Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size Apart from his alliterative name-calling and rhyming misogynistic twaddle, what is Donald Trump offering the good folk of the US (“ Why Trump is lost and flailing ”, August 23)? His opposition now has a vitality, a positivity and a desire to restore America’s credibility.

That contrasts starkly with Trump’s promotion of making America great again through lies, political insurgency and denigration of those with opposing views. It would seem more Americans are seeing the light. Lyn Savage, Coogee Screening meme.

Credit: Matt Golding Waleed Aly has accurately assessed the coming of Kamala Harris into the glaring spotlight of the US presidential race. For most of the Biden term, she had seemingly gone missing, perhaps deliberately assigned there by the administration, but she now appears as the new hope and if nothing else, she has created confusion for Trump, whose personal attacks on her have fallen flat, even among Republicans (“ Smalltown coach Walz rallies the team ”, August 23). It will be deliciously ironic if the misogynistic Trump is taken down by a capable woman of colour.

According to insiders, this is becoming increasingly likely, as many swing voters are finally fed up with the lies and insults that have characterised the Trump campaign. More po.