Donald Trump may have left America red-hot, but in Europe, the airwaves and front pages were flooded as the highly tribal left-wing traditional media aired its disappointment that Americans didn't vote the way they wanted. It turned blue.
german broadsheet newspaper Die Zeit On Wednesday morning, many European media outlets said this in reaction to President-elect Trump's re-election. stated in the heading Simply “shit.” A colorful article likened election night coverage to staring into the mushroom cloud of a nuclear bomb and lamented that “America doesn't care at all” about European sentiment.
Leaning on the now well-established metaphor that elections are a sure sign of democracy's demise, the article's author rhetorically asked if this is the end of America, writing: The Egyptian Empire, the Roman Empire, anything that lasts a very long time lasts forever, we know that. If not, even if it was the last US election, at least people were paying attention. And now we can't wait to see what happens the next day. ”
Spain's best-selling left-wing newspaper el pais called The election was a victory for “convicted felons,” and the paper's editor-in-chief's editorial claimed “a victory for disinformation and reactionaries.” french release said: “It's tempting to assume that 50% of Americans are idiots, but that's frivolous…all of these people are being driven by Trump's set priorities (violent economic protectionism, geopolitical isolationism, mass deportations of immigrants). ).
They claimed about Trump himself: …convicted felon, misogynist, racist, self-centered, liar, and possibly mentally ill. Voters either don't take these accusations seriously, or they're fully aware of them and don't care. ”
In general, European political leaders have been much more cautious in their preparation for this election and in their response to the results. This is in sharp contrast to the attitude of European capitals in 2016, when the notion of a Trump victory seemed completely impossible, even ludicrous, to the establishment. This time, they bit their tongues — even some, like the German chancellor, couldn't even mention Mr. Trump by name in their statements in response to the election.
Broadcasters aren't as worried as politicians, and they don't have to try to build an alliance with President Trump's America starting in January. But for some people, there still seems to be a very small impact. British journalist Emily Maitlis, former senior political journalist at national broadcaster BBC, now founder of a start-up business news agent It's a super podcast of sorts, but she couldn't stop swearing during a live election broadcast all night and saw people calling her names.
As President Trump's victory became increasingly clear, Maitlis's language turned harsh during a live panel discussion on Britain's Channel 4 News, where the reporter called Trump's comments about immigrants eating pets “horrible”. I called. She was immediately reprimanded by co-host Krishnan Guru-Murthy, who said: I have to say [the other guests] Stop cursing, then do it. ”
Guru-Murthy said after the break and after Maitlis left the set. It may be midnight in the UK now, but they're still a bit sensitive about it. ” Maitlis denied that he was ever kicked off the set because of Blue Language and instead went to record episodes of the film. news agent. But she was in great form there, too, decked out for the party with clearly oversized and novelty cocktail earrings, and sheaped criticism on the Trump campaign.
she said: “A lot of it has been done based on lies, right? It's been done behind the scenes of propaganda. I'm not saying he didn't win fair and square…but in Springfield, Ohio, the dog Many of the messages and stories he told were lies, whether it was about cats being eaten or cats being eaten.
