A few days from the presidential election in the United States, “there is a feeling of excitement, of tension”tells this Monday on franceinfo Rama Yade, former secretary of state under Nicolas Sarkozy, Africa director of the American think tank Atlantic Council and author of Lessons from America. Nation and Powerpublished by L'Harmattan. “Everyone holds their breath”she adds, while the two candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, are holding their last meetings. “The polls are tight, it changes every day, we are within the margin of error”underlines Rama Yade.
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**The former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs also notes a “dramatization” of the countryside. She alludes to the outrageous and controversial remarks of Donald Trump, or comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, during his meeting on Sunday at Madison Square Garden in New York. “You're a shitty vice president. The worst. You're the worst vice president. Kamala you're fired, get out of here, you're fired”declared the Republican candidate. The comedian, for his part, compared Puerto Rico to “a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean.”
Trump “no longer has limits”
The “radicality” of the former president of the United States and his supporters “no longer has any limit since this does not prevent good scores in the polls”believes Rama Yade. According to her, he does not seek to reassure voters who are hesitant and doubtful because of his “radicality”more “rather to mobilize its electorate”.
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**Conversely, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, “change of strategy”believes Rama Yade. After having “harden your tone” by throwing “attacks on Donald Trump”elle “rebalance by taking fundamental positions”notes the director of the American think tank. For example, “faced with the excesses in Puerto Rico, she went to visit a Puerto Rican restaurant in Philadelphia to talk about modernizing the energy network, reducing the cost of housing or access to health care.”
This strategy is wise because Kamala Harris “will never be able to match Donald Trump in this register” excess, adds the former Secretary of State, especially since the “Americans know it less”. So it is better “insist on what it can bring to America rather than overplaying the attacks”plaide Rama Yade.
