With just months away from the 2024 presidential election, Trump is even better positioned to win the White House than at any point in his previous campaigns. To supporters, the prospect of Trump 2.0, unconstrained and backed by a disciplined movement of true believers, offers revolutionary promise. To much of the rest of the nation and the world, it represents an alarming risk.
If I lived in Europe I'd be really worried, as Trump simply cannot be trusted to protect Europe from its major security threat — Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Thank God I live in Australia though because our main security challenge is China, and Trump's attitude towards the Chinese dictator is nothing like his infatuation with Putin. China is still a major security threat to the US under Trump who will want to see China bottled up, far from where it could pose a threat to Australia.
Australia could not defend itself alone against a superpower of 1.5 billion people, and still needs America. Moreover, Australia's interests will still converge with a Trump-led America, even if our values do not.
While it looks likely that the "horror clown" will return to the White House, don't worry about the world coming to an end after the election. It's already the day after the election in Australia.
