More covfefe: is the world ready for a second Donald Trump presidency?

Republican's re-election would be a 'nightmare' scenario for Europe, Ukraine and the West

Donald Trump spinning a globe on his finger
Hilary Clinton has warned that a second Trump term could mean the end of the US 'as we know it'
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New polling shows Donald Trump leading President Joe Biden, raising the spectre of a second term for the Republican that could have widespread consequences across the globe. 

Trump is facing 91 charges in four criminal cases, has been impeached twice and left his presidential office "under ignominious circumstances after his supporters violently stormed the Capitol, egged on by his claims of a stolen election", said The Hill

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 Sorcha Bradley is a writer at The Week and a regular on “The Week Unwrapped” podcast. She worked at The Week magazine for a year and a half before taking up her current role with the digital team, where she mostly covers UK current affairs and politics. Before joining The Week, Sorcha worked at slow-news start-up Tortoise Media. She has also written for Sky News, The Sunday Times, the London Evening Standard and Grazia magazine, among other publications. She has a master’s in newspaper journalism from City, University of London, where she specialised in political journalism.