Tuesday 10 November 2020

10 Weeks Of Carnage Coming Up

There are many differences between the British and American elections, one of which is in Britain as soon as you are voted out the removal van is at the front door and the new Prime Minister is measuring for curtains while you are still packing whereas in America the outgoing President still has 10 weeks until they have to vacate the premises.
There seems to be bit of a flaw in the plan there because the outgoing President, knowing he has lost, can either have a massive sulk and go play golf for the next two and a half months or if they are the vindictive type, lay some powerful landmines for the new guy and settle some old scores.
Trump's Twitter had already been used to sack one guy, Defence Secretary Mark Esper, and Dr Anthony Fauci, the US infectious disease specialist who has contradicted Mr Trump's Coronavirus claims, would do well to turn off his phone as before the election, Trump made noises that he could be next on the list to be downgraded (he can't sack him outright) along with FBI director Christopher Wray and CIA director Gina Haspel.
Biden may be able to undo much of the Trump damage with the Paris Accord, Iran, China and the World Health Organisation, but being the type of character to not be gracious in defeat, Trump is unlikely to spend the next 10 weeks just patiently waiting for the end of his term which doesn't bode well for an America already being ravaged by a virus that the outgoing President didn't even do the basics to avoid killing hundreds of thousands of them.
They may need to look again at that 10 week rule.

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