New Trump escalation in the election campaign: President declares war - "See you on the battlefield"

Joe Biden is campaigning with the black Senator Kamala Harris as a runner-up candidate. Meanwhile, Donald Trump warns of possible fraud - an authority is now buckling.

• When Congress of the US Democratic Trumps policy was attacked. The US president strikes back immediately. (Update from August 19, 9:11 a.m.)
• Meanwhile, incumbent Donald Trump fears election fraud and emphasizes this on almost every opportunity.
• Biden's vice-presidential candidate Harris and ex-US President Obama found sharp words for Trump's previous term of office (update from August 20, 8:35 a.m.) .

Update from August 20, 10:00 p.m.: US President Donald Trump has climbed a new rhetorical escalation level in the US election campaign : In a tweet, Trump used emphatically bellicose language - and remarkably does not capture his challenger Joe Biden, but ex- President Barack Obama and his former opponent Hilary Clinton in the eye. "See you on the battlefield," wrote Trump.

In the attached video, underlaid with dramatic music, there was talk of a “real conspiracy” and “sabotage” that Obama and Biden carried out four years ago against the then new US President Trump. The video had been viewed more than six million times by Thursday evening.

Welcome, Barack and Crooked Hillary. See you on the field of battle! pic.twitter.com/ZrTKXcc6aU

The catchphrase "Obamagate" , which is also used, was brought into the debate by Trump earlier. At a press conference in May, however, he was unable to specify the allegations. “You know what the crime is. The crime is open to everyone. All you have to do is read the papers. All but yours, "Trump replied to a Washington Post reporter when asked .

US election: Obama attacks the US President in a flaming speech and probably hits a nerve - Trump escalates on Twitter

Update from August 20, 9:51 a.m.: US President Donald Trump apparently followed the attacks against himself at the Democratic Party conference on live TV. While his predecessor Barack Obama denied Trump the authority to govern and US Vice-Presidential candidate Kamala Harris accused Trump of having "cost the citizens' lives and livelihoods" - Trump raged on Twitter. Apparently the Democrats hit a nerve with the incumbent US president.

Trump "shouts" in capital letters on Twitter - and tries to sow discord between the Democrats or is simply overwhelmed by the unity presented by Obama and Kamala Harris. "But didn't she call him a racist ??? Didn't she say he was incompetent ??? "

BUT DIDN'T SHE CALL HIM A RACIST ??? DIDN'T SHE SAY HE WAS INCOMPETENT ???

Update from August 20, 8:35 a.m .: The opposition US Vice-Presidential candidate Kamala Harris went tough with President Donald Trump in her nomination speech . "Donald Trump's failure in leadership has cost lives and livelihoods," said Harris on Wednesday evening at the virtual Democratic party conference . Ex-President Barack Obama described Trump as a danger to democracy - and promoted his former deputy Joe Biden , who will challenge the incumbent on November 3rd.

Kamala Harris on Donald Trump: "Incompetent" and "heartless"

"We are at a turning point," Harris said in her speech she gave in Biden's hometown of Wilmington, Delaware. She accused Trump of “incompetence” and “heartlessness” . "We now have a president who turns our tragedies into political weapons," said the senator with Jamaican-Indian roots. Biden, on the other hand, will be “a president who will bring us all together”. If she won the election , the 55-year-old would make history - she would be the first woman and first African American to become Vice President of the United States.

Barack Obama (r.) And US President Donald Trump (archive image): The ex-US President is unusually harsh in court with Trump.

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Barack Obama at Democrats Congress: "Donald Trump can't do the job"

Before Harris, Obama had given his party conference speech. Trump treats the presidency "like another reality show that he can use to get the attention he longs for," criticized Obama. "Donald Trump has not grown into the job because he cannot." That has serious consequences: 170,000 people died in the corona pandemic in the USA , millions of people lost their jobs, the reputation of the USA was damaged worldwide , and "our democratic institutions are under threat like never before". "Tonight I call on you to believe in the ability of Joe and Kamala to lead this country out of dark times and to rebuild it better," said Obama.

Barack Obama dismantled Donald Trump in his video address at the virtual Democrats' party conference.

