Over the last few weeks you might well have – make that, almost certainly - seen a great deal of news coverage about the Trump/Harris Presidential election debate. Maybe, you asked yourself, ‘What’s this got to do with me?’ The answer is a great deal - and here are ten reasons why the election of Donald Trump would be disastrous, not just for Americans but for all of us. 1.
The economy: Trump is a protectionist. He wants high tariffs on goods entering the US so they don’t compete with American-made made products. The US is our biggest trading partner but the chances of that much talked about post-Brexit free trade deal being negotiated with a Trump administration are close to zero.
2. The Special Relationship: It might have had its occasional ups and downs but the US and the UK have had particularly close ties over many years, but Trump is an isolationist. He has no real interest in anything that is happening outside the borders of the US and that includes Britain.
3. The Far Right: There is no denying that Donald Trump has staked out a position for himself on the far right of the political spectrum. His election would be a great encouragement to the far right in the UK.
What happens in America today, happens in the UK tomorrow - but let’s hope not this time. 4. The climate crisis: The US is the world’s second biggest carbon emitter.
Trump is still denying that there is any such thing as the climate crisis. Under his previous term as president, there was little .