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How Will A Trump Presidency Affect Australia ?

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Democratic backsliding is a trend that has been observed in American polity for over a century, long before the arrival of Trump on the political scene, but under his influence, it has accelerated dramatically.

Democratic backsliding is a process of regime change towards autocracy that makes the exercise of political power more arbitrary and repressive.

Backsliding in the US today is a largely Republican-led phenomenon, as attested by decisions made by the Supreme Court (especially those regarding money in politics and gerrymandering), attempts at election subversion, the concentration of political power, growing political violence and White identity politics.

In 2021 the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance added the United States to their list of backsliding democracies, pointing to Trump's attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, as well as state voting laws that disproportionately impact minority groups.

In 2023 a Freedom House report rated the U.S. 83 out of 100, an 11-point drop from its rating of 94 out of 100 in 2011.

And the Economist Democracy Index continued to rate the USA in 2022 as a “flawed democracy” – unchanged since 2016.

If Trump is re-elected president of the US in 2024, there’s no doubt whatsoever that he would immediately transform the so-called “flawed democracy” into an autocracy at his personal service.

He has already vassalized the Republican Party.

He has also emphatically warned all the NATO allies of the US in Europe how he would treat them if and when he becomes president.

That does not leave much room for doubt as to what we in Australia should expect by way of treatment and consideration.

Does it ?

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YouGov in the US, an international online research data and analytics technology organisation, asked 27,797 U.S. adults in a poll in 2022 what the maximum age limit for elected officials should be.

58% said there should be a limit, 21% said there should not be a limit and 21% said they were not sure.

Of the 58% who said there should be a limit the responses were :

Age 60 – 24%
Age 70 – 39%
Age 80 – 23%
Age 90 – 5%
Various other Ages – 9%

Age 70 received the highest mention.

The US Constitution fixes the minimum age limit at 35 but no maximum age limit.

Here is the link to the results of the survey :

http://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/40527-elected-officials-maximum-age-limit-poll?redirect_from=%2Ftopics%2Fpolitics%2Farticles-reports%2F2022%2F01%2F19%2Felected-officials-maximum-age-limit-poll

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They need term limits for senators.
Otherwise the bureaucracy becomes too entrenched and thinks it has more power than the commander in chief, and the Senators have too much free reign to act in the interests of the military industrial complex and endless wars and personal enrichment.

All I am hoping for is that Trump is not re-elected.
That somehow in the US sanity will prevail.

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Miracles do happen, Foxy – but don’t hold your breath !

One thing you can count on is that Trump is too old to change. He will continue to think and act as he always has. If he stumbles and falls, it will be because he is too greedy. It will be his own doing !

Bullying, threatening and intimidating his enemies (i.e., everybody who is not a fan or follower) may not prove to be the most effective way to seduce future voters.

By his own force, he can defeat himself “the gentle way” – which is the meaning of the word “judo” (from the Chinese jou-tao, or roudao).

Stay calm, be brave, take courage and have confidence, Foxy. He is already headed in the right direction, like a bull in a china shop, to his own downfall.

Trust him, Foxy. Trust Trump. He can do it !

You’ll see.

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"That somehow in the US sanity will prevail."

'Sanity' and 'Joe Biden'? Ewww
- Even a 5 year can figure this one out.

Time for a little bit of Sesame Street I think Foxy

Classic Sesame Street - Kermit and Susan play 'One of these things is NOT like the other one'
http://youtu.be/gCxrkl2igGY

The guys senile, if he's unfit to stand as a witness he's unfit to be president, end of story.

And the people have already spoken on Nikki Haley
- They gave preference to 'None of the above'

She's a Democrat in Republican clothing anyways...