A Trump win would be a disaster for America – but how how much does it matter for the world?

Welcome to The India Fix by Shoaib Daniyal. This time we have a rare newsletter on global politics: the upcoming US elections. We ask, how will it affect the world – and India? Or will it at all?

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On November 5, the United State of America will elect its 47th President in an election that many Americans see as the “most important election in history”. The choice is between Kamala Harris, the current vice president to President Joe Biden, and Donald Trump, the previous president.

The two represent dramatically varying visions of the United States: Harris is a flagbearer of the country’s dominant liberal tradition while Trump represents a sudden and unstable new populist authoritarianism. Rarely do elections have opponents who so starkly differ from each other ideologically. Trump’s populism is such a clear break from dominant US politics that many senior leaders from his own party have endorsed Harris.

An American emergency

For example, Trump has promised to withdraw American troops from other countries and instead deploy them within the US to combat “radical, left loonies”. He has vowed to be a dictator for...

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