Abacus | Will Biden’s China, Russia and North Korea woes provide ballast for a Trump return?
- On the first anniversary of the US Capitol insurrection and ahead of the November midterms, Trump is hoping the stars will align for him
- Amid Biden’s foreign policy struggles, a slimmed-down Kim Jong-un could also complicate matters again for the US

The editorial desk at This Week In Asia kindly thought of me when scouting for ideas for their forward-looking 2022 jamboree of predictions. I enthusiastically took on the challenge, looking for something beyond my ramblings on interest rates which they kindly published.

Revolution
This year is lining up to be a big one for US politics, with the midterm elections on November 8 determining control of Congress. Along the way, both the Biden and Trump camps will attempt to display political strength.
If you think November is a long way off, then just pause for a moment to remember where we were exactly one year ago, on January 6, 2021 – the day the US Capitol was stormed to stop the counting of electoral votes amid talk of a coup, civil war, the 200-year-old beacon of American democracy being extinguished and the lack of vegan meal options in jail.
