Trump re-election could lead to civil war in the US

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There is 1 portion of maine that says conscionable fto it hap (“Trumpeting a unspeakable vision: What awaits if Biden loses … oregon adjacent wins?“, May 7). America has a governmental strategy that, aft 250 years, is nary longer acceptable for purpose. It has go paralysed by money. Donald Trump wants to stroke it each up, and if helium doesn’t bash it, idiosyncratic other implicit the adjacent fewer decades will. The precursor to immoderate civilian warfare is the spread betwixt the super-rich and the poor. When the mediocre go the majority, civilian warfare follows. Trump volition astir apt beryllium the catalyst for gyration and the illness of the USA. All we tin bash is hole for a satellite without America arsenic the strongest powerfulness and beryllium back. Neville Turbit, Russell Lea

The “enemy within” successful the USA is the headline-dominating Trump himself. His foul-mouthed hatreds, ignorance, repeated lies, tolerance of the likes of Vladimir Putin, and truthful overmuch much that is antagonistic marque “Tumultuous” Trump t – this would-be dictator – a information to ideology and satellite peace. His preparedness to excuse and beforehand extremist followers liable for the demolition and decease successful the Capitol onslaught of January 2021 is treasonous. The Republican Party’s enactment for Trump and its nonaccomplishment to oust him volition yet beryllium to its cost. Longstanding allies of the USA, specified arsenic we are, tin lone anticipation that Joe Biden prevails successful the forthcoming statesmanlike election. Ron Sinclair, Windradyne

Like each reasonable, rational, ideology and freedom-loving people, I stock Peter Hartcher’s alarm astatine the imaginable of unleashing Donald Trump connected the world. But I americium hopeful that the hundreds of millions of Americans who defeated the corrupt blowhard astatine the erstwhile predetermination volition bash truthful again. I americium hopeful that the ineligible proceedings against Trump volition hobble him. And I americium hopeful that the satellite community, including Australia, volition driblet the diplomatic niceties and trumpet what we cognize is right. Mark Paskal, Austinmer

Hartcher’s reappraisal of Donald Trump’s presumption of the satellite is brimming with nightmare possibilities. Trump, arsenic Hartcher makes clear, rejects the comparatively palmy post-WWII planetary consensus. Should Trump triumph the presidency and trigger an isolationist USA, Australia’s existent commercialized and overseas argumentation positions, not to notation its geopolitical relation successful South-East Asia, would not beryllium relevant. It is each mentation astatine the moment, but, arsenic Hartcher’s reappraisal predicts, it points to an absorbing US statesmanlike election. Peter Thomas, Rose Bay

Everyone successful the MAGA cult should work Hartcher’s nonfiction connected Trump’s program for his 2nd presidency. Then, if they inactive deliberation helium is suited for oregon should beryllium honoured with the presidency, they are either deliberately and wilfully ignorant, oregon they really respect and hold with his corrupt values. Let’s anticipation it is due to the fact that of the second two, arsenic determination is simply a flimsy accidental of challenging and possibly changing their views with capable logical arguments. Stupidity we can’t bash thing about. Richard Keyes, Enfield

I americium appalled that Time mag saw acceptable to let Trump to espouse his vile docket for the forthcoming predetermination successful their magazine. Josephine Piper, Miranda

Congratulations successful bid for Minns connected DV response

I hold with Premier Chris Minns that a royal committee into home unit is not needed close distant arsenic it costs wealth and is excessively dilatory (“Minns rules retired royal commission”, May 7). Why bash we request a NSW royal committee erstwhile we tin benchmark those of different states specified arsenic Victoria that person had a affirmative interaction connected DV? Apart from the ineligible issues and immoderate authorities circumstantial questions the remainder of what ails home unit tin beryllium borrowed from different states’ findings. We’ve had galore royal commissions and not each recommendations are implemented. Why discarded invaluable clip and wealth erstwhile we tin marque speedy decisions based connected what our neighbour states person found? Manbir Singh Kohli, Pemulwuy

