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2020 US election: Trump? Merz leans far out of the window - and promptly receives biting ridicule

2020-11-05T07:02:34.789Z


On November 3rd, the world is looking excitedly to Washington on the 2020 US election: How will Germany react to the result and the consequences?


On November 3rd, the world is looking excitedly to Washington on the 2020 US election: How will Germany react to the result and the consequences?

  • The 59th US presidential election * will take place on November 3rd.

  • Germany will also have to react to the election victory of Joe Biden * or Donald Trump *.

  • The reaction of

    Angela Merkel (CDU)

    could, depending on the result, be very different than four years ago.

Update from November 5, 2:20 a.m.:

There is still

no winner of the presidential election

in the

USA

.

Given the good chances for challenger Joe Biden, the

Greens

warn

against jumping to conclusions.

“The election is only over when all votes have been counted,” said

party leader Annalena Baerbock

in a tweet on Wednesday evening.

"Premature congratulations mock the rights of voters."

Meanwhile,

CDU chairman Friedrich Merz is

ridiculed for appearing in a stream of the picture.

"We'd be fine," said Merz, who also

wants to

succeed

Chancellor Angela Merkel

in the Chancellery.

“Yoah, I think so right away,” said

SPD General Secretary Lars Klingbeil

.

The background could also be the behavior of Trump in the past few hours.

The US President spoke of fraud and repeatedly prematurely or even falsely declared himself the winner.

In view of this, even important representatives of the otherwise presidential broadcaster Fox News broke with Trump.

Yoah, I think so right away.

pic.twitter.com/y8lxSeVANq

- Lars Klingbeil 🇪🇺 (@larsklingbeil) November 4, 2020

Update from November 4, 7:14 p.m

.: Another

person

who,

according to his own statement, has been observing

the

split in American society

for some time is

Friedrich Merz *

, applicant for the CDU chairmanship.

However, he currently wants to stay out of “public opinions” and “public recommendations”, as he

said

on

Bild Live

.

But he knows “what makes Americans tick” due to numerous trips to America.

And if he were to

fly across the ocean

as

Chancellor

in the future

, Merz would also know how to deal with Donald Trump: "We'd be fine."

2020 US election: reactions from Germany - Merkel's foreign minister expresses clear criticism

Update from November 4, 5:56 p.m.:

Originally,

Heiko Maas

(SPD)

wanted to make

a press

statement this afternoon, but he canceled

that at short notice

(see update from November 4, 12.24 p.m.)

.

Now he speaks again about the

US election

in several messages on Twitter

.

Due to the tight race and the many votes that still have to be counted, Maas writes: “It would be premature to comment on the election today.” The

turnout

at the election was “historically high - unfortunately also the polarization.

It is therefore important that all politicians who reach people directly create trust in the electoral process and the results. "

Following

Donald Trump's statement

this morning in which he said he won the election even though not all of the votes have been counted, some have criticized his actions as "anti-democratic".

Maas says: "

America

is a strong

democracy

, which with its" checks and balances "has proven several times in the past that it works even in difficult situations and can clarify critical questions in terms of democratic principles."

You can find further decisive developments in relation to the US election in both articles on Merkur.de.

Editorial offices from Germany on the 2020 US election: Merkel has been reluctant to comment so far

Update from November 4, 4:15 p.m.:

Chancellor

Angela Merkel

(CDU) has not yet commented on the US election.

Your spokesman

Steffen Seibert

said: "The Federal Government has

confidence

in the democratic tradition and in the constitutional institutions" of the

USA

.

As long as there is no final result, he does not want to comment on "the state of affairs".

Finance Minister

Olaf Scholz

(SPD) meanwhile insists “that democratic elections should take place in full”.

"And that means they are over when all votes are counted." With this statement he refers to the premature proclamation by US President Donald Trump that he and the Republicans had won the election, although not all votes have been counted .

According to a statement from the SPD party executive, SPD leader

Saskia Esken also

sharply

criticized

Trump's actions.

"A candidate, even if he is the incumbent president who calls for postal votes not to be counted, acts anti-democratically."

.

@OlafScholz calls for the full count of all votes.

SPD leader @EskenSaskia sharply criticizes Trump's statements and calls for the defense of democratic achievements >> https://t.co/EXsKODNQHI # Elections2020

- SPD party executive 🇪🇺 (@spdde) November 4, 2020

CDU external expert

Norbert Röttgen

, chairman of the Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee, fears

unrest and riots

in the USA.

He also criticizes Trump's proclamation of victory: "That can lead to weeks of dispute and has a high potential for conflict," said Röttgen

RP Online

.

The USA is deeply shaped “socially and politically”.

This US election shows that nothing has changed.

US election 2020: Markus Söder wants a stronger Europe

Update from November 4th, 12:24 p.m.:

Regardless of how the

US election

ends

,

Markus Söder (CSU)

believes that the EU must act more

united in order

to gain more weight

against the

USA

.

