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The Charade of the past 18 months is over

 Yesterday was Super Tuesday, where many Republicans picked their candidate for the presidency.  If you thought there was suspense, think again, Trup who started with a 3:1 advantage got almost exactly that percentage of total support.  Now, and until November the US political system has shifted to the real elections. 

Of course, the question is will Donald Trump be able to turn it around.  Famously, he is unable to read from the teleprompter, he has a habit of saying almost anything that goes through his head, and his reality is the only one that counts.  As one politician once said, it takes advanced narcissism to run for the highest office, this characteristic is not particular to Americans, it's exactly the same thing here.

As for the Americans each Trump and Biden present challenges, but for foreigners there is no discernable difference between the two.  Both are economic nationalists, fundamentally isolationist, one because he believes it and the other because the only person that is of any importance is him.  Trump will be more forthright, with the abandonment of Nato because he is a huge admirer of Putin.  Biden knows that America's adventurism has always been punished, America doesn't need the world.  

For Americans there is a massive difference between the two; Trump will first seek vengeance against his real and perceived enemies, and further push America's legal system to the far right.  That is now evidently the right's plan.  Biden will be 84, and the reality is that voting for him is likely to mean a vote for Harris his vice president...time will tell.  That analysis is also true for Trump.

In a few days Trump got the Supreme Court to give him his 14th amendment walking papers with a 9-0 vote that he is allowed to be in all ballot papers. for the primaries.  This is of course a double-edged sword since it is entirely possible that the Supreme will vote against his Presidential immunity -- but its too early to tell if he will get away with murder.  

The other dates that are of importance are the two conventions where each Trump and Biden will be confirmed as the pick for their party.  The real race has finally begun for America as the world watches on

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