Monday 4 November 2024

The US election race is so close it could be dangerous

There is almost nothing in it. The polls, very rarely the most reliable of sources, think Kamala Harris is edging it but only by a point here and there, whereas Trump has probably got Pennsylvania under wraps, an absolutely key state. With a volatile election like this, the closeness of the race means there will be angry disputes up and down the country whoever wins. Nothing is going to be cut and dried. The only saving grace is that Trump is not the incumbent president, so if he starts knocking on the White House door if he has lost, no one will let him in. When he lost as the incumbent president in 2020, he just refused to accept defeat. There was even talk of the top military chiefs having to go and get him out of the White House. Trump believes beyond doubt that the nation's voters will put him back in the White House, and if Kamala wins, he will no doubt refuse to accept the result. He is a very very bad loser. But the chances are he will win by a tiny margin and he will then claim that actually he won by a very large margin. He loves playing with numbers. The only person celebrating in the UK will be Nigel Farage who genuinely believes that he should be appointed ambassador to the US if Trump wins. Tomorrow is a HUGE day. Good luck all American citizens praying for a Kamala miracle.

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