US Elections: The International Response to Vote Counting Results

The whole world is looking for who will lead America in the next four years.

Indeed, the decisions of the American people in this four-year election could change American foreign policy and Washington’s focus on allies and enemies.

Therefore, it is not surprising that countries around the world are closely following the results of the race for the White House.

BBC Monitoring summarizes some responses from the international media to date.

Relations between the United States and China, the two countries that have long been rivals and the two world economic powers, have fallen to their lowest level in decades.

Both candidates for this election promised to be tough on relations with Beijing.

Perhaps not surprisingly, therefore, that Chinese state media calls it a “divided, tense and chaotic election”, an event “marred by unrest, turmoil and monetary policy.”

“Many media and citizens are concerned that if this election is appealed, it will create chaos, even social unrest,” Xinhua reported on Tuesday.

“Tension and chaos gradually appear around Election Day,” is the main news line that runs on the front page of the Hoan Cau Times newspaper.

Meanwhile, the national television channel CCTV issued a report focusing on fears of post-election violence amid a record increase in the number of people infected and killed by Covid-19. “There is great concern about the current social unrest,” the report said.

Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review, citing the recent online survey of two newspapers in Vietnam, wrote:

“With more than 49,000 readers participating in the VnExpress online research on September 18, Trump received 79% support and Biden only 21%.

“The Tuoi Tre newspaper said that Mr. Trump was ahead of Mr. Biden with 78% in his online investigation …”

The Japanese newspaper stated that “Trump’s tough attitude towards China attracts and supports many Vietnamese interested in the US elections.”

Latin American media paid special attention to Donald Trump’s success in Florida, backed by the support of Hispanic voter groups.

“Trump’s victory in Florida buried the prospect of a Democratic victory,” read the headline of the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. “The votes of Venezuelans, Cubans and evangelicals have strengthened the position of the current president,” he wrote in the article.

Commentators from the region spoke about Trump’s victory in Florida. The newspapers say this shows that the strategy of the Republican president, who in turn attributes the leadership of his Democratic rival Joe Biden to socialism, has resonated with Cuban-born voters. and Venezuela in exile.

“Mr. Trump has won another important group of voters in Florida: Cuban Americans and other Hispanic ethnic groups are convinced that only the president can help make sure they do not fall.” the hands of a socialist government, ”said the Colombian newspaper El Espectador.

In Russia, the state television channel Rossiya 24 reported that “we continue to see crazy,” said one of its presenters.

Notably, the US intelligence agency believes that Russia sought to change the 2016 election results in favor of Trump, a charge that Moscow has repeatedly denied.

Two people who read the news on the Rossiya channel 24 during this campaign joked about possible impending charges, in favor of the incumbent president.

“Some comrades … will listen to what we say now and conclude that we say that Mr. Trump is the winner,” said one of the hosts, and the other replied: “That’s all. It is a pure math problem, nothing more.” .

In other parts of Europe, newspapers have published headlines about the close persecution and the ambiguity surrounding the election results.

“A growing number of observers, who previously thought Joe Biden would clearly win, are now questioning whether Trump can finish.” Writes the German tabloid Bild.

“The battlefield was much closer than expected: there was no wave of democracy,” the French news agency Inter reported. “Mr. Donald Trump has won in virtually every state where he was supposed to win.”

Meanwhile, the Italian newspaper Il Giornale warned of a possible civil mutiny.

The press reports on the outcome of the ambiguity, and Saudi-sponsored Al Arabiya television repeatedly suggests that days may pass before the final results are known.

Meanwhile, the Egyptian newspaper referred to what it described as a “historical record of high electoral votes.”

With the results of the vote count being announced gradually, the Iranian state-run Press TV television channel that specializes in international broadcasts has abandoned its regular news coverage to publish a special report on the US elections.

The “threat of civil war” is a recurring point, and one channel’s host says that to observers outside of the US elections, “it seems very intimidating.”

Iran’s national news channel IRINN also said the elections were held “under the cloak of fear of instability.”