In the United States, the protest escalates after George Floyd's death. Donald Trump's reaction to this is highly questionable, says Merkur editor Marcus Mäckler.
- After George Floyd's death, the situation in the United States escalated.
- Thousands of people have been demonstrating for days.
- Donald Trump's reaction is highly questionable.
Munich / USA - Not a word of compassion, sadness, shame - instead, gross noise and threats against your own citizens. Never before has Donald Trump shown his unsuitability for the office of the US President as shamelessly as in the days after George Floyd's violent death .
You knew beforehand that he was a splitter. But that he is so willing to play with inner peace in his own country is a new low.
George Floyd: Situation in the USA continues to escalate
One should be careful with overly steep theses and not underestimate the resilience of the institutions. But the fact that Trump's behavior has authoritarian traits these days is not only noticeable to US commentators . Threatening demonstrators with the military and shooting their way to a photo shoot with tear gas may be common in Beijing or Moscow - it is shameful for a proud democracy like the one in the United States.
And the more the president loses control of the country's problems ( corona , unemployment, the current protests), the biting and relentless he becomes. The remaining months until the November election will be tough.
George Floyd: Donald Trump is highly questionable
It is possible that his hard-heartedness - after the catastrophic corona management - is the decisive mistake in the election year. His challenger Joe Biden is ahead in polls, but analysts in Washington are seriously wondering whether Trump would accept defeat at all or reinterpret it as electoral fraud.
The destructive energy that also lies in his actions can hardly be controlled.
