Trump should worry anyone who cares about America

Zanny Minton Beddo Editor-in-chief The Economist. The question of whether Donald Trump could really be America’s next president is one that now comes up in almost every conversation I have with business leaders and politicians. This week our cover package in most of the world explains why the chances of Mr Trump re-entering the Oval Office are uncomfortably high. The accompanying Briefing by Idrees Kahloon, our Washington bureau chief, is a terrific and sobering read that outlines why Ron DeSantis has little chance of winning the Republican nomination. In Britain our cover focuses on how to fix the beleaguered National Health Service (NHS). Hospital waiting lists in England have spiralled beyond 7m; NHS staff are leaving the workforce in droves. On basic measures of health, Britain does worse than its rich-world peers.