Teen Vogue‘s editor in chief, Versha Sharma, writes:

Donald Trump cannot win this election. Full stop.

Right now, we have the power to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Not exercising that power only gives him more. And it will result in the loss of power for many of our communities.

As the head of this publication, dedicated to young readers, I have been closely following younger generations’ collective disbelief at the Biden administration’s support of the Israeli government during its all-out assault on Gaza, following the brutal terror attack from Hamas last Oct. 7 — including the horrific killing of civilians in Gaza, the targeting of journalists and aid workers, and the reports of children being shot in the head.

The Democrats’ policy on Israel has been disastrous. What is also true: Trump would, somehow, be even worse.

The biggest piece of evidence for this is that Benjamin Netanyahu, the right-wing prime minister of Israel who is hellbent on the destruction of civilian life in Gaza as well as subverting democratic processes in Israel itself, almost certainly wants Trump to win. After meeting with Kamala Harris earlier this year, Netanyahu was reportedly “furious,” including at her statement that the Israeli military should withdraw from Gaza entirely.

Trump has said Gaza could be beautiful beachfront property — for his rich oligarch friends, we can assume, not for any Indigenous peoples living there. He’s called Biden a “Palestinian” like it’s a slur. His running mate, JD Vance, has said they wouldn’t “micromanage” Netanyahu the way Biden and Harris have been. What’s worse than the horrors we’re currently seeing? More, more, and more of it, if Trump wins the presidency again, with truly no end in sight, giving Netanyahu a blank check for continued destruction. [Continue reading…]