Absolute power. Donald Trump won the election on the specter of electoral fraud and distrust of the American political system. But it was he who won, for the second time, with this electoral system that he called into question to the point of encouraging the assault on the Capitol; with the same system that allowed him to overthrow the Democratic majority in the Senate and be on the verge of retaining the House of Representatives: starting January 20, 2025, when he takes office as the 47th President of the United States, it will also be under control of the Legislative Power.
In addition, Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris by presenting himself to the country as a victim of a corrupt justice system which persecutes and condemns him for having paid a porn actress for his silence; that he does not pay taxes and is under investigation for his participation in the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and for abusing women.
But the truth is that Trump enjoys a conservative supermajority on the US Supreme Court: appointments during his first term have led to there being six conservatives to three progressives, which is unprecedented . As unprecedented as they have made it possible to overturn the doctrine which has protected the right to abortion for decades in the United States, by bringing it to very restrictive situations in states like Florida for example.
Executive, Legislative and Judicial. Donald Trump is poised to take full control of the United States, a global economic powerhouse with multiple nuclear buttons and NATO hegemony. And he will do it after wanting to present himself as a outsider confronted with establishment represented by traditional Democratic and Republican elites, despite being a tycoon and having the support of one of the richest people in the world, like Elon Musk – owner of X, where much of the misinformation spreads without filter, and of Tesla –, and lead Jeff Bezos, the main shareholder of Amazon, to block the support of his newspaper, Washington Postto Kamala Harris on the campaign trail.
Trump had a grim end to the campaign, talking about “internal enemies,” mocking Puerto Rico’s “garbage” at his rallies, attacking journalists and media outlets, using hawkish verbiage against former Republican leaders who have supported Harris – like Liz Cheney –; by saying “be the protector of women even if they don’t want to”; making up lies about migrants, such as that they were eating pets in Ohio; and describing a depressed, depressing and impoverished country whose “greatness” must be rediscovered which corresponds neither to cold data nor to the role it has in the world.
In any case, it went well and he won a complete and utter victory. “Democrats spent the entire cycle trying to appeal to moderate Republicans, without much success. Meanwhile, they neglected their traditional base, which benefited Trump,” political strategist Connor Mulhern explains to elDiario.es.
Joshua A. Cohen, a data scientist and author of the Ettingermentum newsletter, understands that “Democrats had an opportunity to get it right thanks to Dobbs,” the 2022 Supreme Court decision that struck down the protection against abortion. But, he adds, “the Biden administration was so unpopular that it could cause them to lose that advantage.”
Cohen believes that the Democratic Party “should have had a real primary” and that “the arrival of Kamala Harris as a replacement was an improvement, but it was always a partial solution, compared to choosing someone who was truly out of touch with the Democratic Party.” Biden administration. However, the initial reaction to her seemed tied to this generic Democrat profile that everyone could like, and perhaps it’s possible that she could have been. But a weak, conservative campaign ended up hampering any potential he might have had, even though he seemed likely to win in the end, but polls failed to chart a significant share of support for Trump. It will be much more difficult to predict presidential elections in the future.”
City College of New York (CUNY) political science professor Carlo Invernizzi, who before the election said the change in campaign strategy could backfire on Harris, tells elDiario.es that the electoral outcome is linked to a “clear rejection”. of establishment of the country from almost all other sectors of society”; “This shows that Band-Aids are not a sufficient cure for the problems that already emerged in 2016” with Trump’s first victory, and “that COVID-19 probably had more weight than we think in the result of 2020″. And he adds: “But what’s really hard to explain is why this is happening despite relatively good economic data. »
“Inflation has been a disaster for the Democrats,” says Mulhern: “It is clear that the increase in the price of a hamburger in a restaurant (for which they blame the government) has been greater than the increase in their wages (which attributed to their own efforts). We can talk about misinformation and gender polarization, but in the end, even if salaries increased, the average citizen did not perceive it that way; Even though they have experienced growth above inflation, if they see that their daily purchases at the supermarket are increasing, they feel that their income is decreasing.
“Inflation in everyday purchases is terrible for popularity, which ultimately led to Trump’s re-election.” And he says: “This is extremely bad for the United States and the world. »
Indeed, the consequences of Trump’s victory will not only be seen in the United States, in the setbacks in terms of women’s rights, human rights and the rights of migrants, even in the consequences of the tax cuts which will make making the country’s public services even more precarious. Trump’s victory will have an international translation: a trade war with the European Union, a greater rapprochement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, with what this represents for the geopolitical balance in Europe and in relation to China.
But it also represents the biggest push imaginable for the reactionary wave growing across much of the world. It is not for nothing that he surrounded himself during his electoral recount party with Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, and the ultra-British Nigel Farage, expert in hoaxes and in disinformation – thanks to which he won the Brexit referendum.
Eduardo Bolsonaro is not only the son of the former ultra president. This is the one pointed out by Steve Bannon, a former loyal advisor to Trump, for the far-right club called The movement which he tried to launch in 2019 and which was intended to be a global far-right alliance which ultimately did not come together organically. Led by former White House chief strategist, The movement He supported parties and candidates across Europe who advocated nationalist populism in their states in the face of “the invasion of sovereignty” by international organizations.
Happiness in the global far right
There are no coincidences in politics. And if one of the first to congratulate and to do so most generously is the ultra-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been committing genocide in Gaza for more than a year, the message is clear. “Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a return to commitment to the great alliance between Israel and the United States. “It’s a great victory!”, he wrote in X.
Another extreme right, the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, was not left out either. “Italy and the United States are “brotherly” nations, united by an indissoluble alliance, common values and historic friendship. This is a strategic link that we will, I am sure, strengthen even further,” she also expressed through this social network.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke similarly, who years ago established good personal and political harmony with Trump and with Bannon, whom he received on several occasions. Orbán was also one of the sitting European leaders who had the smoothest relations with the former president, whom he met during his trip to the United States to attend the NATO summit. Orbán included the Republican in the appointments of what he himself calls a “peace mission” that took him to kyiv, Moscow and Beijing. when did the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU start and this angered the rest of the European partners.
“The best comeback in American political history!” Congratulations to President Trump on his huge victory. A much-needed victory for the world! », celebrated Orbán in X, who assured that he would open a bottle of champagne if the Republican won the elections. This Thursday he will have the opportunity to do so during a dinner in which he will host the rest of the EU leaders and in which it is expected, precisely, that they will analyze the relationship with the United States after the elections.
The leader of the Spanish far right, Santiago Abascal, could not miss the party. “It’s the time of the patriots. “It’s time for freedom,” he said in a message accompanied by a photo with Trump. Her French ally, Marine Le Pen, declared for her part: “This new political era which is opening must contribute to the strengthening of bilateral relations and the search for dialogue and constructive cooperation on the international scene. »
And the Argentine president, another regular at ultra summits, showed his joy at the result, recalling a message from the day before in which he asked the United States to free itself “from the clutches of the Democrats”.
Donald Trump won a very close election on Tuesday. And so, he is preparing to take total control of the United States, after the inauguration scheduled for January 20. It remains to be seen how far the decline in rights within the United States and its geopolitical position goes, between the withdrawal from multilateral organizations and affability towards Putin and the international ultras family.