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US election 2020: Billie Eilish performs at the Democratic Party conference

On the third day of the party congress, which was mainly held virtually due to the coronavirus, the content covered topics such as gun violence , global warming , migration , women's rights and the fight against the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic . In addition to politicians, numerous citizens once again had their say: Victims of gun violence, immigrants and climate protection activists. Up-and-coming pop star Billie Eilish performed her new song "My Future" and appealed to everyone to vote. "We all have to vote as if our lives and the world depend on it - because they do."

Watch Billie's performance of “my future” live from the 2020 Democratic National Convention. https://t.co/A4Uo0OmLrQ
Register to vote: https://t.co/5zf6pwhmzo pic.twitter.com/1eolYmzFi4

USA: Biden now fix, Trump worries Merkel's US coordinator - "already very undemocratic"

Update from August 19, 1:54 p.m .: The transatlantic coordinator of the federal government , Peter Beyer (CDU), has described the election campaign rhetoric of US President Donald Trump as “worrying”. Trump's statement that he must first see whether he will end up accepting the election result or not, “is a worry,” Beyer told the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung . Also torpedo Trump, the US mail to the postal vote to obstruct. “It's going in a very undemocratic direction,” criticized the CDU politician.

It is to be expected that the election rhetoric will intensify before the election date on November 3rd, said Beyer. The Democratic candidate Joe Biden and his "running mate" Kamala Harris are "well advised not to get involved and to remain sovereign".

Meanwhile, the niece of the US President did not leave her uncle in a good hair on a ZDF program.

Transatlantic coordinator on Trump: "He relies fully on his regular voters"

Beyer attested Trump growing nervousness . As in the 2016 election campaign, Trump relies on his motto “America first” . “He doesn't have a new program. He fully relies on his regular voters and that this is enough to carry him back to the Oval Office. "

At the same time, the transatlantic coordinator emphasized that the US Democrats are also relying on protectionism in their election manifesto when rebuilding the US economy, which has been shaken by the corona crisis . The Democrats also shared many positions on foreign policy with the Republicans, for example when they asked Europe to do more for security and military spending.

In the case of Biden's election, the US government will not change its position on the issue of Nordstream 2 either. "Under a President Biden, however, coordination with Germany and Europe would be significantly better," said Beyer.

2020 US election: Biden officially named US Democratic candidate for president

Update of 19 August, 9:11 : The US Democrats have in their party Joe Biden as an official candidate in the election race against Donald Trump confirmed and attacked political opponents on this occasion. But the Republican hits back immediately, focusing on one of his favorite topics: immigration .

Joe Biden is the puppet of the radical left movement that seeks to completely eradicate America's borders, said the incumbent US president during a visit to the border town of Yuma in Arizona. "They want to tear down the wall, they want no borders," said Trump about the Democrats. They actually speak out against the wall on the Mexican border, but do not want the borders to be opened because of that . If the Democrats win, America would become a "Venezuela on steroids," Trump said.

US election: Democrats confirm Joe Biden as Trump's official challenger

Update from August 19, 7:14 a.m.: On Tuesday evening, the Democrats officially named former US Vice President Joe Biden as the challenger to US President Donald Trump . In the election on November 3, the 77-year-old will compete against the incumbent US president. While former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton promoted Biden, his wife Jill gave a very personal and moving speech.

Biden thanked the delegates "from the bottom of his heart" in a video live link. "That means everything to me and my family." The long-time senator will give his nomination speech on Thursday at the end of the party congress from his home state of Delaware.

2020 US election: Democrats officially elect Joe Biden as Trump challenger

The highlight of the evening was the speech by Biden's wife Jill. She promised her husband would bring leadership and compassion to the White House if he won the election . The 69-year-old spoke about the strokes of fate in her husband's life, who lost his first wife and daughter in a car accident and a son through illness.

“How do you bring a broken family back together? Just like you bring a nation together: with love and understanding and small gestures of kindness, with courage, with unshakable faith, ”said the former Second Lady.

2020 US election: Trump challenger campaigns with Senator Kamala Harris

Four days after the funeral of his son Beau, who died of a brain tumor in 2015, Biden - then Vice President under Barack Obama - “shaved, put on his suit” and went back to work. "Sometimes I couldn't figure out how he did it - how he put one foot in front of the other," said Jill Biden. "But I always understood why he was doing it." He was always concerned with the well-being of US citizens.

