An October surprise almost inevitable in U.S.

Donald Trump will need a fake crisis because otherwise the coronavirus is going to kill him politically.

The pandemic is raging again in the United States, and there may be a quarter-million deaths there by election day in November. U.S. ‘deaths per million’ are going up three per day, which means that the U.S. will overtake Chile (now 509) in less than two weeks, Italy (582) in a month, Spain (609) in five weeks. It might even catch up with the U.K. (682) by election day, writes Gwynne Dyer. Image courtesy of Needpix.com

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

August 6, 2020

LONDON, U.K.—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 might try to cling to office even if he loses the vote, but it would be a lot easier and neater if he actually won a majority i...

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