Dear JF Aus,

It can be
difficult to get a clear picture of what each
candidate truly believes and who to trust.
On top of that we don't really know
how Hillary Clinton presents herself in the
US today. Reading her book about her
times in the White House, her coming of age,
et cetera, she did impress me greatly.
However, it was a different time
in the US then. A time of tumultuous social
and political change.
Different times, possibly different expectations.
We'll find out in November

I think it more likely that the outcome will be the result of some externality like a pending war with China over the latter's annexation of the South China Sea or a massive attack on Americans by Islamic State, etc. Historical events have a funny way of changing the result. Given the turmoil in the world at present I would bet that something is going to happen that will carry Trump into the presidency. Doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, that's the way things happen in history.

Mr Opinion,

"....So in this context the idea of Trump constructing a Fortress America does not seem so unlikely to me."

So the super power - the so-called leader of the free world - would turn itself into a cringing, insular, fearful wabbitt led by a 4 times bankrupt spiv realtor who would be 3 times as rich as he is today if he'd invested his money in an index fund and left it alone.

Yeah, that guy.

Dear point,

It's a possibility, The Republicans behaved this way in the decade and a half after World War 1. And Trump is talking about raising tariffs and putting barriers around the country.

PS. That was Dear Poirot.

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that The Forum has a habit of changing one's grammar and spelling?

Nothing sets off the left whingers baying at the moon more than Trump. But the problem is that they have no clue as to why he is so successful. P claims that he is a buffoon, but he has pushed himself to the top on a tiny fraction of money spent by other candidates. The left whingers answer, to organise violent demonstrations against Trump which gives him wall to wall free advertising and pins him as a victim of the left.

Yet what do the left whingers offer the US?

The populist idiot Bernie Sanders with comforting platitudes, and economic policies from the 1960s socialists that appeals to those too young to remember how badly they failed last time.

Or Clinton whose claim to fame is having a husband who achieved almost nothing in 8 years and cheated on her many times, with a personal record of poor decisions in power. Her suitability for POTUS is mostly due to being less likely to damage the US than the other candidates.