Biden moves together with the black Senator Kamala Harris as a vice-candidate in the election campaign against Trump . Harris will deliver her party conference speech on Wednesday.

Before the US election: Trump stirs up fear of fraud - result “can take years” - but an ally has to give in 

Update from August 18, 8:25 p.m.: The US presidential election campaign is entering the hot phase. Before the election on November 3, the head of the Post had now assured the punctual delivery of postal voting documents and thus had to give in to the dispute about the equipment of the authority.

The post office boss Louis DeJoy officially announced on Tuesday in Washington that the post- election mail will be delivered "on time and within our well-established service standards" . DeJoy, who is considered an ally of US President Donald Trump , had previously initiated reforms. They should now be put on hold for the time being.

"In order to avoid even the appearance of an impact on the election mail, I am suspending these initiatives until after the election," announced DeJoy.

US election 2020: Donald Trump stirs up fear of fraud - result "may take years"

Update from August 16, 8:55 p.m.: The American Post recently issued a statement in which it cannot guarantee the secure delivery of all election documents for a postal vote by November 3. Now the displeasure of the Democrats about the conditions in the post office is growing and so they put pressure on the agency and its leader in Congress . The House Control Committee scheduled a hearing on Sunday August 24th for Louis DeJoy, who has held the post of Postmaster General since May . There are "alarming" revelations about the scope and severity of operational changes that have not been coordinated with Congress , the Postal Service, or the Association of Governors, said Democratic Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney to DeJoy in a letter.

US election 2020: Donald Trump assumes that the counting could take years because of postal voting

Update from August 16, 7:20 p.m.: Donald Trump, who is now likely to have caused a shock to his ministers with an announcement, can not stop in the hot final spurt of the election campaign . The US president is once again fueling the fear of electoral fraud . During a performance at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, the most powerful man in the world emphasized: "Usually at the end of the evening they announce that Donald Trump has won the election, Donald Trump is your new president ."

But this year there could be a significant delay. The head of state, fearful of his re-election, warns : “If you do it properly, it will take months or years before we know the result. The ballot papers will be lost , they will be gone. ”With this, Trump, who mourns the death of his younger brother Robert, is slamming in the same notch as he has repeatedly warned about the vulnerability of postal votes.

Update from August 15, 8:49 a.m .: The dispute over the postal vote in the US election 2020 * is coming to a head. Increased use will be made of it because of the pandemic . According to the dpa , US President Donald Trump has now threatened to veto an agreement on a new corona aid package with the Democrats if this contains money for the post . "That means that they (the Democrats) cannot get a universal postal vote," Trump told the conservative broadcaster Fox Business on Thursday . The Democrats would need this money so that the Post "can take all those billions and millions of ballots ". 

US election 2020: Trump believes postal ballot papers will be sent to "dead and dogs"

Trump said he wanted Americans to vote in the November 3rd election, but "that means they would have to go to a polling station like they always did and vote". Despite the coronavirus pandemic, this does not pose a threat . "It will be the biggest fraud in history," said Trump again about the postal vote. In some states, such as Virginia, the documents would be sent to "Dead and Dogs" . As a journalist, later the same day asked if Trump would veto any legislation that funds for the post included, said no but he so.

Apparently wants to vote by letter himself: US President Donald Trump

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Letter election in the USA: Obama takes Trump down

Republican Trump apparently fears that the Democrats could benefit from voting by letter when they vote in November. Trump always explains without further evidence that the risk of forgery in a postal vote is very high. His predecessor, Democrat Barack Obama , Trump threw in a rare direct attack now facing, he wanted the post "smash the kneecaps" .

2020 US election: is postal ballot delivery delayed?

The US Post, meanwhile, has already warned states that ballot papers could be on their way for too long. At the same time, internal documents became known on Friday, according to which the Post is currently dismantling numerous letter sorting machines . Suddenly, a company that had hitherto rather stumbled was the focus of the election year: The American Post Office ( USPS ). The company is run by a major republican donor and is already struggling with deficits and delays in deliveries. But without the timely delivery of the postal voting documents, hundreds of thousands or even more ballot papers could remain untold in the worst case .

