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Why I’m Even More Glad I’m Australian
I’ve been watching news about the upcoming US election, where it’s likely to be a race between the current President, Biden, against the former President, Trump. And at the moment today 8 July 2024, Joe Biden is looking a little bit shaky in his run for re-election, in my opinion, and that of many others.
The thought of Trump becoming President again is even more worrying than having an aging President with slight mind slips when he is having a debate, and doing other things, when he’s been about and about in public. Donald Trump learnt his lines and performed them well in that debate, if learning lines and performing them is all that is needed, rather than telling the truth, that is …
But for me, watching all of that from a great distance, living in a quiet little township in rural South Australia, the thought of a liar who has little care for anyone but himself, but has hoodwinked may voters and others, so they are following him, and likely to go on to vote for him? Oh I can feel the nuclear weapons warming up, and world war three getting ready to hit the entire world, even in my cosy little place of rest …
Is there anything I can do, though, to stop Trump from weaselling his way back into power? No, I don’t think so, not really. I can write an article about being scared about what migh happen, which may make other people think about these things, and it they also write, or talk about these things, it could spread, and by the time the US elsection happens later on in 2024, the word could have spread, and people end up not voting for Trump at all, because he’s finally understood as being a very bad choice as President, and he’s actually locked up in prison …
Am I dreaming, could this be reality? Oh, I sure hope so, and much of the thinking world hopes so too, wherever we live. We may live a long way away, but war could bring the horrors much closer than we realised.
I’m a believer in the power of GOOD, and I sincerely hope there are many others who also believe in the power of good — looking at the recent UK election, it seems the voters have made a fine decision, and have a fine Prime Minister again at last.
That gives me some hope. And in the French elections held recently, it seems some good things have happened too — are these…
