In the recent presidential elections in the USA, the Republican Donald Trump won the victory of the popular vote and of the States, imposing a policy of imperial government that extends worldwide. teleSUR
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00:00And now, moving on, Emerlinda Malcote, International Analyst, will be with us live during this
00:17analysis of the presidential elections that passed on November the 5th.
00:23Hello, welcome Emerlinda.
00:26Hello, thank you for inviting me.
00:29Thank you to you for being here with us.
00:32Let's start.
00:33And how can you understand, or how can we understand Donald Trump's victory, meaning
00:38the fact that not only he won in electoral votes, but for the first time also for the
00:43popular vote?
00:45Yes, I think that the election has to be taken in the brighter context of the Biden administration,
00:53which was a catastrophe.
00:55When Biden came to power, there was no big wars.
00:59And now we have the war in Ukraine and the war in West Asia.
01:02When Biden came to power, also the state of the economy was not in a good shape.
01:09But he has not restored what he has promised to do, let's say healthcare, housing system
01:17for people.
01:18People cannot afford houses in the United States.
01:22So the social situation and the economic situation is really bad.
01:27When you see the growth of the GPD, it's not that bad compared to the other country.
01:32But what happened with Biden is that only the oligarchy has benefited from the growth
01:36of the economy.
01:38So people wanted to shift away from that administration and were hoping that Trump would solve those
01:43problems.
01:46And also, how do you anticipate Trump's victory will reshape US foreign policies, particularly
01:53in relations with Russia and China?
01:57I think that there will not be a big reshape like people are expecting, because the United
02:04States, there is not only the president, there is a big machinery that is dedicated to continue
02:12with the imperialist project.
02:14So it will be another style of foreign policy, but the core of the foreign policy will still
02:19be the same.
02:20What has the capacity that has Trump and that didn't have Biden is that Trump is capable
02:27of negotiating.
02:28He can sit on the table with people that Biden has despised and that has cut relations.
02:35For example, Saudi Arabia, of course, Russia, North Korea, and so on.
02:40So Trump will be able to discuss with them.
02:42But the core of the foreign policy of the United States will still be the same.
02:46It will be perpetuating the United States imperialism all over the world.
02:52Yeah.
02:53And lastly, because of the time, what changes do you foresee in US relationships with its
03:00traditional allies, especially in Europe and Asia, given Trump's America's first approach?
03:08Well, Europe, it will be easy.
03:11Elites from Europe is disappointed of the result of the election.
03:15But still, they will, at the end of the day, they still have to obey their master, because
03:19Europe has been shaped for decades of obeying to the United States, because it benefits
03:25from European imperialism.
03:26So they are not happy with it, but they will, at the end of the day, go with it.
03:31And with Asia, it will be very interesting.
03:34And for the moment, I think that we still need a little bit of time to oversee what
03:38changes would happen.
03:41I guess dialogue will resume, but I think that Trump is going for an all-war with China,
03:49unfortunately.
03:50Yeah.
03:51Thank you, Merlinda, for your analysis and your remarks.
03:57And now let's take a very short break.
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