"Europe has to become much stronger, economically, technologically, and also in terms of security policy, in order to ultimately develop an independent position on a par with the USA - regardless of who is president," said Söder.

"Europe really has to be fundamentally aware once again that a change has taken place in the transatlantic relationship." Söder therefore demanded: "Less small and small among us in Europe, rather a strong community base."

US election: AKK speaks of an "explosive situation" - Maas cancels Statment

Update from November 4th, 12:24 p.m.:

Maas has now canceled his announced statement at short notice.

The reasons are unclear.

Presumably the situation in the USA is still too confusing for the Federal Foreign Office.

AKK, on ​​the other hand, surprised with very clear words and a gloomy forecast (see update from 10:08 a.m.).

Update from November 4, 12.15 p.m.:

The

Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas

wants to make

a press statement live in front of the camera

shortly

.

That could be exciting insofar as the SPD politician is an avowed Trump critic and, on the other hand, Germany may have to work with a US president named Trump for another four years.

Update from November 4th, 10:08 a.m.:

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, still CDU chairwoman and defense minister, speaks in the ZDF morning magazine.

“This is a very explosive situation.” Experts rightly warned of a constitutional crisis in the USA.

"And that is something that must certainly worry us very much overall."

US election: first reactions from Germany

Update from November 4th, 9.33 a.m

.: Some politicians in Germany are shocked to Trump's speech.

FDP boss Christian Lindner speaks on ZDF "of a dismaying situation" - and dares a gloomy prognosis:

"This creates a dramatic conflict situation in American democracy with unforeseeable consequences not only for the American people, but beyond - also for the world and therefore also for us in Europe."

"That is really undemocratic," said Gregor Gysi (left) on ZDF.

"He wants to stimulate people." Gysi criticized Trump's announcement that he wanted to stop the counting of votes in court.

In doing so, the president “did neither himself nor his country nor humanity a favor”.

Update from November 4th, 7.13 a.m.:

The

transatlantic coordinator of the federal government Peter Beyer

expects violent riots if there is no clear result in the US election soon.

"If it takes until there is a final decision on the election winner, it is to be feared that there will be confrontations between the two camps on the streets," said the

CDU politician on Wednesday morning to

the German press agency.

“But I don't think that there will be a nationwide civil war-like situation.” There are no leaders and no organizations that could set something like this off ad hoc.

"I think the scenario of a civil war is completely exaggerated." Even if Trump wins,

Germany will have

to strive for a better relationship with the USA, Beyer continued.

Update from November 4th, 5.49 a.m.:

In almost all US states the polling stations are now closed.

Here are the three most important messages from election night.

US election 2020: Christian Lindner has "sympathies" for Joe Biden

Update from November 4, 5:38 a.m.: Christian Lindner

, federal chairman of the FDP,

spoke

about the US election

in a conversation with

ntv

.

He believes that something

would change

with Democrat

Joe Biden

, at least in the style of American politics

.

“That's why I would have sympathies” for winning Biden.

But politics is not a request concert.

But not everything would change with Joe Biden.

Lindner warns against “naivety” at the thought that “the substance of American politics will be different”.

After all,

he trusts Biden to have

more

multilateralism

and

international cooperation

.

Nevertheless, Europe and Germany must become "more independent" and increasingly take on an "independent role".

When asked how Trump will be dealt with if the President

spends

another four years in the

White House

, Lindner replied: "A new start with Donald Trump is difficult."

Update from November 4th, 3.32 a.m.:

In

Germany

,

too

, some broadcasters report the entire night about the

US election

.

The special broadcast of the

ARD

has now received a lot of criticism in the social media.

You can read why viewers classify the reporting as "underground" in this report on Merkur.de.

+

An oversized cardboard display with a picture of US President Trump stands in front of the Brandenburg Gate.

© Paul Zinken / dpa-Zentralbild / dpa

US election 2020: SPD man Lars Klingbeil thinks Donald Trump is a "racist"

Update from November 4th, 1:04 am:

SPD General Secretary

Lars Klingbeil

finds very clear words against Donald Trump

: "I celebrate when he's gone," he said on

Bild Live

.

“I think he's a

racist

, I think he's someone who divides himself in the corona pandemic.

And I don't want such people to determine world politics. ”And he added:“ I even think I can say that for the whole SPD. ”

Update from November 4, 0.46 a.m.:

A member of the federal government who should be particularly interested in the election is Foreign Minister

Heiko Maas

(SPD *).

He hopes that the

transatlantic relationship will

improve again after the past four years.

"We need each other," he said on Tuesday on

ARD

.

The partnership

"no longer worked"

under US President

Donald Trump

*.

New crises and conflicts have arisen, but none have been resolved.

But just deselection of Trump would not change everything.

It would be an “illusion” to believe that under a US President Biden everything would be as the

Europeans

would like

.

In Berlin Maas also said: "We want a

New Deal

in this partnership and we are ready to invest in our relationship." Like Olaf Scholz

(see update from November 3rd, 4:56 pm), he spoke

of a "trend-setting election" .