Despite criticism of postal voting: Trump himself applies for documents

Because more ballot papers are likely to arrive in the mail in November, the announcement of the election results this year could, in the opinion of many observers, be significantly delayed , which could provide additional tailwind for allegations of election fraud . Trump's Democratic challenger Joe Biden stressed on Friday that postal voting is "safe" - and added a swipe to the president. "And don't rely on me to do that," tweeted Biden. How safe the method is is shown by the fact that Trump himself has just applied to the state of Florida to vote by postal vote, he wrote:

Voting by mail is safe and secure. And don't take my word for it:
Take it from the President, who just requested his mail-in ballot for the Florida primary on Tuesday.

US election: Because of immigrant parents - Trump doubts Harris can become vice president

Update from August 14, 11:33 a.m .: US President Donald Trump has triggered a wave of criticism because he did not oppose the thesis that the democratic politician Kamala Harris could not be entitled to the presidential post because of her origins . Senator Harris was selected as runner-up by Democratic presidential nominee-elect Joe Biden . The conservative lawyer John Eastman published later in the magazine Newsweek a guest article in which he doubted that Harris could also take over the post of president - on the grounds that their parents do not even US citizens , were when she was born.

US President Donald Trump

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Trump on US citizenship debate: "I have no idea if that's true"

Eastman was referring to the fact that the US Constitution states that only a "natural born citizen" can be considered for the presidential post - someone who has acquired citizenship at birth. By amendments and court rulings, it is recognized that being born in United States territory is crucial . Eastman argued against it that the nationality of the parents could play a role.

Dispute over Kamala Harris and her origin: Racism allegations against Trump

When asked about the conspiracy theory at a press conference , Trump said on Thursday in the White House, according to AFP , that he had "heard that it did not meet the requirements". Trump did not contradict the doubts. " I have no idea if that's true," he said. He recently heard about it for the first time. "I'll have a look at it." The lawyer who wrote it was "highly qualified, very talented," said the President at the same time.

Biden's campaign team then recalled that Trump had unfoundedly questioned that his predecessor Barack Obama was born in the United States. Democratic Congressmen Ted Lieu and Don Beyer accused Trump of racism .

US election: "Whining is what Trump does best" - Biden and Harris launch an attack on the president

Update from August 13, 11:35 a.m .: It should be a sore point of the incumbent US President: The Democrats are making the US death toll in the Corona crisis an issue in the election campaign against Donald Trump . The reason why the virus * hit the US particularly hard is "because Trump didn't take it seriously from the start," said Democratic candidate for the vice-presidential post, Kamala Harris , on Wednesday in Wilmington, Delaware. It was her first joint appearance in this role with Democratic presidential-designate Joe Biden. “Whining is what Donald Trump does best,” said presidential nominee Biden.

While other countries have relied on science , Trump propagated “miracle drugs” that he saw on Fox News . "That's what happens when we choose someone who just isn't up to the task," Harris said. “We are fighting for the soul of this nation. But together we can do it, Harris also tweeted about her team-up with Biden:

We are in a battle for the soul of this nation. But together, it's a battle we can win. @ JoeBiden — I'm ready to get to work. pic.twitter.com/3PJcUTYBGU

More than five million corona diseases * were registered in the USA - around a quarter of the worldwide cases. More than 165,000 people died.

US election: Trump shoots at Biden's vice-candidate Harris - "Very nasty"

Update from August 12, 11:05 a.m .: The attacks by US President Donald Trump against Joe Biden's vice-candidate Kamala Harris continue. Trump also said at a press conference on Tuesday, according to information from n-tv , that Harris was particularly "malicious" towards his candidate for the US Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh , at the hearing in the Senate . "I will not forget that anytime soon," said Trump, according to the report.

Joe Biden's runner-up in the US election: Stars congratulate Kamala Harris

Various stars have congratulated Harris on social media : Pink, for example, sheds "true tears of joy," according to a tweet by the US singer on Twitter:

Real actual tears of joy over here in the Hart household https://t.co/FuwDcuWOte

And actress Sharon Stone congratulated the Senator: "I am happy for you and I am relieved and happy for our country." He could hardly wait to vote for the Biden Harris team, wrote singer John Legend . After the November elections, the difficult work of recovering from Donald Trump's “nightmare” presidency will begin.

The African American Kerry Washington ("Django Unchained") referred to the historic moment when a black woman and a woman with Indian roots were running for the first time for one of the two big parties as a runner-up candidate. She is very happy for all the children who see themselves in Harris and can now "dream bigger".

