An “October Surprise” in the United States is now almost inevitable, because that will be Donald Trump’s last chance to get re-elected legitimately. He ...
I think that any politician who talks of war will lose hugely.
People want politicians to talk social programs and not warfare.
They can talk bombs and bullets after the election but not before November.
Ah... but what if, say, the Chinese were to bring down some US infrastructure? Remotely, of course, so it's hard to prove or disprove. But certainly the US would need a "strong" president to save the day. It wouldn't be all out war and I suspect that in practice not much would happen except giving the people a good scare so they vote on the "right" side. eg. threats would be made, aircraft carriers would move around for show, and it would all be forgotten come next spring. It would be a very Trump thing to do.
"last chance to get elected legitimately"...lol. Well, he was elected legitimately once and if it happens again it would be the last time because you can only run twice. Just like when Obama was elected in 2012...it was the last time he was elected legitimately. Of course, Gwynne would never refer to Obama that way in a column....but we all know why he said that.
I chuckle at the commentators covering space launches from "nassau" ...
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