Despite the widespread violence, perpetrated by some protesters and some police, America is a “long way from teetering on the brink of collapse,” according to The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan. America has endured its eighth straight day of protest in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes as he told them "I can't breathe".
Mr Sheridan told Sky News while protesters had a right to be “incensed” by Floyd’s murder, the violence will likely “help Donald Trump in November.” “The history of race riots and civil violence in the United States is that it helps the law and order party, and it doesn’t do much good for the cause it is meant to be backing,” he said. “This is a very serious matter, and I think Donald Trump is uniquely ill-equipped to pour a soothing balm on these troubles as a president.
australian Sure hope your wrong about that prediction
australian I love non Americans talking about America. This ain't 1968 when their was unrest and LBJ was president and Trump's deplorables certainly ain't the 'silent majority' of Nixon. All this unrest is happening under the arsonist in the White House.
australian This dog occasionally takes his family on a ski holiday in Colorado and thinks this makes him the authority on racial inequality in the USA.
australian Turn to CNN if you want the facts on black America’s economic position. Sheridan is an embarrassing propagandist and another reason why his paper never makes a profit.
australian Watch ABC’s Planet America tonight to see that every comment made by Sheridan on black americas economic position compared to whites is completely wrong. No surprise. A shallow paid for propagandist.
australian and yet.....
australian America is not going to be brought down by these destroyers. This is part of the painful process of draining the swamp of the leftist perversion.
australian Haha so true it is still say to wealthy and powerful to collapse
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australian Even with 38% of Americans clearly suffering cognitive impairment, that still leaves a lot of people who can keep that great nation going... whatever you think of it right now, we need the USA. We just want it to represent the ideals it was founded on (well most of them)
australian Well isn’t that a shame The idiots are shitting in their own political nest
australian Lol, it is falling fast, we aren’t blind.
australian It won’t collapse-And once all the dust settles it will be Exactly the same as it was before-Changing the way people think and preceive their world will take somthing far greater then what’s happening now-No this madness is yet to find its foe to bring it to its knees
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australian Depends what you term collapse?
australian 😂😂
australian There are widespread protests & widespread police brutality against peaceful protesters. Fix your headline!
australian How many people are on the streets nationwide? 100k? 200k? 1m? That would mean there is what, 329 million other people. Real issue (for looters and vandals) will be if the Patriots rise and take their country back.
australian It only needs an attack from China and Russia and will fall like a card house
australian There are no republicans left in America. They are now trumpists. Republicans are endorsing joebiden, the democratic candidate.
australian Good news.
australian There has never been a Lunatic in the WhiteHouse.... NeverTrumper Republicans will vote him out 🔥🔥🔥🐲🐷🐷🐷👹🤮😤🦠🐒👇👇👇🙅♂️
australian It's a pity we can't say the same about his publication.
australian What are Greg Sheridan’s qualifications on being able to predict American socioeconomic changes?
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