Actress Charlize Theron called on her Twitter followers to vote. “Let's go,” wrote the Oscar winner. With Harris, the team is now established. "Now it's up to us to choose." Singer Cher adorned her tweet "Congratulations Madame Vice-President" with a party blast emoji.

CONGRATULATIONS MADAME VICE PRESIDENT🎉

IM BEYOND EXCITED🎂 pic.twitter.com/hZfdULsJG5

2020 US election: Trump shoots Kamala Harris

Update from August 12, 6.47 a.m .: US President Donald Trump * has attacked the vice-presidential candidate of his election challenger Joe Biden, Kamala Harris , with disparaging remarks. Trump said in the White House on Tuesday that he was “surprised” by Biden's election, after all, the black senator had done “very, very badly” in the Democratic primary race . The president also accused Harris of being "very mean" and "disrespectful" to Biden in the Democratic primary campaign .

Regarding the substantive positions of Harris, Trump said that he wanted to increase taxes and cut spending on the military . She is also against the so-called fracking for the production of oil and gas as well as for a "nationalized" health system. The president, who is behind Biden in polls, tries to portray the Democrats as a "radical left" party before the November 3rd * election . Biden announced on Tuesday that it would run against Trump with Harris by his side, making the 55-year-old senator the first woman and first black woman in US history to assume the office of vice president (see original message) .

Joe Biden nominates Kamala Harris as his deputy for the presidential election.

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US election: Biden gives in to pressure - Kamala Harris becomes runner-up candidate

Update from August 11, 10:33 p.m.: Now it's official. Joe Biden has announced his deputy in the battle for the chair in the White House. It will be the 55-year-old African American Senator Kamala Harris . The 77-year-old announced this a few minutes ago on the short message service Twitter. She was a fearless fighter for the little man, wrote Biden in his post. Should the Democrats win the November election, Harris would be the first female vice president in the US .

I have the great honor to announce that I've picked @KamalaHarris - a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country's finest public servants - as my running mate.

Joe Biden nominates Kamala Harris as his deputy for the presidential election.

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US election 2020: Open letter from several African Americans puts pressure on Joe Biden

(First report from August 11th) Washington - US presidential candidate Joe Biden could actually go into the election campaign against the incumbent head of government of the US, Donald Trump , relaxed . Many polls see the Democrats well ahead of their competitors. But an important and large group of voters is now making an open letter to him that may be crucial for the election.

2020 US election: African Americans are calling for a black vice president

After the murder of the African American George Floyd * and countless “ Black Lives Matter *” protests around the world, the concerns of black US citizens have come to the fore again. And so that their interests are now also represented politically, many African Americans , such as Sean "Diddy" Combs or Ben Crump - the lawyer for George Floyd's * family - demand in an open letter from Biden that a black woman be nominated as the vice presidential candidate. " If you don't choose a black woman in 2020, you lose the choice. We don't want to choose between the lesser of two evils, and we don't want to vote between the devil we know and the devil we don't know because we're fed up with it. to vote for the devil - period, "says the letter.

More than 100 Black men urge Biden to pick Black woman as vice president, writing that "failing to select a Black woman in 2020 means you will lose the election" https://t.co/LbvjaApHiG pic.twitter.com/lx1RKols9s

The ball is now in the 77-year-old's half. But he announced at the beginning of March that if he won the election *, then a woman would be made Vice-President . It would be the first in US history. So far there are three favorites on the post. US Senator Kamala Harris and Barack Obama's national security advisor Susan Rice are very popular. But there is also a white applicant for Biden's deputy in Senator Elizabeth Warren .

2020 US election: the candidate will be named at the Democratic Party conference

The Democratic Party Conference will take place next week in Milwaukee , Wisconsin. On the last day of the four-day event, Biden will deliver his nomination speech. In addition to him, many prominent Democrats are also expected. In addition to former President Bill Clinton , Michelle and Barack Obama will also speak. It is also expected that he will appoint his deputy there at the latest. With the first female vice-president, he will have a "historic partner" in his efforts to lead the country out of the crisis, according to a statement from the Democratic Party. Whoever is nominated, her speech is already scheduled for Wednesday (August 19th). (tel) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.

Meanwhile, two curious letters have been published in which Donald Trump admits that he is a great fan of Putin.

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