From Donald Trump's curtain call to more European bickering over migrants, I offer some wishful (and not-so-wishful) thinking as to what awaits us in 2016. (For some headlines, simply cut-and-paste from 2015.)
US Election: Trump’s curtain call
True to The Economist’s prophecy, Donald Trump will NOT be the next president of the United States. Nor will he be the Republican party's nominee.
That dubious honor will go to Florida Senator Marco Rubio, the candidate perennially touted as a favorite for his supposed ability to corral a broad spectrum of bitterly divided GOP voters.
Trump will bow out in buffoonish fashion (I’ll leave the mechanics of his exit to your imagination) after placing third in February's Iowa Caucasus, the traditional opening salvo in the US primary season.
His subsequent endorsement of rival Ted Cruz will prove the Kiss of Death for the Texas senator’s own vaulting presidential ambitions.
Rubio, a Cuban American native of Miami, will seek to galvanize the race with a strong pitch – in Spanish - to the rising Hispanic demographic.
But he won’t fend off his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. She’ll ride a wave of electoral invincibility to her party's nomination - and the White House on Election Day on November 8th.
Vladimir Putin will be the last major world leader to call to congratulate the 45th US president-elect on her victory. It will be Clinton’s comeuppance for once likening Putin’s behavior in Ukraine to that of Adolf Hitler outside Germany on the eve of WWII.
Towards the end of the year, 87% of US high school students will be unable to identify Jeb Bush when shown his photo. A majority will respond with a question: "Wasn't ... Go on reading on our web site.
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