Trump’s greatest feat has been convincing ordinary Americans he’s on their side. He is not

The Republican candidate embodies all the worst aspects of capitalism, condensed into human form

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is prayed over with Pastor Paula White during the National Faith Summit at Worship With Wonders Church on Monday in Powder Springs, Georgia. Perhaps you are white and Christian. But you might discover, some years down the line, that you are the wrong kind of white, or the wrong kind of Christian. Photo: AP/Brynn Anderson

Dear US voters, in the spirit in which I would beg a dear friend not to get a facial tattoo, I’m writing to ask you not to vote for Donald Trump. 

While the decision to do so would make a statement, signalling your justifiable anger about the pain you have suffered, it is likely to disfigure you, damage your life chances and prove irreversible. In the wake of his rally at Madison Square Garden, no one can now doubt what he intends to do to you.