Donald Trump: forced to accept defeat ... to stand for re-election in 2024?
TRUMP. The outgoing president has not yet said his last word and intends to challenge the victory of Joe Biden. But if he has to leave the White House, Donald Trump could remain the number one opponent of the Democrats for the next 4 years.
Donald Trump lost the US presidential elections, the vote counts in key states are now very clear. However, the outgoing president has still not recognized his defeat and continues to denounce a rigged presidential election which is "far from over". Donald Trump still considers himself the winner and has initiated several appeals, alongside his lawyer Rudy Guiliani, to have the votes recounted and to contest those received by correspondence, in particular in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Winsconsin. Donald Trump is also reportedly considering public rallies to publicly challenge the results. The Minister of Justice gave the green light to the opening of investigations into possible irregularities during the poll.
Donald Trump nevertheless appears more and more isolated, entrenched in the White House or on the course of his golf course in Sterling, Virginia. International heads of state publicly congratulated Joe Biden on his victory, and in particular that of Saudi Arabia or Turkey, yet close to Donald Trump. Another signal of Donald Trump's marginalization: George W. Bush, who not only telephoned the president-elect to congratulate him, but who also spoke of an "election whose integrity will be confirmed and the result of which is clear". And finally, even within his closest circle, Donald Trump's position seems increasingly weakened. According to US media, his wife Melania and his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner both fight for the Republican to recognize his defeat. Trump nonetheless received clear support from his foreign minister Mike Pompeo, who promised a "smooth transition to a second Trump administration."
The tension is set in this post-election since the team of Joe Biden has raised the threat of a manu militari expulsion of Donald Trump from the White House, if he does not change his position. “The American authorities are perfectly capable of expelling intruders from the White House,” a spokesperson for the Democrat said last Friday. Donald Trump, if he decides to leave the presidency, could well embark on a long campaign to defend his accusations and even go so far as to run again in 2024. The American newspaper Axios quotes two sources close to the outgoing president, who assure that Donald Trump is certain to still have a political future, with his 71 million votes collected despite the defeat.
What did the polls predict on Donald Trump?
According to polls compiled by Linternaute.com ahead of these American elections, Donald Trump was credited nationally with around 43% of voting intentions against around 52% for the former vice president of states -United Joe Biden. Beyond this simple "gross" figure, it is the gap between the two candidates that should be noted: it has clearly increased in favor of the Democrat in recent weeks.
Be careful, in the United States, the election of the president is played state by state, which limits the scope of national polls. To understand the evolution of voting intentions, especially in key states, see our article on the results of the polls for the 2020 American elections, with all the methodology applied to our compilation of polls.
What is Donald Trump's program?
If in 2016 Donald Trump had expressed strong proposals such as the construction of a wall on the Mexican border (a building which is still very far from being completed), or the removal of Obamacare, for this American election of 2020, the Republican candidate simply expressed a few wishes, in a disparate manner, without presenting a real program. In an interview for Fox News at the end of August, the president was asked about his next commitments, had remained very evasive, indicating that he "would reinforce what he has already done and that he would do new things". Its slogan, "Keep America great" which can be translated as "May the greatness of America endure" testifies to Donald Trump's desire to place "continuity" at the heart of his 2020 program. billionaire multiplied the great vague intentions, without specific announcements. A few promises did emerge all the same, formulated at will, often without argumentation or financing details. Here is a non-exhaustive list :
- Put a vaccine into circulation by the end of 2020.
- Replenish stocks and prepare for future outbreaks.
- Create 10 million jobs in 10 months.
- Reduce taxes.
- Pass trade deals that protect American jobs.
- Fight against illegal immigration.
- "Stop
