In this medieval city just east of Brussels, American and European officials have one question on their minds: What to do about Donald Trump?
Over a two-day summit this week focused on trade and technology, the likes of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and European Commission trade czar Valdis Dombrovskis will flaunt the rekindled transatlantic friendship.
According to a draft communiqué seen by POLITICO, they will announce joint support for next generation telecommunication and semiconductor projects. They will champion so-called sustainable trade practices and stronger links around transatlantic supply chains. And they will coordinate more closely on artificial intelligence standards to push back against China and corral new forms of the technology made famous by OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Yet, privately, European Union and United States officials acknowledge this week’s gathering of the EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council, or TTC, has become a hostage to fortune.
Step 1: Force the courts to stop delaying Trump’s criminal trials until after the election.
Step 2: STAR voting
Not going to lie to you I don’t like star voting over other ranked methods and if it was implemented id only vote for the candidate I want. If you like the underdog theres no incentive to rank other people because that necessarily makes the margin you can effect smaller, and why would you give points to someone who could end up overtaking your first choice with those given points?
Nothing is stopping you from only voting for one person with any ranked choice voting system, but the option to completely avoid the spoiler effect would be a game changer.
I dont disagree at all, and would still push for that system over what we have now for sure.