Mike Hosking: Biden vs Trump shows the US is in a spiral

I think we can fairly safely say that it doesn’t matter how many times they indict Donald Trump, it's not going to hurt his support base. The fact is, most people in polling think he is a crook. Very few doubt he didn’t do a bunch of illegal stuff. Equally, a lot of people think despite the fact they believe he did a bunch of illegal stuff, the charges are politically motivated. Which means they think his opponents are out to get him for the wrong reasons, despite the fact they should be out to get him, given he's dodgy. That’s how weird it all is. Ron DeSantis, who has turned out to be nothing like the game changer he was touted as being, does however, when he speaks on the subject, make a good point. Trump can't beat Joe Biden. That doesn’t mean DeSantis can, because when you put either of them against the current president in polls they both lose. Or at very best in a Trump vs Biden race, it's a tie. So, the big question for Republicans is, what do they do if they select Trump but then lose the race next year? More importantly, what do they do if they select Trump knowing they will most likely lose next year? There is clearly a group of people that, no matter what, will support Trump. And that is why he is where he is in the Republican side of the polls. For the life of me, I can't see how a Nikki Haley or Mike Pence, or even a DeSantis, changes any of that. Even after they all drop out and leave just one of them, and assuming everyone coalesces around that one remaining person who isn't Trump, the numbers still don’t add up. Russia and China and all their mates have got to be loving this. America, which is fast fading as a great global leader, has two of the weirdest, unspectacular and troubling contenders for the most powerful job on Earth. Biden is streaks ahead because he is beyond worrying. Trump isn't streets ahead because he's a shyster. What a tragic set up for next year. Two spectacularly flawed, ineffective, old men representing what should be one of, if not the, greatest country on earth. I'm with the 14%. They're the ones that can't bring themselves to vote.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.