Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are heading into their last weekend of campaigning in an extraordinary American presidential election on Saturday, with unpredictable results expected around the world.
The Democratic vice-president, who could be the first female president of the United States, will again be in the key states which will decide the fate of Tuesday’s election: in Georgia (south), North Carolina (south). east) and in Michigan (north), Ms. Harris will try to convince the last undecided people that she is the “antidote” to the former Republican president, as her running mate Tim Walz said on Friday.
Friday evening, during three meetings in a row in Wisconsin, another crucial state on the shores of the Great Lakes, she called for “finally turning the page on a decade of Donald Trump” who has upset American democracy and “has exhausted us “.
The populist tribune, with increasingly authoritarian rhetoric, convicted and indicted in a number of criminal and civil cases, hopes to realize his dream of returning to the White House to promote his policy of “American America”. ‘on board”.
– The “occupied” United States –
During campaign rallies on Saturday in Virginia and North Carolina, he should again paint black the United States which would be “occupied” by millions of illegal migrants, “criminals” whom he promised to expel.
Friday in Michigan, the New York real estate billionaire accused the administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris of having failed economically, while all the indicators for the world’s leading power are green.
He predicted a “1929-style depression” if his rival is elected.
Until the last day, the 60-year-old vice-president and the 78-year-old former president, tireless, will be on the campaign trail: Monday evening, she will be in Philadelphia in the crucial state of Pennsylvania and he in Grand Rapids in Michigan .
The election is Tuesday, a non-working day in the United States, and 70 million Americans have already mailed or cast their ballots early.
But the climate is particularly electric, with one political-media controversy per day and fears of violence after November 5, especially if the result is extremely close as all the polls predict.
In a politically fractured country, nothing seems to move the lines between two opposing rivals.
Seeking to wrest tens of thousands of voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Arizona who hold the keys to the election, Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump are in full verbal escalation.
– “Hate” of Americans –
For the conservative ex-president (2017-2021), his rival “hates” the Americans, while according to the current vice-president who is campaigning in the center, his opponent is “unstable and obsessed with revenge” of the 2020 election that he never admitted having lost.
The 2024 campaign, scrutinized around the world and particularly in Europe and the Middle East, was extraordinary: in the space of a few weeks this summer, President Joe Biden, 81, threw in the towel and left instead Ms Harris and Mr Trump was the target of two assassination attempts.
Since then, the two adversaries have done everything to appeal to women, young people and African-American, Arab-Muslim and Latin-American electorates.
Ms. Harris has garnered support from business and political circles — including former Republican leaders — as well as superstars of film, music and sports, including these days Cardi B, Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Lopez and LeBron James.
And on Saturday, the former First Lady, the ultra popular Michelle Obama, will be campaigning in Philadelphia, with singer Alicia Keys.
Tuesday’s election could be so hotly contested that it could be days before a definitive national result.
Donald Trump’s entourage has already begun to fuel rumors of irregularities, even “cheating”, committed during voting operations.
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