In March 2017, just two months after Donald Trump entered the Oval Office, author John Michael Chambers published his book “Trump and the Resurrection of America: Leading America’s Second Revolution.” According to Chambers’ book, however, the globalists trembled as Trump and this movement threatened their totalitarian world government. American resurrection, eh? Extreme optimism, one could say.

Forget about concerns like climate and nuclear war threats; it is commonly believed that Trump’s four years at the helm of America not only helped to bring about a post-truth era more vividly, but that his administration also, maybe, made the United States more divided. However, one thing is certain: even after his exit, Trump was never written off, and he has undoubtedly been revived recently, as a rematch with Joe Biden will occur in the November 5 presidential elections. Eight months is a long enough period in politics, but as of now, most of the credible polls conducted since January indicate that either Trump is leading the contest or it’s too close a race.

Recently, a New York Times poll garnered a great deal of media attention; it showed Trump leading by five points, 48-43 per cent, as of the beginning of March. With a 38 per cent approval rating, Biden’s unpopularity has reached new heights. Many voters are tilting towards Trump, particularly among the demographics that Biden led in 2020. They include women and black voters. Maybe primarily for this reason, Biden currently appears to be losing in the key swing states. As it is well known, a few such swing states essentially determine the outcome of US presidential elections.

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According to a recent article by Osita Nwanevu in The Guardian, Biden and the Democrats are sleepwalking towards a Trump victory. Maybe. Maybe not. But if Trump is elected to a second term, will it be the biggest political resurrection in history? It’s not so simple to assess. There have been incredible political resurrections of Lenin, Churchill, and........

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