What does a Trump victory mean for the US and for us?

The US is a very polarised country. If Trump wins and does start to implement some of the radical policies mentioned the country could well be heading for civil war. A US caught up in internal strife could well give autocrats around the world the green light to do what they want ( far worse than their actions now). So Harris needs to win and Trump needs to end up behind bars

Clearly a Trump win could prove disastrous for us all and the rise of the far right both nationally and internationally has to be resisted. Democracy has been and is being sold off to the highest bidder as political parties morph into one common neo liberal, monetarist ideology, both in the US and the UK. Here the Tories and Labour are practically one in the same while the markets, ie big money, seem to rule the roost. How the neo liberals parties could work with the left is difficult to imagine, it would involve a major shift in the ruling ideology and how it's reported in the media and the press. However the reduction in inequality and the redistribution of wealth that would be required is to be welcomed. With regard to the US I am particularly concerned for the women as Trump and his cronies work hard to seize control of their bodies and their reproductive choices. Criminal in my opinion.

Jack, you cannot be too sure. Who would have thought when Putin was elected in Russia in 2001 that he would have ordered an attack on the Ukraine ? Then there are the war crimes being enacted against Gaza and everyone else in the region by the Netanyahu regime in Israel - Making Muslims & Jewish people around the world feel less safe. The danger of nuclear weapons in the hands of Trump and Putin feels us all with fear. Europe needs to stand together against this growing fascism. This includes Cymru, Scotland, Ireland and England.

Antinwoke equals bigot. He stands for men in power and women as subjects. His make America great again is a hard to 1950s. So no black rights and no women's. He caused an insurrection. He will create civil war. Trump has no policies just lies, Harris has set out policies

Yes it has been thrown about. But if your going to refuse to condemn or distance yourself from white nationalists, call neo-nazis very fine people after they killed a protester, or incite an insurrection in an attempt to overturn democracy then the label is appropriate.

For us it will mean whatever Clark of Kent wants it to mean...he has is own way of thinking...

Trump has already told the world what he will do, he will go after the press and politicians that called him out correctly (he wonders if he can use the army to that). he will drop Ukraine onto putins lap. He will try to set his family up as a dynasty in control of the US. His words. His other words absolutely guarantee his claims of cognitive health are completely false. He often stumbles and bumbles his way through many a stand up, he is incoherent and confused yet he bleated on about Biden. And if Trump has to stand down as No47, then that leaves the door open for Vance and he is a really nasty piece of work. Trump will burn the world to line his pockets. When his ex Chief of Staff describes his thoughts on Hitler, you should listen to him. Musk has stopped the payouts, the authorities got interested and asked for details (and there is an interesting article on his regular contact with Putin). And we have many UK politicians that look to trump and the heritage foundation for succour (Dowden boasted on his speech there). They are happy for the convictions and his attitude to women, that should tell you a lot about our politicos and people that want him to win. Interesting to see who is up in front of the beak for election meddling last election and who is in jail for it and links directly to Trump. Guilliani is skint cos of his comments on officials got tested in court and now he has to pay for it but trump always walks away. Speaking of paying for it, anyone seen his 100k watch for sale? Interesting story behind that one. I really hope Harris wipes the floor with him, he ran away scared from a second debate cos she stood up to him and used things called facts. But trump is setting the scene for a nation riot should he lose. The far right, fascist, whatever, the names fit.

Most people know what 'far right' means in the broader sense and for sure they are on the rise

Trump is already laying the ground for his storm troopers to run riot if he loses. He tried it in 2020, failed, he now knows how far he has to go to cheat again. Already there are fires in post boxes carrying votes, and election official in lace that have admitted they would refuse to certify votes if trump failed in that area. He has judges in his back pocket. Can only wonder what putin has on him.

My over the top cents worth. No-one who hasn't lived in rural US (like I have) can possibly understand the MAGA movement and the evil of the satanic entourage that follow Trump. People in the US are not fundamentally 'like us'. They don't have any idea or knowledge of who (or where) we are or the lives we (try to) live. They don't care. It's not 'politics' or money - it's religion. They (half of them) are in the grip of the religious psychology and the emotional impact of the 'Left Behind' Series of books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. These (and other) books on the 'End of Days' and 'The Rapture' have immense power and biblical influence on US Christian fundamentalists and MAGA. All this compounded by Fox News and musk-based social media. Truly, we are in the 'Time of Tribulation'! People in Cymru have NO IDEA of... what is COMING! Should Starmer and the Lafur government 'work with' a Trump presidency? Well you should know the (expletive) answer to that.

