Trump's victory opens the way to the implementation of an imperial policy

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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.

04:00But first, remember, you can...

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