A London-based research group has estimated that Donald Trump winning the US presidency is the sixth largest risk facing the future of the world.
The surprising ranking by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), reported on Thursday by BBC, is backed by warnings that the real estate mogul could disrupt the global economy and spike political and security dangers domestically in the US.
According to the report, which is based on impact and probability, a Trump victory gets a global risk rating of 12, with 25 being the highest possible risk.
That 12 rating is the same level as "the rising threat of jihadi terrorism destabilizing the global economy." Likewise the EIU posits that Trump would be more dangerous than Britain leaving the European Union (EU), or an armed clash in the South China Sea where superpowers China and Japan are tensely facing off against one another.
Trump was ranked just under the risk of the EU fracturing, while China experiencing a "hard landing" and Russia's Ukraine and Syria interventions sparking a new "cold war" top the list.
"Thus far Mr. Trump has given very few details of his policies - and these tend to be prone to constant revision," wrote the EIU in its report.
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Trump 2016!!
ReplyDeleteand why do you suppose this is? because these countries have been milking the U.S. for many years and Trump will slow and perhaps stop this crap. Hence they are scared poopless. get it?
ReplyDeleteYes, 340, you are correct! If the USA rebuilds its manufacturing and financial strength, closes its borders, builds back up its military and stops meddling and making enemies of other countries, She will become a superpower again. This is what Trump will do, and the rest of the world will lose its control over our world markets! They are scared of such a thing. They want a Hillary, Bernie, Cruz or Kasich that they can control.
ReplyDeleteThis will most likely be the last free election.
ReplyDelete"This is what Trump will do, and the rest of the world will lose its control over our world markets!" Sh*t in one hand; wish in the other. Trump is the white Obama.
ReplyDelete525/ you're funny. And not funny haha.
ReplyDeleteThe current POSOTUS is this country's highest risk!
ReplyDeleteBring it on, the world system as it exists now sucks.
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