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Shameful silence
Undeniably, it became clear rather quickly who would win this year’s presidential election.
Donald Trump staged one of the most remarkable political comebacks in American history.
With a sweeping set of victories across the battleground states Donald Trump this time did not say “they stole the votes”, but claimed already before it was clear he was going to win, that he was the 45th and 47th president of the United States, going to make sure that America was entering its golden years.
Donald Trump won the presidential election as Kamala Harris was branded “classless” for failing to concede more than nine hours after his success was declared.
The president-elect is on course to become the first Republican to win the popular vote since George W Bush in 2004 in a remarkable comeback after losing in 2020 and facing trial for attempting to overturn the result.
Ms Harris left her election party on Tuesday night without addressing the crowd but is expected to concede defeat publicly this afternoon in a speech to the nation.
Many democrats had turned up to greet Kamela Harris as president, but soon into the night it became clear that she would not make it. That made her or her advisers to send the crowd home. And that is a regrettable damper on the expectations of all those who voted for her.
Barbara Heineback, a former Democratic White House staffer said:
“She didn’t have the decency to walk out and say something… make a comment to the United States.”
Both she and some other Democrats gave that stance a sour belch.
“It shows us how classless she actually is…a sore loser.”
Kamala Harris has been radio silent this morning following her stunning election defeat, rand has has not been seen publicly since departing her campaign watch party last night.
After she was swept away in the key swing states, campaign insiders told Fox News Ms Harris is uncontactable this morning and has not provided talking points to surrogates donors or influencers.
One source told the outlet they received no response even after reaching out.
Brian Mast, a Florida congressman, also urged Ms Harris to press ahead with her concession speech.
“It’s time for Kamala Harris to concede,”
he wrote on X.
“The people have spoken and President Donald Trump has won.”
Trump’s victory leaves the Democrats in tatters and Ms Harris humiliated after one of the shortest presidential campaigns in history ended in a heavy defeat.
Hungary’s Viktor Orban, who has positioned himself as Trump’s man in Europe and has a power of veto in NATO, is gloating.
Countries that do not put 2% of their bruto national product into Nato will now have to watch out, as Trump intends not to come to their aid if they are attacked.
Trump has claimed he would end the war in Ukraine in three days. The fear that Trump will force Volodymyr Zelensky to capitulate to Vladimir Putin is real.
Months after urging Trump to come clean about his plans to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, Zelensky on Wednesday hailed the Republican’s “peace through strength approach” as the formula that could deliver a settlement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Donald Trump should come forward with his plan to quickly end the war with Russia, warning that any proposal must avoid violating the nation’s sovereignty.
“If Trump knows how to finish this war, he should tell us today,”
Zelensky said in a Bloomberg Television interview in Kyiv on Wednesday.
“If there are risks to Ukrainian independence, if we lose statehood – we want to be ready for this, we want to know.”
To what extent Trump is going to tax Chinese imports, and in doing so may or may not value Tesla as well, will soon provide evidence of how Trump may or may not be pure to the point and treat everyone equally.
A burning question is just what kind of role Elon Musk will play in the new administration and what kind of unfettered access the world’s richest man will have to the levers of power. What will be certain is that for his financial support to Trump he will want something else in return.
We should not have high expectations in terms of climate. On the contrary. Already in his previous term, he proved to be a total climate denier who is all for supporting industry, regardless of their pollution and damage to nature. He shall continue to reorient the federal government toward pumping more crude oil and building more power plants. The oil executives who had emerged as a main source of funding for Donald Trump, shall now knock at his door to receive something in return for opening their wallets to bolster the Republican nominee’s campaign for a second term in the White House.[The billionaires backing Trump include Kelcy Warren, chief executive officer of pipeline operator Energy Transfer LP; Harold Hamm, the founder of Continental Resources Inc.; and Jeff Hildebrand, CEO of Hilcorp Energy Co.]
We may expect more offshore lease sales, more pipelines all over the wild country, fracking on federal lands and a mindset that is focused on lowering energy costs for consumers, so that they shall not have to drive less and not have to go for electric cars, or have to spend money to isolate their house.
Trump promised to “unleash American energy” and said he has plans to
“free up the vast stores of liquid gold on America’s public land for energy development.”
That signals a sharp pivot from President Joe Biden’s policies curtailing fossil-fuel extraction on public lands and waters.
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Some climate negotiators even conducted simulations to prepare for a possible Trump return and to game out strategies for how that would affect talks at the COP29 conference. Weeks ago activists ran through a crisis communications simulation to ensure they were prepared for what an online notice called “the possible looming reality of a Trump election win and its impact on the COP29 climate talks.” Read the full story here.
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