instability

Before the US election, Scholz allies argued that now was not the time for early elections and political instability in Germany.

Some argue that allowing a dysfunctional government to hobble on for another year would have led to more instability and deadlock.

Many are concerned about these and other potential sources of domestic instability, including a surge in far-right violence that could be encouraged by foreign actors or by Trump himself.

This will create global instability.

Anger will remain the dominant currency of American politics in a second Trump term, as Trump nurtures the very forces leading to so much anxiety and instability.