A Contested Election…No, Not That One, The Samoan One

Andrew Donaldson

Born and raised in West Virginia, Andrew has since lived and traveled around the world several times over. Though frequently writing about politics out of a sense of duty and love of country, most of the time he would prefer discussions on history, culture, occasionally nerding on aviation, and his amateur foodie tendencies. He can usually be found misspelling/misusing words on Twitter @four4thefire and his food writing website Yonder and Home. Andrew is the host of Heard Tell podcast. Subscribe to Andrew's Heard Tell SubStack for free here:

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2 Responses

  1. Philip H says:

    Hey – look at that. The U.S. exported political bullying and grandstanding to another country! Exceptional Us!Report

  2. James K says:

    Samoa has been independent for 60 years, and the ousted Prime Minister has been PM for 22 of them. I think this feeds into the constitutional issues at play here. It’s been a generation since a change of PM, do the Samoan people and its critical institutions see the election winner as the rightful PM, or Malielegaoi through sheer force of inertia?Report