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New challenges for Donald Trump

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Despite the widespread effect of Covid 19 on USA, Trump’s reluctance to impose the lockdown initially points to the frustration Donald Trump might enduring is not beyond anybody’s sense of understanding. While several cities of USA has been severely gripped by the virus with total of more than 160000 active cases with as much as 3000 succumbing to the illness, New York, the third most  populated state in USA following California and Texas, accounts for more than one-third of the total infected. It was not more than a week since the positive cases of COVID-19 have been increased drastically in USA so much so that it  had surpassed Italy , China, and Spain to ascend the topmost position in a tally.

Let us take our area of focus to the devastating effect of the virus on political arena of USA.

The long term effect of the virus has the enough potential to shatter all the hopes accumulated by Donald Trump for the ensuing 2020 presidential election. It has sparked the sense of ambivalence among the Americans whether their country is in the safe and prudent hands. Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was full of ups and downs, friends and rivals, both opaque and transparent, however, turned out to be a surprisingly successful.

From the rigmarole  to the clear assertion, Trump’s presidential campaign was based on major such issues, i.e, Opposition to illegal immigration, More employment for the Americans through the policy which Trump’s administration had designated as “America FIrst”, Better economic opportunities, WIthdrawal of intervention policy, etc. All such grandiloquence attracted more and more crowd, media, as well as the global world towards Republican (a party which Donald Trump belongs to). His promises had influenced people from all parties cutting across the party lines so much so that clashes between his supporters and rivals became common and often violently leading to cancellation of his rallies, cancellation of Chicago rally was a perfect example for it.

The equivocal stand on illegal migration into USA had elevated Donald Trump to another extent. He in particular was against the idea of open borders between USA and Mexico, provided the fact that more than 900 million illegal migrants cross this border annually. The Mexico–United States border is the most frequently crossed border in the world and the tenth longest border between two countries in the world with the length of 3145 km.

This move had paved a wide way for the support to Trump mostly from Whites, conservatives, rich classes, etc. The other economical promise that secured a massive victory for a conservative Donald Trump over his arch rival Democratic’s liberal minded Hillary Clinton was of more employment for the Americans along with the withdrawal from various traffic free intra countries agreements. After winning an election, Trump immediately sought to fullfill his economical promises by taking USA off from Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Trade deals, levying economic sanctions on various countries including Russia and Iran. These were followed by Trade war of 2018  between USA and CHINA over the issues of economic traffics on their products by both the sides. This war not only affected these two countries but it also resulted in a form of  major blow to other developing counties like India.

A perfect answer to why Donald Trump has always been eager to bring back USA soldiers serving in other countries for establishing democracy or American rule fighting prolonged wars is the vote bank. Americans has always apposed American intervetion in the internal matters of other countries by using its own resources which has visibly no outcome. USA has always been seen as a country wanted to interfere and meddle in the internal affairs of various politically as well as economically weak countries. USA’s interventions in Middle Eastern countries such as Iraq, Syria are the perfect example of USA’s dominance.

But the trend has been changed now. With countries like China and Russia strengthening their military will power, it seems that to be remained an universal world power, USA’s might have a lot to sacrifice in coming future. Assessing the global scenario, Trump administration now seems little reluctant to further wage any military war or establish its domination over other countries. Trump administration has understood that to attract more and more votes, the need of the hour is to work as per the likes of its voters.

What would be changed for Trump after this deadlly virus?

Since Trump has expressed unfortunate possibility of more than 2 lakhs deaths in USA from COVID-19, it is going to be very difficult for Trump to regain the power in coming Dec 2020 presidential election. The Coronavirus Pandemic has changed the messianic campaign to a contemplation over what could be done from here now. Covid 19 has brutally affected the economical institutions of USA whether its New York stock Exchange or the Economy. Millions in USA will be loosing their jobs in near future as UN Labor Organisation has anticipated of more than 25 million to be unemployed globally due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Stocks have already been collapsed as the Global markets are facing their worse fate. The world is going to be entered in Global Recession worse than that of 2008. These are being a cause for Americans parting their ways from Trump’s policies. All the earnest efforts of Trump till now has become baseless and reduced to ruins from this sudden blow of the virus.

While deliberations over his political efforts would only be wasting of time as Trump has neither successful in bringing back its soldiers in USA as promised nor could he resolved the border conflicts with Mexico. Both of these were frontliner promises of Trump for his presidential election. Failing to make Taliban comply to the Qatar Deal of 2020 between USA and Taliban which aimed at ending 18 years long military war between both the sides could be enough for Trump to be back-footed and discuss the possible plans for coming election.

It seems that Trump efforts have been reduced to ruins by the havoc of COVID 19 and all his hopes of winning election comfortably have been shattered. It is crucial time for Trump Administration to discuss and contemplate various new plans with possible outcome to enter into election with. 2020 presidential election for Trump and his team is going to be very difficult. In such a prevailing scenarios Democrats might get a new wave of supporters to be relied upon.

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