PRESS REVIEW – Newspapers around the world are analyzing the Republican's victory yesterday in the American presidential election. But also the scathing defeat of Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.
This Thursday, the world press autopsy Donald Trump's clear victory yesterday in the American presidential election. At the forefront of which are American newspapers. THE New York Times thus attempts to analyze how the republican managed to reach “so many Americans” – at this point, the future president of the United States has received at least 72 million votes, compared to barely 68 million for his defeated Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
“He was a formidably effective campaigner. To see him was to see him mix comedy, fury, optimism, darkness and cynicism like never before. He was an expert communicator. He gained new supporters and kept the old ones under his spell.is it possible to read in the columns of the daily newspaper which wonders if “will a woman one day be president” . And note that “the bond with Donald Trump became stronger for many people after the assassination attempt” during a meeting in Pennsylvania in July: “People started to think of him as a cross between Rambo and John Gotti (a New York mafioso, Editor’s note)” et “some saw proof of the divine in his survival”allowing the candidate to get closer to “certain people on a spiritual level”. “The hatred of institutions cannot be estimated”you don't even know “critiques of the dominant orthodoxy” you don't even know “scare tactics” : “fear kept people hanging”.
Kamala Harris’ “miscalculations”
The Wall Street Journalwho asks the same question, believes that “Voters expressed anger at the prices and frustration that their ambitions seemed out of reach”. And analyze them “calculation errors” by Kamala Harris. “His campaign was misinterpreted by an electorate more concerned with inflation and immigration than with the character of Donald Trump”slice it WSJ. “Voters, across all parties, have shifted to the right on the issue of immigration. They blamed Biden and Harris for failing to control the chaotic border.summarizes for his part the New York Times.
“Voter anger over the economy disconcerts Democrats”more silk Washington Post . “For Harris, no stranger to setbacks, it was a crushing defeat. But it was also a bitter verdict for the American left, which saw its standard-bearer dismissed for the second time in three presidential elections, in an election marked by the dark tendencies of reactionary populism.analyzes the capital's newspaper in another article.
“Europe at the back of the wall”
A theme addressed in France by The World for whom the Democratic candidate “leaves open the question of the rout of his party”. “Kamala Harris has neglected the traditional base of the party, notably the progressive movement and young people (…) Wearing sneakers and having fun on the set of the legendary show “Saturday Night Live”, three days before the election, do not create membership”scathes the evening newspaper.
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The Parisian makes its headlines on “the incredible comeback” of Donald Trump when Humanity is alarmed by “American Nightmare”. “Europe at the back of the wall”points to his side The Echoes. “The world is preparing to experience new turbulence: isolationism and unpredictability, the president-elect intends to turn the page Biden, who tried to restore the image of the United States in the world”we can read. In Le Figaro the election of the republican puts Europe, “weakened and divided at the time of choices to ensure its security”facing its responsibilities.
Return to the columns Echoeswho, in his editorial, believes that “Trump’s victory sends us back to our own blindness” : “If, therefore, we are wrong about how American society views its new president, do we risk being wrong about how we see our own society? The subjects that made him win are nevertheless there: purchasing power, immigration, insecurity, hatred of elites. The soil is the same, let’s be careful not to bury our heads in it so as not to see.”
“Historic change of camp of minorities”
In Italy, the Greenhouse Courier emphasizes the future balance of power between the United States and the Old Continent. “Donald Trump's triumph comes at a time of maximum weakness for the EU. From defense to a common vision of investment and industrial development, will the EU manage to avoid what Draghi called a “slow agony”?asks the country's leading daily. The Manifestoresolutely left-wing, deplores the “absolute power” what Donald Trump is about to claim: “There is only one man in charge, plus a pluto-technological shadow named Musk.”
The Spanish daily The World he leans on “the historic change of camp of minorities in the United States”. The Republican actually “significantly improved its performance” with “Latinos, blacks and young people”. “The Latino vote proved decisive, but for Donald Trump . There was no “blue” wave of feminists or legions of Hispanic women heading to the polls, energized by the cause of reproductive rights or long-awaited immigration reform, at least not with enough force to influence the electoral outcome and give Kamala Harris a victory”analyzes the conservative newspaper.
Across the Channel, The Guardian headline «American Dread» – “the haunting of the Americans” – When The Mirror wonders «What have they done again» – “what have they done again”. “He was shot, convicted of a crime and called a fascist… but he remains the people’s choice”summarizes it Daily Express. “You are rehired”écrit The Sun in reference to the famous “you’re fired” what Donald Trump said to his recruits in The Apprentice.
In Germany, finally, The mirror notes that “the presidential election did not take place without incidents or disruptions” more than “the feared chaos did not happen”citing the “Bomb threats from Russia and baseless fraud claims from Donald Trump”.
“Trump will put his own interests first”
In the rest of the world, Chinese daily newspapers are content to point out that their President Xi Jinping has “felicity” the president-elect. In Israel, the Jerusalem Post believes that “Trump’s victory is a diplomatic bomb”. For the liberal newspaper, his election “weakens diplomatic efforts to bring Israel's multifrontal wars to a near-term end and calls into question long-term U.S. support for Israel's military campaigns against Iran and its proxies”. And let him ask himself: “Will Trump be good for Israel in wartime, especially given its reluctance to engage militarily” ?
“Donald Trump will put his own interests first, and they may not always be aligned with the expectations of Netanyahu’s coalition”analyzes for its part the center-left Hebrew daily Haaretz.
In Mexico, finally, The Jordana wonders what will be the «implications» of Donald Trump's victory for the country: “The first change will be a change in tone. While Joe Biden's administration generally had cordial, even strong, relations with its Mexican counterparts, Trump's negotiating style almost always begins with threats.. And to add: “But Trump’s promise of mass expulsions of immigrants is what could do the most damage.”
