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Donald Trump poses the biggest danger to the world in 2024

What his victory in America’s election would mean

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A SHADOW LOOMS over the world. In this week’s edition we publish The World Ahead 2024, our 38th annual predictive guide to the coming year, and in all that time no single person has ever eclipsed our analysis as much as Donald Trump eclipses 2024. That a Trump victory next November is a coin-toss probability is beginning to sink in.

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This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Next year’s great danger”

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