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A Trump loss could stabilise US politics for a generation
The lesson of 2024 so far is that American populists have no replacement for the former president’s star power.
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If Donald Trump loses, there is an underrated chance that America and its politics will stabilise for a generation.
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Janan Ganesh
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There is such a thing as an unimportant US presidential election. Had Mr Bill Clinton lost to Mr Bob Dole in 1996, or Mr George W. Bush to Mr John Kerry the other side of the millennium, there is no reason to believe we would now inhabit a greatly different world.
So when I suggest that Nov 5, 2024, is a hinge moment in history, don’t murmur: “Journalists say this every damn time.”