Trump withdrew from the INF treaty that Reagan and Gorbachev signed in the 80s that compelled both countries to reduce their nuclear stockpile. Trump also moved the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal, then nearly started a war with them when they assassinated one of their generals, and of course called Putin a genius for invading Ukraine. Therefore I am very skeptical that Trump will resort to isolationism if he comes back to power, if anything he will escalate the conflict in the Middle East even further and try to start a war with Iran.

With a large amount of former Trump appointed Gov, military and legal officials, now saying he is either unfit for office, opposing his re election, and in some cases endorsing his opponent, Kamala Harris, I would have thought the alarm bells would be ringing for a lot of American voters, but as with a certain Mr Hitler, with his foorsoldiers on the streets ( proud boys etc), and the press and large sections of the media on his side, this vote could go either way. Personally I hope he loses.

Packing the Govt. with Trump devotees seems similar to this Labour Govt. with their cronyism. Perhaps Trump got the idea when he met Starmer.

Trump claims to be a successful businessman, self made, but started with cash from his father. Trump vodka failed, Trump airlines failed, Trump steaks failed, Trump university failed, and paid millions out in compensation. 6 times between 1991 and 2009 Trump hotel and casino businesses have declared bankruptcy. He claims to have been in, and is in great health, passing all medicals with flying colours, except the most important one, the Army medical he failed for Vietnam service, cheated on his first wife, with his second, cheated on a pregnant wife with a porn star, called captured American war veterans " suckers and losers" . He has a devoted following, go figure, as they say state side.

A dark side to humanity has been cultivated in both the US and the UK for some time. A gamut of false narratives and grievance of varying extremes has been washed down with celebrity garbage. The Right Wing always does this. Whip up a mob and cream off their votes. The corporate centrists can't fight it off and the Left are too busy engaging in Sino-Russo apologetics apparently swayed by the mistaken belief that those two states are somehow benign socialist internationalist players whose attempts at a "multi-polar world" will bring us all to some sunlight uplands. Depressing.

Sorry but Gareth is spot on (he should of added about what he said to John McCain being captured as well), he was born with a spoon in his mouth, just because your rich doesn't make you a genius, do you really think he understands or even cares to understand what ordinary people think? He appeals to the misinformed and disillusioned (I know as I have lived there). I'm not saying that the Democrats are any better but Trump certainly is not the answer, and if definitely a threat to democracy who should have been disqualified from ever running from office again after January 6th, 2021. There is a lot about the left wing that I dislike, but give me a woke President over a Putinesque one any day!!

There is no good outcome here, both liars with dark sides.

Yes, I am surprised he could be re elected, regardless of money, he is a convicted sex offender, that alone should tell the electorate of his character, not one I would want leading our country , but it seems like many are happy to overlook this and sing his praises.

It's curious how Trump's supporters and opponents are united in believing that his second term would be very different to his first. Yes, his hangers-on have more of a plan this time, but should they take power, they will still have to deal with an incompetent and increasingly senile Chief Executive, and a political system perfectly designed to prevent any government from getting anything done, whether good or bad. Project 2025, if implemented, would certainly make the US a darker place; but though you wouldn't know it from UK media reporting, matters of US domestic politics are of limited relevance to the rest of the world. US foreign policy is of huge significance, but that will continue to be made by the military-industrial complex regardless of who wins. The one thing that would disrupt US foreign policy would be a disputed result followed by a civil war, which in my view would be the best possible outcome, not for Americans but certainly for the rest of us. As long as they're preoccupied with their own problems, we might get some much-needed peace.  One thing that won't happen is the centre making common cause with the left to resist Trump. Centrist strategy, such as it is, will remain the same: keep flapping around to give the impression of activity, and hope that something (probably something or other to do with AI) comes along to save them before the whole thing collapses completely.

A Trump win in the USA could conceivably render NATO pretty much obsolete, at least in the form that we've effectively been accustomed to it over the last seventy-odd years. Europe would then need to look much more to its own defence in the context of a more isolationist USA. However, Brexit in the UK, the continuing political success of Fidesz in Hungary and recent political trends in Slovakia - plus one or two other political shifts as well - suggest that we're not exactly in a positive position to do that. Putin may think that his prospects in the longer term might be quite encouraging.

At the age of 79, my memory now goes back rather a long way, and in consequence I can say with absolute certainty that the British Conservative party now bears scant resemblance to the mainstream of the Tory party when Harold Macmillan was prime minister, and that the US Republican party now is entirely unrecognizable in terms of what it was when Dwight D. Eisenhower was their president.

Looks like the billionaire owners of the LA times and Washington Post have stopped their editorial staff endorsing Harris. Wonder why. Staff are walking, people are cancelling subs.