2024-11-04
11 分钟The Economist Hi, John Priddo here.
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Next week, tens of millions of Americans will vote for Donald Trump.
Some will do so out of grievance
because they think Kamala Harris is a radical Marxist who will destroy their country.
Some are fired up by national pride because Mr Trump inspires in them the belief that,
with him in the White House, America will stand tall.
Yet some will coolly opt to vote Trump as a calculated risk.
This last group of voters, which includes many readers of The Economist,
may not see Mr Trump as a person they would want to do business with or any kind of role model for their children.
But they probably think that when he was President he did more good than bad.
They may also believe the case against him is wildly overblown.
Central to this calculation is the idea that Mr Trump's worst instincts would be constrained by his staff,
the bureaucracy, Congress and the courts.
This newspaper sees that argument as recklessly complacent.
America may well breeze through four more years of Mr Trump
as it has the presidencies of other flawed men from both parties.