Why should a royal committee held successful Victoria clasp nary valuable, transferable recommendations for NSW? Why not astatine slightest work their study to spot what worked, fixed Victoria says things person changed for the amended since implementing their committee recommendations? We don’t request to reinvent the wheel, nor enactment our governmental heads successful the sand, conscionable due to the fact that it happened crossed the border. Are Victorians truthful antithetic from New South Welshman that their studies volition amusement america nothing? Leone Moffat, Long Beach

The premier is to beryllium congratulated connected his effect to the home unit situation we are facing arsenic a community. Fast and pragmatic, alternatively than idealistic and perfect, is the mode to go. A royal committee mightiness beryllium a large idea, but it isn’t a short-term solution, and it would devour up wealth to enrich the lawyers, alternatively than assistance the victims. This scourge indispensable beryllium faced caput on. Vivienne Parsons, Thornleigh

Royal commissions are precise thorough, but slow. Often utilized an excuse to delay, historically recommendations are not enacted, oregon they are cherry-picked, and wrong a fewer years the papers is collecting dust. Those acrophobic astir the DV situation enactment the government’s existent people of speedy consultation and spending. Anne Matheson, Gordon

For those wanting a royal committee into home violence, we are inactive waiting for each recommendations coming from Aboriginal deaths successful custody to beryllium implemented. Geoff Teys, Chippendale

It seems evident that the crushed we don’t request a royal committee into unit against women is that we’ve known for years what needs to beryllium done and successive governments of some persuasions person failed to instrumentality what the assemblage has been asking for. Colin Stokes, Camperdown

The denigration of females starts successful the cradle and goes each the mode to the apical (Letters, May 7). While ever the astir withering, degrading disapproval of a lad consists successful calling him a sissy oregon a girl, and a nationalist furniture curate tin get distant with insulting an hostile by calling him a “girly man” determination is small anticipation of improvement. Meredith Williams, Baulkham Hills

Love for Labor is fading fast

It’s a sad, and astir universal, information successful authorities that governmental leaders and the governments they lead, nary substance however fashionable erstwhile elected, ever decorativeness their word successful bureau arsenic unpopular (“Men plaything enactment to Coalition”, May 7). Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his authorities are surely mounting a cracking, astir record-breaking gait to scope that end. Rob Sinclair, North Sydney

The Resolve Political Monitor indicates that Peter Dutton whitethorn beryllium elected arsenic premier curate astatine the adjacent election. If that is the case, determination is each likelihood that our diplomatic relations with China whitethorn beryllium backmost to COVID days. Peng Ee, Castle Cove

Resolve Political Monitor manager Jim Reed says their latest survey effect “detects a beardown protestation connection successful the anti-Labor vote” adding, “It’s wholly imaginable those radical travel backmost to the fold oregon astatine slightest penchant Labor erstwhile it comes to the crunch.” What this demonstrates is the weakness of the optional penchant voting strategy erstwhile people’s votes, successful astir instances, extremity up going to 1 of the large governmental parties. The national voting strategy should beryllium optional preferential, wherever the elector determines wherever their ballot goes. Riley Brown, Bondi Beach

Arts undervalued

When did the word struggling creator go a occupation statement (“Artists surviving disconnected Bunnings enactment alternatively of their craft”, May 7)? In countries specified arsenic France those pursuing a vocation successful the performing arts are supported and encouraged. The corporate presumption is that music, film, creation and show heighten and pass a society, and that it’s a recognition to the extent of section endowment that contempt the sacrifice required to perpetrate to a craft, they are good represented and applauded connected the satellite stage. Imagine if we were to nurture those skills. Janet Argall, Dulwich Hill

Make Qantas pay

I anticipation the ACCC is connected bully speaking presumption with the ATO (“Qantas agrees to settee for $120m”, May 7). Any approved colony woody with Qantas needs to guarantee that the $20 cardinal compensation paid to customers is not claimed arsenic a taxation deduction. The $100 cardinal punishment is not allowed owed to legislation, but the different $20 cardinal paid needs to beryllium described for rider inconvenience and suffering, past it volition not beryllium deductible. No flight hatch for this airline. Michael Blissenden, Dural

Qantas absorption and executives should beryllium held accountable for their mediocre decisions that outgo shareholders wealth (Letters, May 7). If lone determination was a forum for the shareholders of Qantas to inquire questions and ballot connected their remuneration and incentives, we whitethorn beryllium halfway there. Phil Devine, Penshurst

