This Tuesday’s American presidential elections were ultimately less close than the polls predicted. Donald Trump won a crushing victory over Kamala Harrisclearly imposing itself in the main contested states.
In the absence of an end to control, the Republican is already the new president in the pectoral of the United States.
The re-election of a convicted criminal, coup leader and authoritarian would already be worrying under normal conditions. But the strength of the former president’s victory doubles the threat posed by his return to the White House.
Because Trump not only won the electoral vote, but also the popular vote, which he didn’t even get in 2016.
He also improved on his 2016 and 2020 results in virtually every state, including many Democratic strongholds. The good presence of the Republican among the minorities that until today we believed to be more inclined to vote progressively, such as Hispanics and blacks, They attribute the rightward shift of the United States.
But not only was the map of the United States dyed red, but also its institutional framework. The Republican Party also regained control of the Senate and will most likely retain Congress as well.
Add to that that Trump will also have a supportive Supreme Court, which has in its favor the formidable social media channel of Elon Muskand that the leaders of the major media bow to him, The new president of the United States will have fewer checks and balances than any of his predecessors.
And if excessive concentration of power is undesirable in itselfit is even more worrying if the person holding it is a leader who respects neither liberal institutions nor democratic procedures. In addition to an irregular and unpredictable figure, with the resulting chaos for the rest of the world.
This is why Brussels woke up this Wednesday with concern, knowing the economic damage that Trump’s trade wars and his increase in customs duties on European products will cause. As well as the geopolitical destabilization that will be caused by the isolationist postulates of the Republican, who has announced his intention to leave Europe alone to help Ukraine and in collective defense.
What seems clear is that the grave danger posed by Trump’s re-election was not perceived that way by the majority of American voters. And much of the responsibility lies with the Democratic Party.
The coup to exclude Biden from the presidential race was rushed and left no choice but a bad candidate like Kamala Harris that, despite the meritorious efforts of the Democratic electoral factory to sell it as the new Obamafailed to gel. His campaign, which quickly slowed down, leaving Trump to take the lead, corroborates the claim bluff what became of this artificial operation.
It remains to be seen whether President Trump will be as radical as candidate Trump.. And the fact that he has no re-election horizon ahead of him invites us to doubt that what happened during his first term will happen again. This time, the president will not be forced to moderate even partially his disruptive program. And an unbalanced Trump leads to an unbalanced world order.
