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Election campaign in the final phase: Trump travels to four, Biden to two states
11.40 am: US President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden will enter the final round of their election campaign: While Trump will appear in four contested states on Monday, the last day before the election, Biden will focus on Pennsylvania and Ohio .
Trump will hold rallies in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan on Monday. She won these states in 2016 against Democrat Hillary Clinton. However, recent polls show Joe Biden has a high chance of winning here. Trump ends his election campaign in the same place as in 2016: Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Biden, vice-candidate Kamala Harris and their spouse Douglas Emhoff will spend most of Monday in various locations in Pennsylvania. Biden plans to bring union members and members of the African American community together in the Pittsburgh area. Later, Lady Gaga appears at a drive-in movie theater. Biden also travels to Ohio, where Trump won in 2016.
Texas: Trump supporters lash out at Biden’s campaign vehicle – FBI investigates
11.20 am: Dangerous situation in Texas: Donald Trump fans attacked challenger Joe Biden’s column. The praise and ridicule came from the White House – the federal police got involved.
Lady Gaga joins Trump’s campaign team
11.00 am: American pop star Lady Gaga and Donald Trump’s campaign team have been involved in a skirmish on Twitter. On Monday, Lady Gaga responded to accusations from Trump’s campaign team that she was an “anti-fracking activist” with calls to Democratic candidate Joe Biden. “Vote Biden” and “What is fracking?” It was read by Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta.
The communications director for Trump’s campaign team, Tim Murtough, had previously complained about the joint appearance of Biden and Lady Gaga in Pittsburgh, in the beleaguered state of Pennsylvania. “Nothing shows Joe Biden’s disdain for Pennsylvania workers like a campaign appearance with anti-fracking activist Lady Gaga,” Murtough tweeted.
The Trump employee described Biden’s appearance alongside Lady Gaga as a “desperate attempt” by Democrats to encourage approval of his “mediocre election campaign.” But it’s a slap in the face for the “600,000 people in Pennsylvania who work in the fracking industry.” Murtough added that Biden had “repeatedly promised leftist activists” that if elected, fracking would be prohibited.
In fact, Biden has criticized the controversial method of producing oil and gas and announced that it will not make any new open public space available for fracking. But even the Democrat doesn’t want to completely abolish fracking.
Senator Mitch McConnell: The Man Behind Donald Trump
10.35 am: Without him, the president of the United States would not have survived politically. Mitch McConnell is the Senate Majority Leader, and he could become Joe Biden’s main opponent if he wins the election. Since Ralf Neukirch, Lexington
On Election Day: Biden Stays in Wilmington, Trump in Washington
10.15 am: Joe Biden plans to address the nation on Election Night Nov. 3 from his home in Wilmington, Delaware. This was reported by several American journalists on Saturday, citing Biden’s election campaign team. His wife Jill, as well as runner-up Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff should also be in attendance.
US President Donald Trump is expected to spend election night in Washington. “Maybe it’s between the White House and the (Trump) hotel,” Trump said Saturday before leaving for election campaign appearances in Pennsylvania. He complained that the capital city administration “put limits” on his hotel. He was referring to the measures taken to contain the coronavirus. Events with a maximum of 50 people are currently allowed in Washington.
On Friday, Trump said he hadn’t yet decided where exactly he would spend election night. He said he did not know if the hotel could be used for celebrations. If that’s not the case, they will likely stay in the White House or choose another location. It is unusual for incumbent presidents to spend election night in the White House.
Trump is considering firing disease expert Fauci
9.30 am: US President Donald Trump has publicly announced the firing of American disease expert Anthony Fauci. At an election rally in Florida Monday night, Trump was defending his crown policy when the crowd began shouting “Kick Fauci out.” To which Trump replied, “Don’t tell anyone, but let me wait until shortly after the election.” The United States presidential elections will be held on Tuesday.
Immunologist Fauci, the president’s top adviser on the crown crisis, has repeatedly contradicted Trump since the start of the pandemic, particularly criticizing Trump’s claim that the United States had the worst behind it. The country still faces much suffering, he said in the Washington Post on Friday. All the signs pointed in the wrong direction. “You can’t be in a much worse position.” The United States is the most affected by the pandemic in terms of infection and death worldwide.
Trump could declare himself the winner of the election before the final result
09.00 am.: US President Donald Trump reportedly plans to declare himself the winner before the end of the vote count if he has an advantage on US election night. The “Axios” news site reported Sunday, citing three unidentified sources, that Trump had discussed the plans with his confidants. A record number of postal voters is expected due to the pandemic. According to polls, supporters of Democrat Joe Biden want to take advantage of it. In competitive states like Pennsylvania, mail-in votes can be counted days after the election.
This could mean that Trump is ahead in Wednesday night’s election, but his lead turns into defeat in the days after. Then the electorate in the states in which the result revolves would not be awarded to Trump, but to Biden. That could be decisive in a tight result: The winner needs at least 270 of the 538 voters in the states.
During an election campaign appearance in Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday, Trump again demanded that the election result be available Wednesday night. “It has always been that way, and it should be that way.” Trump has been claiming for months, without any evidence, that vote-by-mail encourages fraud. In the opinion of the critics, it prepares the field to doubt the result in case of defeat.
Axios reported that Trump’s team is preparing to pretend that Democrats would have “stolen” the election if Pennsylvania’s outcome turned in Biden’s favor after Election Night. Trump’s campaign aide Jason Miller also accused Democrats on Sunday of wanting to “steal” an election victory after the election.
Economist Fratzscher cares about the German economy
07.25 am: DIW chief Marcel Fratzscher is more concerned about the German economy than the US economy in the case of President Donald Trump’s second term. “I am concerned that Germany has more to lose economically than the United States under President Trump,” said the president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) of the German Press Agency. “If Trump wins the election, democracy in the United States will be damaged, as will multilateralism. In economic terms, however, I am less concerned in the medium term.” The US economy will continue to be very dynamic.
From Fratzscher’s point of view, Europe cannot do enough. “We do not have a common voice and there is no driving force that can prevail over the United States and China,” said the DIW president. “The United States and China are becoming increasingly nationalistic and there is a risk that Europe will be left behind.”
If Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden wins the election, Fratzscher expects a turnaround in US domestic politics. “Biden will try to reduce the divisions in society.” Many things could also change internationally. “At the global level, Biden should fix a few things, for example, the US position on the Paris climate protection agreement.” At the same time, Fratzscher lowered expectations that the United States under Biden would be more committed to international cooperation and multilateral agreements. “We should not expect the United States to assume the role of the promoter of multilateralism under Biden.”
