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Your guide to what the American elections mean for the year 2024 for Washington and the world
Donald Trump began his second term as expected: a barrage of executive orders, notes, promises, reflections, and frantic speeches. The world had at least one year to prepare for the return of America's agenda first to the White House. Nobody can say that he is surprised by this approach, or from most Trump -radical and divisive initiatives as some of them are. However, its unleashing the animal lives of American capitalism have sparked concern about some traditional allies. Now the world must decide how to respond to the storm that seems to be accompanied by the second Trump administration, if not enveloped.
And America also has a big question that it must answer. A lot of focus was in the early days of Trump's new presidency on the issues that guaranteed his re -election, especially reduce migration and reducing what his supporters call “immigrants”.Deep stateAnd known as the federal government. It is right to pay attention to the concerns of the voters who sent it Return to the oval office. But how should the Americans respond if he indulge, as his opponents are afraid, in his most constant instincts and began to undermine the pillars of their democracy?
There is a simple answer to both questions: values in addition to interests. Trump withdrew from Paris Climate Agreement It is not possible, for example, to become an excuse for the European Union to slow the carbon removal agenda; However, it should reduce the regulatory burdens and simplify its rules.
On the home front, too, it is time to choose the appropriate battles. American courts must be prepared for a royal battle on Trump's most controversial initiatives, such as his attempt to end the right of citizenship with birth, which is stipulated in the fourteenth amendment to the constitution.
Trump's opening battle shed light on a wide sense that an era has ended. It has been met with an exhausted reaction from America's allies, who see it to intensify threats to the multilateral system. But it is important to note that many elsewhere in the world view Trump more positively and love America's most closed idea of itself. It is also possible that some of his initiatives can lead to desirable results. It will take more than just Trump's threat to impose strict sanctions on Russia to bring Vladimir Putin To the table To negotiate a fair peace agreement in Ukraine. But the explicit and unexpected warning that the president launched this week was a step in the right direction, as well as a reminder of how to see him because of the inability to predict as a feature.
On a wider scale, the allies must accept that some Trump recipes may be a strongly required invitation. As NATO members urged in his recent state to spend more on defense, his support this time to reduce organizations and bureaucracy and reduce taxes would force European Union leaders to face the problem of the competitiveness that the continent suffers more urgently.
These are the first days. The truth is that Trump did not start new Trade war with China Or Europe does not mean that no one will start next week. Whatever what will happen, this is the right time for quiet heads. Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Malaysia, He told the Financial Times this week He and other Asian leaders believed that after a preliminary period of turmoil, the global trade system will remain the same. We have to hope it is right.
Trump is now in The high powersHe controls the congressions, along with a majority conservative in the Supreme Court and with the following winds of re -election. At home and abroad, it is very important that we do not distract us with the performance elements in its agenda, and to accept the fact that it may be right at times, but in the first place it is important to defend what matters. Political capital may be dispelled for a second term quickly – if reckless and arrogance prevails.
