In less than 10 weeks from now, the United States will vote to elect a new government for the next four years or re-elect the Trump administration for a second term.
Former Democratic Party vice president and presidential candidate Joe Biden and current US President and Republican opponent Donald Trump have raised the stakes as the nation goes to the polls on November 3.
While the president’s party wrapped up the reduced Republican National Convention on Thursday, the Democratic Party wrapped up its event last week by officially nominating Biden for president and Kamala Harris for vice president.
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This is what the two candidates fighting to become president of the world’s largest economy have done or volunteered to do to win the 2020 election and how it will impact the world.
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President Donald Trump has vowed to “ban” US companies from replacing local workers with lower-cost foreign workers, a key consequence of outsourcing, and to continue his hard-line position on immigration.
“We have to win. This is the most important election in the history of our country,” he said. His “Fighting for You” agenda also promises to “end dependence” on China by encouraging American companies to resume operations and continue “America First” foreign policy.
Joe Biden, on the other hand, has promised to reform the temporary visa system to bring in highly skilled employees and establish a wage-based allocation process and set up enforcement mechanisms to ensure they are aligned with the job market and not used to undermine the wages.
In his acceptance speech for the nomination, Biden said: “Just judge this president by the facts. More than 50 million people have applied for unemployment this year. More than 10 million people will lose their health insurance this year. Almost one in six small businesses has closed this year. ”
Since he “did it before,” Biden says he will rebuild the economy as he did when it was on the brink of collapse in 2009. In an outreach video, the Democratic Party said, at the time Biden led the biggest stimulus in a generation and saved millions of jobs.
I know how to get this nation through a crisis because I have done it before. I will not waste time in controlling this virus and better rebuilding our country. pic.twitter.com/HgBdR6VxUO
– Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) August 26, 2020
Covid-19 Response
While Biden says he would shut down the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, if experts and scientists suggested it, Trump ordered the reopening in phases to get the economy back on track.
“Rebuilding our economy begins with fighting the virus, increasing testing, obtaining more protective gear for healthcare workers, and demanding mask mandates across the country,” said the Democratic Party. in a campaign video shared through the former vice president’s Twitter account.
The video comes at a time when there are 5,961,581 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the country and the number of victims is 182,779, according to the Johns Hopkins University count.
As cases continued to grow at a rapid rate, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), facing pressure from the Trump administration, last week approved emergency approval for the use of plasma therapy to treat patients. severely affected patients.
The announcement came on the eve of the Republican National Convention, in which Trump was nominated to lead his party for four more years, raising suspicions that the move was politically motivated to counter criticism of the presidential handling of the pandemic.
However, FDA chief Stephen Hahn later apologized for overstating the life-saving benefits of treating Covid-19 patients with convalescent plasma.
In addition, while many countries have forced citizens to wear face masks as a precaution against the virus, the president has not ordered or is seen wearing one on most occasions.
Links with WHO
Citing the World Health Organization’s (WHO) mismanagement of the Covid-19 crisis and its role in “a conspiracy to cover up China,” US President Donald Trump has halted the nation’s contributions. to the UN health agency.
Although the administration had previously said it was considering numerous proposals, there is still no final word on restoring all or part of funding to WHO.
Biden has so far not announced his action plan on future ties with the WHO. However, he has been pushing for guidelines provided by the UN body, such as wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Relations between the United States and India
There are nearly 1.2 million Indian-American voters in the United States. Recently, the Trump campaign released a video titled ‘Four More Years’ with clips showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the ‘Howdy Modi’ event in Texas last year and the US President’s ‘Namaste Trump’ event in Ahmedabad in February. .
“The United States enjoys a great relationship with India and our campaign has great support from Native Americans!” The tweet next to the video reads.
The United States enjoys an excellent relationship with India, and our campaign has great support from Native Americans. 👍🏻🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bkjh6HODev
– Kimberly Guilfoyle (@kimguilfoyle) August 22, 2020
During a bilateral meeting with ‘friendly’ Prime Minister Modi earlier this year, President Trump also secured a trade deal very soon.
Biden has also promised closer ties with India and a better deal for Indian-Americans, saying he will support New Delhi in tackling “the new threats it faces in its own region and along its own border.”
He has also vowed to end the temporary suspension of H-1B visas to ensure that American gets the first chance at jobs. The visa program, of which Indians are the largest beneficiaries, has been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration’s immigration hawks.
Additionally, Democrat Kamala Harris is the first Native American and black woman, actually the first woman of color, to be elected to the second highest political office in the United States by a major political party.
Tensions between the United States and China
Since Trump took office, relations between the United States and China have exploded. Despite reaching an agreement on Phase 1 of a trade deal, the difference between the two countries has only widened.
The president’s criticism of China has only increased after the first coronavirus case was reported in Wuhan in December last year and it has now taken over the world. Since then, Trump has categorically blamed the “Chinese virus” and the Chinese regime’s omissions over and over again for its spread.
Furthermore, after India banned 59 Chinese apps for security reasons, China’s TikTok also appeared on Trump’s radar, after which he ordered the parent company of the video app to sell its US operations. To a US company within 90 days if the application is not prohibited.
Although Biden has not made clear how he will lead ties with China if elected president, several Democrats have backed Trump’s decision to ban Chinese apps.
Biden has also promised to work with India in the Indo-Pacific to ensure that no country, including China, “can threaten its neighbors with impunity” and will have “no tolerance” for cross-border terrorism in South Asia.
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