The Nightmare of the Coming American Election
I’m aware that, when people from outside the USA comment about a forthcoming election there, they can receive abusive replies telling them to mind their own business. So this is certainly not a foreign attempt to influence the voters in next week’s election. However, since the majority of Medium writers and readers seem to be American, I thought it would be useful to write the following.
It’s frequently said in Great Britain, where I come from, before any USA election — from a population of over 300 million, are these really the two best candidates that you can come up with? Never was this more true than when Biden and Trump were the two candidates a few months ago, but is the situation any better now that Biden has been replaced by Harris?
The great American novelist Lionel Shriver certainly doesn’t think so. My main purpose here therefore is to draw your attention to the following interview:
Why I loathe Kamala Harris | Lionel Shriver
If you’re thinking that anything would be better than Trump, then this is worth a half-hour of your time. By the way, she doesn’t like Trump either.
So this is my appeal to all American voters. Since the American President is often described as ‘the most powerful person on the planet’, or ‘the leader of the free world’, please can you do whatever it takes to get some credible candidates the next time round. The planet needs better than this.
