It is difficult for Brits to properly understand a US culture - hence "two nations separated by a common language" which is attributed to George Bernard Shaw.
Healthcare, right to bear arms, social security (universal credit etc) are all issues which we view differently. The Tory right wing gets close to the US, but UK politics centres around what could be described as moderate democrat.
I find Trump a reprehensible character - a bully, narcissistic, lying, fundamentally ill informed and ignorant. He is inarticulate as soon as he goes off script, and surrounds himself only with sycophants (he fires the rest).
But he does know how to tell a part of the electorate what they want to hear. He also has the benefit of a weak opposition - another virtual geriatric rather than someone with energy, drive ambition and imagination.
So there is, sadly, a real chance that he will be re-elected.
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