Paula Lugones
02/05/2020 - 18:47
- Clarín.com
- World
President Donald Trump avoided shaking hands with Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Chamber of Deputies, at the beginning of his speech on the State of the Union on Tuesday night in Congress. As soon as the presidential message was over, she broke the papers with the president's words before the cameras, an obvious gesture for the entire United States to know her disgust and that of her party.
It is an unprecedented scene for the history of this country, accustomed to civility and respect for institutions, and today marks the sour path that comes after Trump's acquittal . The climate is war between officialism and opposition and it is possible that everything is worse until the presidential elections of November 3.
Free. The absolution of Donald Trump favors his campaign for reelection (DPA).
Trump has taken a heavy load off and emerged more than victorious from this test to which only three presidents have been subjected. Not only because they acquitted him but because he achieved everything he wanted: a short trial, without the presence of witnesses that could bother him and, above all, with the almost monolithic unity of the Republicans.
With the exception of Senator Mitt Romney, who has been one of the Republicans who has faced Trump strongly since the 2016 campaign, the president got all the deputies and senators to support him, although many of them silently chew their disgust for the president’s behavior.
Trump violates many of the party's values and flags (free trade, immigration, public spending) but lawmakers support their behavior because no other candidate appears to shadow it . After all, the trial is, as the name implies, political: it has little to do with truth and justice but rather with the wishes of the party and electoral convenience. In fact, several lawmakers acknowledged that Trump's behavior had been incorrect but that a recall because it would damage the institutions.
Actually, it is not opportune for Republicans to dismiss a president of his party who has a 49% popularity, and with great prospects of being reelected and when there is no co-religionist who can compete.
The Democrats also voted in block without cracks and attacked where they could Trump to undress his behavior in power and that is also being seen in the campaign, where he is described without euphemisms as corrupt, xenophobic, racist and as the president “more dangerous of history ”. The ammunition will be increasingly heavy.
Charges The leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate, .Chuck Schumer, explains his vote before the full chamber in the vote for impeachment to Donald Trump (Reuters).
During the process, nobody moved their position and everything became more acute. Hates were radicalized , presidential tweets went on and the picture threatens to be worse. In his speech of the State of the Union Trump he had the opportunity to try to close the crack or extend a hand of unity towards the Democrats, when he already knew he would be acquitted. None of that happened and the message ended with both parties starring warlike scenes that went viral on the networks.
Unlike the Democrats, submerged in a fierce intern, Trump sails calmly in the face of his re-election, supported by the friendly numbers of the economy. His acquittal will give the arguments he needs to encourage his bases: that the opposition only seeks to destroy a president who wants to do things for the people.
In deep America, Clarín found these days in Iowa, people are not too aware of what is happening in the well-off places in Washington and they say that Trump is a president who keeps his promises , beyond that that is really true. .
It is likely that in these months the president has further loaded his arsenal to shoot now that he feels free. Democrats will surely return courtesies. This Wednesday the trial was closed, but the crack has worsened.