Two electoral slippers for US Democrats: now Trump is sitting on Biden’s neck – politics abroad

No wonder Joe Biden (79) keeps talking about Donald Trump (75) …

Exactly a year after the incumbent US President triumphed against Donald Trump in the battle for the White House, the first landmark elections were held in the US. It was about the governorships in the states of Virginia and New Jersey.

And it was also about the question: Can Trump make a political comeback and become the most powerful man in the world again in 2024?

First answer: Yes, he can. (German: Yes, he can.)

Warning shot number 1: In Virginia, Democrat Terry McAuliffe (64) went down in the vote against the conservative newcomer Glenn Youngkin (54). Joe Biden won here on November 3, 2020 with a runaway victory (plus ten percent)!

Warning shot number 2: In New Jersey, where the Democrats had won every presidential race by a large margin since 1992, the duel between the liberal incumbent Phil Murphy (64) and the Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli (59) was so close that it was only a few hours ago a winner could be named. Murphy won with 50.2 to 49.23 percent!

A victory for the Democrats had long been considered a deal. A clear signal of the thin trembling victory: The US voters are dissatisfied with the liberals!

And there was another warning shot for Biden and Co .: In the local elections in the US state of New York, the Democrats suffered painful defeats in many town halls.

The tenor in the US media shouldn’t please Joe Biden at all. “The weakness of the Democrats is exposed”, judged the liberal “New York Times”. The conservative New York Post stated, “Democrats froze. It is not enough to be anti-Trump alone. “

In fact, Joe Biden had mentioned Trump’s name 24 times in a speech during a campaign appearance for McAuliffe. But Virginia voters were not impressed. The fear of Trump seems to be a thing of the past. Meanwhile, the fear of tax hikes and inflation is omnipresent.

The two gubernatorial elections are like a cold bucket of water in the face of the man who is repeatedly denigrated by Donald Trump as “sleepy Joe”.

Because now it is becoming increasingly clear that in the upcoming congressional elections in autumn 2022, his Democrats will lose the majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Then Biden – who already has problems pushing through his budget and investment programs – would be a “lame duck”. A president who can practically no longer move anything.

AND: A survey by the national TV broadcaster “NBC” this week showed: Only 42 percent of Americans think that Biden is doing a good job as president. In April this was said by 53 percent.

In addition, seven out of ten US citizens think that the country took the wrong path under the 46th President. And around half of Democrats would rather go into the presidential race with a candidate other than Joe Biden in 2024.

Trump is accordingly in a good mood. He didn’t hesitate and took last election night as a personal success. “I want to thank my base for voting so powerfully for Glenn Youngkin. Without you he would not have come close to a victory, ”he announced in a statement.

Trump officially supported Youngkin. And although he had never appeared in public with him, he had never set himself apart from the eloquent ex-president.

New Jersey Republican candidate Jack Ciattarelli is also a Trump man. After his defeat last year, he attended a “Stop the steal” event at which Trump claimed he was the true winner of the 2020 election and only won Biden by fraud in the postal vote .

This makes it clear: Donald Trump is still a power for the Republicans.

If many of “his” candidates win the “midterm elections” next fall, which is about a majority in the US Congress, this statement, which he made last September, should be confirmed: “Only a negative one Doctoral judgment may prevent me from running in 2024. ”

Then he added: “But I feel very good …”