1/ Americans may think they have a lot on the line this November 3, that their future, their rights and liberties areat stake, that they are choosing the best for their country. But their decision will have worldwide consequences... 
2/ In the past few years, it seems that the US international role has been forgotten. Under the Trump logic of nativism, isolationism and businesslike competition, it seems like the US is just one among many competitors. It is not.
3/ As Trump turns lies into daily practice, flouts the rule of law, attacks democracy, makes wild baseless accusations and destroys confidence in institutions, many around the world are following his example from day one. Trump is the role model of modern fascism from day one.
4/ The decision of the ballot boxes (or a thinly veiled coup d'état) will establish a roadmap for the world, either ushering a new order of fascism, wild nationalism, hate and racism or the return of confidence in imperfect yet perfectible democracy.
5/ From Brexit to the bloodbath in Syria, concentration camps in China, violence in Armenia, the arrival to parliaments of the most abhorrent extremists, Trump's presence in the White House played some role, as example, facilitator or simply by looking the other way.
6/6 It is difficult to ask Americans to take this into account, immersed as they are in the poisonous polarized environment that populism begets, but the decision their country will make will play a big role, creating a better world or one they would not want to be a part of.
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