OPINION
Leo XIV's election is a defeat for the 'Chinese party'
Leo XIV was immediately portrayed by the mainstream narrative as anti-Trump, 'the least American of the American cardinals'. But this is an unrealistic version of events, because his election must be seen in contrast to the defeat of the 'Chinese party' in the Church, which sought a preferential relationship with the Beijing regime.
(falling) stars & stripes
2024 election campaign symbolizes America's "night"
Septuagenarian Trump and octogenarian Biden are running for the presidency. The electorate is confused because of secularization, vices and cancel culture. The (only?) hope for America is for a younger electable Republican to break through in the primaries and end the darkness with a new dawn to reinvigorate American democracy.