Trump stands primarily for America First,

Joe Biden

* for more

international cooperation

.

The foreign policy spokesman for the left in the Bundestag,

Gregor Gysi

, meanwhile expressly keeps his fingers crossed for Joe Biden.

On

Deutschlandfunk

he mentioned his motivation: "Because Trump is an enormous burden for the USA, but also for humanity."

If Trump is re-elected, the disinhibition in US foreign policy will continue.

For geostrategic reasons, we have our own interest in good relations with the USA, Russia and China; we do not have a good relationship with any of the three.

@DLF https://t.co/ZkjrodvTkf

- Gregor Gysi (@GregorGysi) November 3, 2020

US election 2020: Scholz hopes for reconciliation instead of division in the US

Update from November 3, 4:56 p.m

.:

Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD)

has described the

US election

as trend-setting - for the USA, but also for the rest of the world.

He looks to the time after the election with hope: "I hope for the citizens of the USA that the future after today's

election will

be shaped by reconciliation and not by division," said the

SPD politician

in Berlin on Tuesday.

Germany feels closely linked to the USA through its shared past: "We will always stand by the side of those who stand up for freedom, a rule and value-based world order and multilateralism," said Scholz.

US election 2020: reactions from Germany - Kretschmann (Greens) hopes for Biden's victory

Update from November 3, 1:29 p.m.:

The

Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Winfried Kretschmann (Greens) is

hoping for

Joe Biden

to win the

US election

.

He would also like to see a change at the top in view of economic ties to the southwest.

"Of course I want that, but my wish probably has no influence on it," said Kretschmann on Tuesday in the Stuttgart state parliament.

In Kretschmann's opinion, the choice is of great historical importance.

The previous relationship with

Donald Trump

was not a path that was the right one for the Southwest economy.

So we can be curious to see who will be the next US president.

US election 2020: reactions from Germany - is Merkel changing her words?

First report from October 30th:

Berlin - The days leading up to the

2020 US election

were marked by the last legs of the election campaign.

The outcome of the election is of course not only

relevant

for the

United States

.

On the contrary.

On November 3rd, people all over the world are looking to

Washington

with excitement

*.

What would

Donald Trump's

second term

mean, what would a change of power to

Joe Biden

mean?

Many countries are currently concerned with this question.

Here in the news ticker you can find out on election day what reactions politicians in Germany are showing to the result of the US election.

The latest news, which candidate is ahead, projections and interim results from the USA can be found in the general live ticker for the 2020 US election.

US election 2020: Trump's relationship with Germany is crumbling - "A limit has simply been crossed"

The German-American relationship has

cracked

under

Trump

.

The sometimes controversial policy of the Republican * has left its mark.

Be it climate protection, trade, refugee policy or currently the Corona crisis *.

Recently,

Trump

and Chancellor

Angela Merkel have

noticeably drifted apart.

Relationships reached a low point when

Trump called

the European Union an “enemy” in 2018: “A limit has simply been crossed,” said

CDU member of the Bundestag Peter Beyer

recently to

Deutsche Welle

.

The general demeanor of the

president

would also have caused irritation in Berlin.

“We were actually used to discussing things with one another.

We had to learn a lot there, ”said Beyer.

Trump's announcement that US troops were to be withdrawn from Germany “we heard from a newspaper article in the Wall Street Journal and then there was a whole week of silence.

(...) Nothing came further. "

2020 US election: Trump or Biden?

Reactions from Germany

However,

Beyer

does not

believe that everything will suddenly get better with a change of power

.

The style of communication would be different, but “the demands of the

US

on us would be at least as high as under

Donald Trump

.” Nevertheless, German politics seems

to long for

Joe Biden

.

But what would the German reaction be to another victory by

Donald Trump

?

After the 2016 election,

Angela Merkel

formally

congratulated

Trump and wrote in a government statement: “I congratulate

Donald Trump

on his election victory.

Who the American people elect their president in free and fair elections has significance far beyond the

United States

. ”The Chancellor made it clear:“ For us Germans

, we have a deeper connection

with no country outside the

European Union

than with the

United States United States of America.

"

+

How deep is the connection after Donald Trump's four-year tenure?

© Brendan Smialowski / AFP

US election 2020: If Trump wins - will Merkel's reaction be different than before?

Germany

and the

USA

are “connected by values: democracy, freedom, respect for the rights and dignity of people, regardless of origin, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political attitude.

On the basis of these values, I offer the future

President of the United States of America

*,

Donald Trump

, close cooperation. ”Diplomatic and kind words from the Chancellor.

However, due to the disappointments experienced by Trump, the CDU politician could change her reaction after this election.

How does

Merkel

react

to the outcome of the 2020 US election and how does Donald Trump behave on election day?

What is the general perception in German politics?

In this text you can read all the important reactions from the Federal Republic after the results have been announced.

Elsewhere we tell you how Joe Biden experiences the US election.

(as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

List of rubric lists: © Rolf Vennenbernd / dpa

Source: merkur

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