Chinese state newspaper Global Times On Monday, just before the Iowa primary caucuses began, he called on the world to “prepare for the possibility of Donald Trump being re-elected as president.”
Trump, who was president from 2016 to 2020 and maintained an aggressive anti-communist foreign policy, decisively won the Iowa caucuses hours later by the largest margin in Republican election history. As a candidate running against incumbent left-leaning President Joe Biden, Trump has prioritized countering the Chinese Communist Party's espionage operations in the United States and seeking redress for its role in causing the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic.
Trump also criticized Biden's family's long-standing business dealings with Chinese businessmen associated with his administration, saying they are not serious enough about addressing the threat China poses to the United States and the world. .
of Global Times He regularly shames the US for holding presidential elections, calling it a “low-quality democracy” compared to China's totalitarian and repressive rule by genocidal dictator Xi Jinping. On Monday, the paper called on a stable of American political “experts” to assess the Iowa caucuses before they were held, but the newspaper said Trump has emerged as the Republican presidential nominee and is expected to perform well in Iowa. He lamented that there was a high possibility that it would be contained.
“As the US presidential election campaign begins in Iowa on Monday, experts suggest we should prepare for the possibility that Donald Trump will be re-elected as US president, further dividing the country. ing” Global Times predicted.
File/ U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping leave an event for business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. (NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty)
The newspaper added, “China experts say that, judging from the current situation, Trump is undisputed within his own party and that Biden may no longer be a strong opponent for Trump once the general election phase begins.'' I think there is,” he continued. “This means the world may need to prepare for the possibility that Mr. Trump will return to power, intensifying partisan conflict and further dividing the United States.”
of Global Times Public disagreements on policy between different political factions are called “divisions'' or “fights,'' and the government needs to outlaw them.
The state propaganda machine not only found that President Trump's popularity was significantly higher than his remaining opponents, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, but also that Biden's “The employment approval rating has hit an all-time low.”
“U.S. polling data is extremely transparent and President Trump's approval ratings show he remains a very competitive candidate. The world needs to prepare for this.” Lu Xiang, a certified “expert”, told the media.
Trump is so popular that Global Times The biggest obstacle to his return to power is assessed as the Democratic Party's attempt to remove him from the presidential vote through the court system.
“The main problem for President Trump is the legal battle, Liu Weidong, a researcher at the American Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Monday,” the newspaper reported. “The main concern for Mr. Trump is whether these lawsuits will have a material impact, especially if new evidence emerges that could cause further harm to Mr. Trump,” Liu said.
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China's state-run news agency, Xinhua News Agency, report On Monday, 'experts' suggested Trump 'needs to get 50 percent' [support in Iowa] This is to prove to voters that he is competent. ” Trump must also remain competitive among evangelical voters, the outlet suggested.
“This year will be an interesting caucus, as evangelicals are not unified behind a single candidate, as is often the case,” Xinhua claimed.
News agencies called Trump's Iowa caucuses within an hour of opening Monday. Trump had 51% support, more than 20% ahead of his primary challenger, DeSantis, according to vote tallies as of Tuesday morning. About 55% of evangelicals entered the election intending to vote for Trump, more than twice as many as DeSantis supporters, according to a CNN early entry poll. Trump also surprised pollsters by drawing more support from Republican women in Iowa than from male voters.
President Trump said, “Whether you're Republican or Democrat, whether you're liberal or conservative, we need to come together to fix the world, fix the problems, and all the death and destruction that we're seeing. It would be great if we could correct that.” his victory speech Monday night.
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President Trump congratulated DeSantis and Haley, two leading rivals, for “having a great time together” and called for people to unite against Biden's poor governance.
DeSantis and Haley vowed to remain in the race after the loss in Iowa. The fourth candidate in the race, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, announced that he would suspend campaigning and support Trump.
“There is no way I can become the next president without something that I don't want to happen in this country. I am very concerned about our country,” Ramaswamy said in a statement Monday night.
“Earlier tonight, I called Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory and will now fully support him as president,” the statement continued. “And I think we're trying to do the right thing for this country. So I'm asking you to follow in my footsteps to take the America First movement to the next level. It started in 2016. It did not begin in 1776.
Furthermore, a top European leader said of Trump's victory:
Alexander De Croo said Europe would become “self-reliant” if Trump wins the 2024 presidential election, arguing that the increasingly strong Union bloc needs to prepare for a future without the United States.
“Our democracy and our freedoms will be tested not just in this House election, but in the U.S. Congress and the U.S. presidential election as well,” Decroux said, adding, “If in 2024 we… If we put America first again, we will become more “Europe alone'' than ever before. ”
