapment activities, maybe counterintelligence and civil forfeiture (though I'm not sure the latter is confined to the FBI)
3/ The Israel Lobby.

Leaving aside the FBI activities, I think the other 3 probably amount to a large part of Americas problems,
- although I think if one was to write a more comprehensive list, this would be just the tip of the iceberg.

A Trump Presidency would again bring the ugly mentality of his opponents out in the open.

Not only has China thanked the Albanese government for dudding the US, now Hamas has thanked them for voting in the UN for a ceasefire to cripple Israel.

Great mates Labor has! And the Coalition says bugger all about anything.

Australia has the worst government ever, the worst opposition ever, but dumbarse posters want to argue pointlessly about Donald Trump.

China and North Korea view America as old and weak and ineffective in the image of Biden, like a weary Santa clause giving everyone a free meal. Weakening the values of a strong democracy. There are no strong men putting up their hand to be president except Trump, and the democrats do not like Trump so they must stop him anyway they can.

Nickey Haley is the highest preferred Republican after Trump, but she as a woman in World politics will not hold the authority to Middle Eastern Values where women are viewed as lesser beings.