Sunday, October 04, 2020

"Not Donald Trump" is not enough


The childish display of pique in the debate between Trump and Biden showed up the nature of Donald Trump for anybody who was prepared to see it. His dismissal of Covid-19 has now met the irony of the president getting the virus himself.

The Daily Star is a paper I don't read but they collected a number of Trumpisms for their front page.



However, the Biden campaign"strategy" of being the candidate who is "Not Donald Trump" can never be enough. Voters need to see a difference between the candidates. It is unfortunate that Bernie Sanders did not want to split the anti-Trump vote because if he stood against the two capitalist candidates he would provide a rallying point for those who reject the Donald and all his works.

Meanwhile Sir Keir Starmer who has been calm under questioning from the BBC appears to have a strategy of being the candidate who is "Not Boris Johnson". The electorate deserve a genuine anti-capitalist alternative so I welcome the fact that the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition will be offering such an alternative.

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