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At a meeting in Florida, a state that he absolutely must win on November 3 to hope to obtain a second term, Donald Trump displayed his assurance on Friday, October 16. “We are going to win the State of Florida, we are going to win the White House”, he assured before predicting a “Red wave” Republican votes ” as [les démocrates] have never seen one before ”. This optimism is not shared everywhere in the Republican camp.
In a telephone interview with his constituents on October 14, Ben Sasse, Republican senator from Nebraska, ruled ” very probable “A defeat of the president, warning against” a bloodbath For the Grand Old Party in the Senate, where the Conservative majority only holds two seats. The senator, who is campaigning for re-election, lamented the fact that he said the president “Embrace the behind of dictators”, “Mocks evangelicals behind closed doors”, its most loyal electoral base, and has “Refused to treat seriously” the health crisis linked to SARS-CoV-2.
An article from the site Axios, a specialist in US policy, reported on Friday the confidences of three advisers to the president who emerged from their meeting with his campaign manager, Bill Stepien, convinced that the scenario of a defeat is seriously considered. These questions about Donald Trump’s ability to obtain a second term could explain the refusal of Republican senators to accept a massive new plan to support the economy.
After having camped on the figure of 1,800 billion dollars, Donald Trump paved the way for a compromise with the House of Representatives which defends an amount of 2,200 billion dollars. “I will do it, I will absolutely do it, I will put more, I will go higher”, he told Fox Business on Thursday. But Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reiterated his opposition to it.
Confronted with unfavorable polls, at the state level as at the national level, which is purely indicative, the outgoing president has not yet succeeded in relaunching the race. The latest voting intentions measured after the resumption of his meetings did not show any shuddering as Donald Trump once again devotes all his energy to it, after a record convalescence following his contamination by the new coronavirus, at the beginning of the month of ‘October. At the time, the disease had also not aroused the compassion of voters.
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