Trump Season 2 First Misfire … 74 Million People Still Want Sequel

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, did not achieve reelection in the presidential elections of November 2020. [AFP=연합뉴스]

This year, the United States held a presidential election amid the unprecedented spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). As a result, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, a “ political heresy, ” who entered Washington four years ago with a collapse, withdrew, and the Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, a “ veteran politician ” with 48 years of experience in Washington, he was elected as the next president. In the United States alone, 18.8 million people were infected and 330,000 of them died, the pandemic, which made Americans choose to “ recover to normal. ”

Earlier this year, President Trump was optimistic about the possibility of re-election. There were only two American presidents who could not be reelected after World War II. In particular, when the economy moves forward, Americans have largely chosen not to replace the president. In January, the third anniversary of President Trump’s inauguration, the boom continued for 127 months, the longest in history, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, the lowest since 1969.

At the time, the obstacle was impeachment. In December of last year, the House of Representatives led by the Democratic Party passed a bill to impeach President Trump. In connection with the “Ukraine scandal”, charges of abuse of power and interference in parliament were brought. However, the Republican-led Senate dismissed the impeachment in early February and sentenced the president to acquittal. From the House vote to the Senate ruling, Trump’s biggest concern was the impeachment dismissal.

A new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has landed in the United States while buried in impeachment. On January 20, a resident near Seattle, Washington, was first confirmed with Corona 19. However, it wasn’t until March that President Trump and Americans began to see Corona 19 head-on. After China, the European Union (EU) banned entry into the US and implemented a nationwide blockade that limits the movement of all citizens except essential personnel.

To continue the economic boom, which is the key to re-election, President Trump strongly insisted on the resumption of economic activities. In the process of insisting that workers come to work, stores open, and students have to go to school, a series of comments ignoring Corona 19 were poured out one after another.

To emphasize the image of the ‘Show Chair’, the White House Corona 19 Task Force briefing was held in person every day. Through videos broadcast live across the country, comments such as “Corona 19 is like the flu. Even with the flu, tens of thousands of people die each year in the United States” or “What if I inject a disinfectant on the body? ” The infection spreads like wildfire, but when the president scoffed at wearing masks and mobilized a large audience, the unaffected group began to turn their backs.

More than 1,000 people were invited to the White House to give a speech on the acceptance of the presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention, and the nomination ceremony of the candidate for Federal Supreme Court Justice Amy Connie Barrett.

Choose Joe Biden, who won the presidential election in November 2020 and will take office as the 46th president of the United States on January 20 next year. [로이터=연합뉴스]

President-elect Biden investigated voters disappointed in President Trump’s lack of response to Corona 19.

Unlike Trump, he always wore a mask, did not campaign indoors, ran car drives outdoors with a small number of voters, and changed most hours online, including fundraising events for donations. The Washington Post analyzed that such actions turned Biden into a leader who presented himself as a safe harbor and was able to get through the ‘harsh winter’.

The death of George Floyd, a black man who was strangled by white police in May, also fueled public anti-Trump sentiment. Citizens, outraged by the racist practices of the police, capsized the streets of large cities across the country and held protests against racism, dubbed ‘The lives of blacks are precious too’. The protests escalated, causing police and protesters, as well as Trump supporters and anti-Trump protesters, to collide, sparking riots.

Rather than pacify the situation, President Trump did not hesitate to speak up by agitating racism. It was to mobilize his base of support, centered on white men. When asked in a television debate about the presidential candidate, “Can you openly condemn white supremacists?” )” he said.

In this situation, a large number of blacks and people of color, whose turnout was not generally high, participated in the vote, and it was also found that a large number of women living in metropolitan areas and suburbs who were anxious about the spread of the crown had given Biden a large number. Of the 538 presidential electoral members, Biden won 306, scoring an overwhelming victory over Trump, who scored 232.

The number of voters Trump won in 2016 is reproduced as is. At that time, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton recaptured Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, which were turned over to Trump, rebuilt the “ Blue Wall ” in the Northeast Industrial Zone, and brought them to Republican gardens in southern Arizona and Georgia.

However, Biden was unable to produce the ‘blue wave’ (Democratic Party wind) that was expected in the preliminary poll. Contrary to overwhelmingly winning polls, the gap between Wisconsin (0.7 percentage points), Pennsylvania (1.2 percentage points), and Michigan (2.8 percentage points) was not large, and Georgia (0.2 percentage points). ) and Arizona (0.3 percentage points) were 1 each. It was only a difference of 10,000 tickets.

President Trump is not being a good loser, as he predicted. When asked in July by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, “Will you admit defeat with dignity?” President Trump said, “It depends on the situation” and “I think voting by mail will manipulate the election,” he said. which suggests the possibility of dissent. did. When Wallace’s host asked, “You mean not accepting the results?” Trump said, “I have to wait and see” and “I’m not just going to say ‘yes’ or ‘no.’

In the US presidential elections, the candidate who wins 270, half of the 538 presidential electors, is declared the winner. Media companies such as AP News, ABC News, Fox News and CNN, which self-aggregate and analyze the results of the ballot count, announce the candidate’s victory when it is determined that the results will not change even if more counts are made. All the media, including conservative journalist Fox News, declared Biden’s victory on November 7, the fourth day after the vote.

However, President Trump disagrees, arguing that “the mail-in ballot was fabricated. I won a lot.” On the 5th (local time), the first public campaign after the presidential elections, he said: “If I lost, I would have become a very classy loser.” Contrary to his allegations, state courts and federal supreme courts have repeatedly dismissed lawsuits brought by President Trump, the electoral field, and the state governments that support him.

Biden-elect emphasized the unity of the divided people in his victory speech. “Let’s end this dark age of treating each other like demons here,” Biden said forcefully, “I will be the president of all Americans.”

However, the first year in office before Biden is expected to be challenging. In the parliamentary elections, the Democratic Party awarded more seats to the House of Representatives and failed to overthrow the Senate. In the early days of the Biden administration, the relationship between Congress and the Republican Party may not be smooth.

From far left to center right, some Republicans rallied under the ‘Big Top’ to bring about regime change, so internal divisions and taking their part are also subject to caution. The first vice president of the United States, Camela Harris, was introduced and the minister was chosen by ordering gender, race, faction and gender identity, but the dissatisfaction of almost all fields was one example.

On January 20, when Biden-elect takes office, ‘President Trump Season 1’ will end. Trump’s first season failed. However, as 74 million “viewers” (the voters who voted for Trump) have expressed their intention to broadcast Season 2, there is a possibility that Trump will run for the presidential election in 2024 and aim for a “staggered re-election.” , according to the British station Channel 4..

Washington = Correspondent Park Hyun-young [email protected]