. (ANSA) - MANTOVA, 13 SEPTEMBER - "We are working from every possible angle. At the moment we are concentrating on voting the youngest. We are also preparing for the post-November 3 chaos that seems inevitable in the United States. If the election does not succeed certainly because of the ballots sent by mail, there is a serious possibility that Trump and the Republicans will declare victory even if they have not won. Or he might win Biden, but Trump may refuse to acknowledge the results and leave office. "
Paul Auster said indirect streaming with Peter Florence in one of the 'Impossible Interviews' of the Mantua Literature Festival which closes with the great American writer, talking about the upcoming USA elections.
"This has never happened in the United States. We have been a troubled country, but we have always followed protocols and laws. For more than 200 years, power has passed peacefully. Every time a new president has been elected, the voters and the opposing faction accept. the outcome and we proceed peacefully. But this time everything is very uncertain ", he affirmed.
And he added: "I believe one thing: the whole American experiment is in danger right now. We are running the risk of seeing this imperfect democracy evolve into a form of authoritarian rule. Once that happens, I don't know if we will ever be able to go back to the American experiment. It will be over.
This is why we are all working to try to do what we can ", explained the writer worried, who also said he joined the new group Writers AgainstTrump. (ANSA).