Housing solution

I stock your correspondent’s presumption that authorities should beryllium introduced to promote owners of vacant properties to marque them disposable for rental (Letters, May 7). In March this twelvemonth Georges River Council made a unanimous solution on those lines. If different councils are likewise acrophobic astir the lodging shortage, they should urgently travel suit. James Deli, Oatley

If you are looking for a parking space, past Sydney is full. Plans for much homes indispensable see proviso for parking. These days each location needs much than 1 car space, and immoderate request abstraction for extras specified arsenic boats, vans, and trailers. Adding hundreds of homes to a locality without creating abstraction for vehicles is simply wrong. Any readying should besides let for proviso for EVs and adjacent for assemblage batteries to store star power. It is accepted that a location needs immoderate transportation to h2o and the sewer, but not accepted that a location needs determination to enactment cars and the rest. Michael Harrington, Bonnet Bay

Profits implicit people

Interesting to enactment the antagonistic comments astir NRMA Insurance and the closing down of a section subdivision (Letters, May 7). Remember erstwhile the NRMA had tons of further services, similar an inspection section that could beryllium called upon if you were buying a car and wanted it inspected? Or erstwhile determination was a method section wherever you could sermon the assorted ins and outs of vehicles? What happened? The medication of a erstwhile communal nine asked members astir the NRMA being turned into a profit-making company. Those bare members voted “yes” for a short-term gain, and this is what we person ended up with. It was ever going to beryllium so. Stewart Copper, Maroubra

User pays

Your analogous bemoans the “enormous SUVs” intimidating different drivers, polluting the ambiance and taking up excessive abstraction successful car parks (Letters, May 7). These behemoths are advertised by their makers arsenic trucks, and are referred to successful their state of root arsenic “pick-up trucks”. An evident solution to these issues would look to beryllium to officially classify them arsenic trucks, with the aforesaid registration, security and tolls arsenic a truck, and a prohibition connected entering car parks. This mightiness adjacent effect successful a simplification successful the numbers of these monsters, driving down the planetary warming publication of these state guzzlers. Ian Rewell, Longueville

HECs burden

I cannot hold with your correspondent’s presumption to bring backmost the HECs discount (Letters, May 7). He was successful the enviable presumption of being capable to wage his children’s HECs indebtedness up front. Unfortunately, portion the intent of the discount was good, it became a signifier of middle-class welfare. The students it was intended to enactment were not capable to wage their HECs indebtedness up beforehand due to the fact that of deficiency of funds and were disadvantaged by being saddled with the afloat HECs debt. Meg Pickup, Ballina

Instead of tinkering astir the edges of HECs debt, wherefore not conscionable hitch the slate cleanable for existent and erstwhile students and reintroduce escaped tertiary acquisition for all? I cognize this would beryllium expensive, but possibly we could prioritise acquisition and wellness and marque savings elsewhere, specified arsenic cancelling the acquisition of submarines and closing taxation loopholes. Margaret Grove, Concord

Bad sports

In her litany, Michelle Cazzulino overlooked “The umpire has mislaid it” comments (“Kids’ athletics would beryllium overmuch amended without the parents”, May 7). One year, a vociferous genitor astatine my girl’s netball crippled was sent disconnected by the umpire to a distant tract wherever nary of his children were playing. John Crowe, Cherrybrook

Top trees

Among the doom and gloom and reported atrocious behaviour successful the news, it was a alleviation to gasp a tiny enactment of caller aerial (“Trees reclaim Amazon onshore mislaid to cattle”, May 7). Well done to Re.green and akin companies. Heather Johnson, West Pennant Hills

Name confusion

Reading astir the M1 disorder made maine see the ways that radical tin beryllium confused (Letters, May 7). I’m funny arsenic to what these radical bash erstwhile they person friends with the aforesaid name. Do they springiness them alternate names oregon conscionable telephone them by their surname? Jennifer Richardson, Macmasters Beach

Old letters

Sadly for galore who are technically challenged with fantastic stories to tell, accepted missive penning is agelong dead. The Herald’s letters would beryllium astatine slightest a week aged were we relying connected our trusty postal work (Letters, May 7). Elizabeth Kroon, Randwick.

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