– A democratic administration would, I think, be much better for Europe and the world – said Dr. Patrycja Sasnal, an Americanist, in “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24. Together with other guests of the program, she commented on the race for the US president and the accompanying campaign. As Maciej Czarnecki from “Gazeta Wyborcza” said, “it is a bit sad that although there is great mobilization, people are voting primarily against someone, against the other camp.”
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Americans will vote on Tuesday in the presidential election, in which the Democratic candidate is competing for the White House Kamala Harris and put forward by Republicans Donald Trump. That day, the guests of “Fakty po Faktach” on TVN24 talked about this ongoing race and the accompanying campaign.
Editor-in-chief of Onet, former correspondent of Polish media in USA Bartosz Węglarczyk pointed out that Donald Trump announced that he would vote regardless of the result of this vote in four years he will no longer run for office. – He will be in his 80s, you can understand that. Therefore, this is truly his last chance, he said. The journalist assessed that the politician and businessman “has a huge sense of failure” after losing to Joe Biden four years ago.
Węglarczyk on Trump: this is really his last chanceTVN24
Małgorzata Bonikowska – president of the THINKTANK center and the Center for International Relations and lecturer at the European Center at the University of Warsaw – said that “Trump (…) had a bit of a moment of collapse after this defeat and perhaps he didn't even know how his future would unfold.” . – How will he even continue to live after he was there? President of the United States. Because what could be even greater? – she asked.
Bonikowska: Trump had a bit of a breakdown after this lossTVN24
What drives voters in both camps?
Maciej Czarnecki from “Gazeta Wyborcza” talked about what issues are most interesting to American voters. – It all depends very much on whose voters they are – he noted. – I traveled around Pennsylvania for a week with voters of both camps and these are two completely different visions of reality. This reality has completely fallen apart. What is a bit sad is that even though there is great mobilization, people are voting primarily against someone, against the other camp.
According to him, “for Trump voters, the most important thing in the election will be to prevent this 'Marxist', 'communist' from coming to power.” – For Kamala Harris' voters, the biggest motivator is also Donald Trump himself. In addition, there are, of course, issues such as the economy – important for everyone, immigration, abortion – he enumerated.
“Harris represents a different way of thinking about the world than Joe Biden”
Dr. Patrycja Sasnal – an Americanist associated with the Polish Institute of International Affairs, the College of Europe in Natolin and the University of California in Los Angeles – assessed that “democratic administration would be much better for Europe and the world, I think.”
Dr. Sasnal: Harris represents a different way of thinking about the world than Joe BidenTVN24
– However, Kamala Harris represents a different way of thinking about the world than, for example, Joe Biden – she noted. According to her, “with the departing Joe Biden, we say 'goodbye' to the America of the East Coast for which transatlantic relations were almost a religious dogma.”
The expert recalled that Kamala Harris “is the daughter of an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, comes from California” and “is, as if by necessity, more closely related to Latin America and Asia.” – I think it also symbolizes the redirection of the United States in that direction, which will be a challenge, for example, for Europe, as well as Poland – added Sasnal.
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