Anxious Europeans Grab a Seat and Gaze at Yankee Showdown for the Ages

In France, the press is casting the race for the White House in starkly Manichean terms.

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Member of Parliament and Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage attends President Trump's campaign rally at the Santander Arena November 4, 2024 at Reading, Pennsylvania. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

ATHENS — Reports of Europeans’ fascination with the American election are not exaggerated. The only thing dominating the news cycle more in recent days is the torrential rain in Spain — which, as it turns out, does not fall mainly on the plain. With that storm passed, the way is open for whatever blows in next from the other side of the Atlantic. 

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