US election: UK ‘scraps’ Trump, forging ties with Biden

One of Donald Trump’s most important allies is reportedly “ruling out” his reelection chances and rushing to establish ties with Joe Biden.

According to a report by The timesBritish Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been warned of an overwhelming defeat for Republicans next month, with Democrats on track for a “triple whammy” of seizing the Presidency, the House of Representatives and the Senate.

British ministers have been told to forge ties with Biden and his team, after private polls and modeling shown at 10 Downing Street last month put the chance of a Democratic victory at more than 70 percent. , and a model this weekend increased to 85 percent.

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Despite the official decision not to take sides, Johnson reportedly spoke to the president of the United States last week to wish him well for the election, but privately the British prime minister has almost given up on Trump.

“They’re writing Trump off at No. 10 now,” said a senior Conservative Party member. The times.

Key British officials have been reaching out to Democrats, and UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab recently met with Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and other powerful figures in Congress on a visit to the United States. United.

Last month, Biden weighed in on Brexit and its potential impact on Northern Ireland, allegedly causing some UK officials to fear that the Democrat is more likely to side with the European Union.

“We cannot allow the Good Friday Agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland to become a victim of Brexit,” he tweeted.

Several British MPs and officials over the weekend expressed concern that hopes for a trade deal between the United States and the United Kingdom would go out the window if Biden wins.

“Biden’s recent pronouncements make it clear that he cannot or does not want to understand the UK’s position on Brexit,” Conservative MP and former Brexit minister David Jones told The Sun.

“His position is not sympathetic to the desire of the British people to regain their independence.”

With the US election just over three weeks away, most opinion polls show Biden on his way to a landslide victory.

The Real Clear Politics average currently has the Democrat ahead of the Republican by nearly 10 percentage points across the country.

Poll analysis website FiveThirtyEight currently puts the chances of a Biden win at 86 percent.

Biden said at a campaign stop over the weekend that “gimmicks” in the voting booth were the only way he could lose, before backtracking on his comments after they were construed to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the result.

“Make sure you vote,” the former vice president told voters in Pennsylvania. “Because the only way we lose this is with the traps that are taking place in relation to polling places.”

Later, Biden clarified his comments, saying he was referring to Trump encouraging his supporters to “go to the polls and watch very closely.”

The President of the United States has repeatedly expressed concern about the looming electoral chaos due to the large number of ballots mailed this year.

Democrats have warned the public not to expect a definitive result on Election Night, with some even saying that at first glance it may appear that Trump has won overwhelmingly only to have his lead shrink as all votes fall. they count in the following days.