In Germany politicians are horrified by the duel and argue that Biden should
step back and retire. Both candidates are too old, and the mere thought that
Trump - a convicted felon - might be elected again despite all he has done is
horrifying. Maybe democrats could give Kamala Harris the chance to become the
first female president? But I don't know how popular she is. If president Biden
steps back now then democrats have enough time to pick a suitable candidate. He
did well but is too old for a 2nd term. We can not risk Trump becoming
president again.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/joe-biden-gegen-donald-trump-deutsche-politik-entsetzt-ueber-tv-duell-a-ebf216eb-aa7b-4ce4-904f-e0794f948e4bScottish
historian Niall Ferguson says the United States look increasingly like the
late Soviet Union: senescent leaders who are far too old, a bloated military, a
loss of morality and public cynicism about all
institutions.https://www.thefp.com/p/were-all-soviets-now-J.
-------- Original message --------From: steve smith <[email protected]> Date:
6/29/24 12:06 AM (GMT+01:00) To: [email protected] Subject: [FRIAM] the world
is watching us... What are our Non-USA members hearing/thinking after last
night's debate/debacle?I felt that Biden's Rally today was something necessary
for him (and Jill and the DNC) to do to demonstrate that last night was some
kind of anomaly, but it doesn't erase it, just cleanses the palate a little
bit. I've also been listening to the various "who should the DNC pick in his
place?" talk which is 'natural' but maybe premature to do publicly?I did listen
to an European channel this morning (can't remember if it was England or
German, both have British accented commentators) and there was a report of a
strong "hands-off" response from their leaders. Moscow did pretty much
exactly what you would expect... I haven't heard anything from the Middle East,
Africa, India, China, Southeast Asia or South America yet, but I would expect
the "free world" to be disturbed no matter how things unfold down the line.In
the vernacular, I'd like to believe that we could "elect a ham sandwich"
against the likes of Trump, but that is obviously a biased opinion... maybe we
*should* but that isn't the same as *can*.I don't see how the "West" benefits
in any way from another Trump term... Russia, NK, China maybe? BRICS in the
large, maybe some kind of wash? Central/South/MX America? Can't look too
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