October 21, 2020 12:00:04 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump works with the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo / Ross D. Franklin)
With less than two weeks to go until Election Day, the Associated Press reports that US President Donald Trump has been traveling from place to place, targeting important states that will help him win the next election. Trump has been behind Joe Biden in various states of battle. In contrast to Trump’s targeting of voters at campaign rallies, Biden has been preparing for the upcoming debate Thursday.
One of those states includes Pennsylvania. “If we win Pennsylvania, we win everything,” the AP reported Trump as saying. After days of debating the format of the debates following Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis and more White House staff testing positive, the Presidential Debate Committee has established new procedures to reduce the disruptions that had occurred between Biden and Trump. in the first debate. This time, while one candidate speaks, the other’s microphone will be muted. Read the AP report here.
Despite his criticism of Beijing, The New York Times reports that Trump has maintained a Chinese bank account. This is important because Trump has repeatedly attacked Biden’s policies toward China and has also criticized Hunter Biden’s business in that country. A spokesman for the Trump Organization told the Times that “the company had opened the account after establishing an office in China” to explore the potential for hotel deals in Asia. ” Read the story here.
The BBC has a list of hot stories related to the American elections, covering what people are discussing in the United States. One of those stories includes a brief explanation of why Tiffany Trump started trending yesterday after her appearance at an LGBTQ event. “I know what my father believes … Before politics, he (President Trump) supported gays, lesbians, the LGBQI community … IA +,” Trump’s youngest daughter had said at the Pride event . Read the BBC list here
President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden during the first presidential debate at Case Western University and the Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo: AP)
As the elections approach, there has been widespread discussion about the challenges of voting in the United States on everything from who can vote to voter suppression and fraud. For many in the US, the coronavirus outbreak has only magnified these challenges and brought them into sharper focus. The BBC has a detailed report on why it can be so difficult for people in the United States to vote in their elections. Read the report here
During the US elections, global politics and the candidates preferred by the other world powers are closely watched. While related discussions have focused on Russia, relatively less attention has been paid to who Beijing would prefer. “Yet this time, in an American election defined by a still spiraling pandemic, a shattered economic outlook and deep political polarization, China feels that something has changed,” reports the BBC. “It is not Chinese authoritarianism but Western democracy that suddenly appears to be facing a crisis of legitimacy.” Read the BBC story here
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