Keep J.D. Vance from the throne, even at the cost of putting up with Trump

Democracy in the United States would probably not survive a ‘president’ J.D. Vance who took power long enough before the 2028 election—whether by succession to a physically incapacitated or criminally implicated Trump or simply by a putsch—to rig the vote. Just look at him. You know it’s true. So put up with Trump. Within limits, of course.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice-President J.D. Vance, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, pictured on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in the Oval Office. The arrival of Trump 2.0 has been a shock to both the global trading system and the alliance structures that had prevailed since the 1950s, writes Gwynne Dyer.

LONDON, U.K.—I would rather eat worms than write about the current hullabaloo on the American right over the conspiracy theories about pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his various pals and accomplices. The temptation is just to sit back and enjoy watching the MAGA revolution ...

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