With the West in a desperate search for leadership, the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House next year might be just the fillip it needs.
US president Joe Biden’s three-year tenure in the White House has largely been characterised by his penchant for capitulation, from overseeing the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan to his constant dithering over the Ukraine conflict. His failure to provide Kyiv with the military kit it requires to make a decisive breakthrough in the conflict, informed, in part, by his fear of provoking the Kremlin, has been a key factor in creating the current stalemate.
