A choice between stability and chaos

AS THE US presidential election approaches, Americans are weighing crucial questions about the economy, reproductive freedom, climate change and their country’s role in an increasingly volatile world. Yet beneath these policy debates lies an even more fundamental decision: whether to elect a leader who will invite greater stability or more chaos.

Above all, this election is about which candidate can best guarantee the health of America’s governing institutions. Only one will provide the predictability that US businesses need to thrive, and demonstrates the equanimity required to address complex global challenges.

And herein lies the election’s most central paradox. While Donald Trump promises stability through authoritarian control, he would instead deliver unprecedented chaos and social disorder. His personality and leadership style – impulsive, combative, egotistical, racially and sexually divisive, and dismissive of expert advice – are precisely tuned to escalate, rather than mitigate, societal tensions.