A lucky misfortune – Asia Report

Donald Trump is a lucky guy. He miraculously escaped death from the bullet that grazed his ear at the presidential rally. Butler, Pennsylvania. He escaped the trial in which he was accused of having taken confidential documents from the White House to his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida. He finished off those three days of vertigo with his proclamation as a candidate in the Republican National Conventionin Milwaukeewhere he introduced his running mate, Senator JD Vance39 years old. Half of his 78 years at a time when age became a campaign issue. As a finishing touch, the actions of the social network Truth Socialof Trump Media & Technology Groupthey shot up.

The market is usually predictive. It now senses a Trump victory in the presidential elections on November 5. In the polls he was neck and neck with Joe Biden, discredited even by the Democrats after the debate as a candidate for re-election. The latest of The Times/SAY24 shows an advantage for Trump in seven key states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania y WisconsinThe 43% to 40% support does not break the parity in a polarized country, but it shows more anger with Biden for his hesitations due to his advanced age than confidence in Trump for his story of himself.

From this opinion the question arises: more of the same with Biden or return to the previous despite Trump’s little attachment to fair play, demonstrated by his turning a blind eye to the attacks of his own against the Capitolon January 6, 2021, and with a record of more than 30 civil crimes? Perhaps a photo, bloodied with his fist raised and the flag of USA behind, in the style of the battlefield of the Japanese island of They Jima during the Second World Warcan awaken patriotic fervour?

Trump was close to joining the list of four US presidents who were assassinated with firearms, even though he is not currently in office

The flag itself, in American culture, represents the symbol of the national anthem, The Star-Spangled Bannerin the war against the British in 1812. The rise in the shares of Trump’s company in the Nasdaqthe futures market on which it made its debut on March 26, gives a clue. Do they believe in Trump more than in Truth Social? A company attracts investors for its ideology at the expense of its financial prospects. The stock price plummeted by almost 50% after Trump was found guilty of a confidentiality agreement signed with porn actress Stormy Daniels to keep a sexual affair secret. It then recovered.

Meta lifted restrictions on Trump’s accounts in Facebook e Instagram. Signs of a fair contest decided by several factors, including now the profile of a lucky survivor of a tragedy. “The land of the free and the home of the brave,” as Americans call their country when they put their hand on their chest while alone singing the national anthem, created by Francis Scott Key in 1814. He took the flag as a source of inspiration to write it. Two years earlier he had been confined on a ship during the British bombardment. The melody came from the popular song To Anacreon in Heav’nof John Stafford Smith.

Two centuries and coins later, Trump was on the verge of joining the list of the four presidents of USA who were killed with firearms, even though he does not currently hold office. And other assassinations, such as those of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy and Representatives Steve Scalise and Gabrielle Giffords. Or massacres, such as those that occurred in schools, universities, restaurants, clubs, cinemas and concerts. It all leads to the debate on the Second Amendment to the Constitution, drafted in 1791. It enshrines “the right of the people to keep and bear arms” in order to form a “well-regulated militia.”

Vance’s choice as his deputy is no coincidence: he is flying the flag of Trump’s populism after having been critical of his first candidacy

Trump, backed by the National Rifle Association, wants to keep things as they are. Biden intends to ban the sale of the type of semi-automatic rifle he used Thomas Matthew Crooks20, shot dead seconds after the attempted murder. The debate over weapons dates back to the time when Samuel Colt y Oliver Winchester They revolutionized the business with the rotating drum of revolvers and the lever of rifles to reload them manually. They were civilians, defenders of their property, as well as those who resisted the British with bullets when they wanted to collect taxes from them for the territories they had conquered. A different context, far removed from greed and politics.

In them, Vance’s choice as a sidekick is not accidental: he flies the populist flags of Trump after having been critical of his first candidacy, in 2016, when he published his memoirs as a Marine in the war against Iraq and a student of Yale in the book Hillbilly Elegywhich was made into a film. Beyond the fact that he called Trump “Hitler of America”, branded him as “dangerous” and “incapable” for the White Houseultimately turned out to be the right one to accompany him. One of Trump’s sons, Donald, loved the book. They ended up being friends. By 2021, when he met with Trump, he had changed his mind.

Vance scored points with his rhetoric against aid to Ukraine, a headache for the European Union and the I’LL TAKE if Trump wins, and his temptation to ban abortion nationwide. In the Senate He became a strong spokesman for the conservative Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, advocating the abandonment of interventionist foreign policy, free market economics and American culture. Time to turn the page: Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, Republican candidates who were very critical of Trump during the primaries, also reconciled with the now candidate.

Not because of merit, but because of Trump’s need. He wants to win the presidency and add his people to the Congress While two-thirds of Democrats, shocked by the paradigm created in the wake of the attack, believe that Biden, 81, should give up his candidacy, according to a poll by AP and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Curiously, Vice President Kamala Harris, his eventual successor, has a similar approval rating. Vance, the newcomer to the Republicans, received encouragement from a faraway country, Hungarywhose prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is close to Vladimir Putin, loyal to the cause of the European far right. Another unfortunate event.

Note: This is an article republished from the media outlet «El Ínterin» through a cooperation agreement between both parties for the dissemination of journalistic content. Original link.