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This year's presidential election in the United States is making history on many levels. They will face former president Donald Trump, Republican, and the current president, Joe Biden, Democrat. Both of them were running for president in 2020 as well, and the repeated confrontation takes place for the first time in almost 70 years. If he wins, Biden, 81, would become the oldest US president to secure a second four-year term in November.
He has dismissed any possible doubts about his mental and physical stamina. Trump, who faces a raft of criminal charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result - which made Biden the winner - as well as other alleged wrongdoing, is the first US president to stand trial for one criminal charge. At 77, he would also be among the oldest men to serve as president if he were to win a second term.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 70, scion of the famous Kennedy political family, will also run, but as an independent candidate. Six months before the Nov. 5 election, national polls show Biden and Trump in a very close race. Voters, meanwhile, cite the economy, border security and political extremism as top concerns. Both candidates also have low poll ratings - making turnout a moot point.
Biden's bid for a second term hinges on his stewardship of the economy, after emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, and what he calls the "battle for America's soul" — a fight against Trump and the Republicans aligned behind him, who Biden labels them as extremists. Much of Biden's campaign is focused on warning voters that Trump poses a mortal threat to American democracy. Biden has accused Trump of instigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Congress building, as well as conspiring to retaliate against those trying to punish him.
At the same time, the president and his campaign argue that the economy, a top priority for many voters, has rebounded sharply, that unemployment has fallen to its lowest levels in generations, that gross domestic product has grown faster than it is expected that salaries have increased. However, inflation, which has peaked in 2022, continues to be at a stagnation point. It has fallen somewhat in recent months, but voters remain concerned about the high prices of key products such as: food, fuel, cars and housing.
Biden cites federal investments in infrastructure, clean energy and chip manufacturing, which he says will generate long-term job growth. In foreign policy, Biden is traditional and believes that the US should have a leading role in international affairs, in order to maintain global security. Trump and his campaign claim that Americans have been better off economically during his time in the White House. They repeatedly point to inflation and high interest rates during Biden's tenure.
According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted in April, Trump has come out ahead of Biden in terms of which of them is better for the economy. The result was 41% against 34%. Trump has said he will cut federal spending — which Republicans say has driven up inflation and consumer prices — and cut taxes. He has also said he will revive his tough anti-immigration policies to curb the record influx of immigrants to the US from Mexico, as well as mass deportations. Thousands of immigrants have been bussed into major cities across the US, and Trump - without offering any evidence - has said the influx has increased crime.
Countering Biden's accusations that he is a danger to democracy, Trump has accused the Biden White House of weaponizing the Justice Department to prosecute him and prevent him from winning a second term. The Justice Department says it operates without political influence. As for foreign policy, Trump embraces what he calls an "America First" agenda. He vows to keep the country out of "permanent wars" and claims he can end the Ukraine-Russia conflict within 24 hours. Trump faces indictments in four cases in federal and state courts. They relate to his efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election, his misuse of classified documents and his involvement in a bribery scheme that also involved a porn star.
The bribery trial is taking place in state court in Menhata and is the only one against Trump to take place this year. Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Democrats have made abortion the centerpiece of their campaign this year — two years after the Supreme Court — with a conservative majority installed by Trump — overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade and found that abortion is not protected by the Constitution. Opinion polls show that most Americans do not support strict restrictions on reproductive rights. And Democrats hope that threats to these rights will encourage millions of women and independents to vote for them.
Biden, i cili dikur nuk është pajtuar me mbështetjen e partisë së tij për të drejtat e abortit, është zotuar se do ta nënshkruajë legjislacionin që i mbështet ato të drejta. Çështja i ka ndarë republikanët - Trump thotë se ajo duhet t’u lihet shteteve veç e veç, kurse të tjerët kërkojnë ndalim kombëtar. Trump i mbështet përjashtimet kur është fjala për: përdhunimin, incestin dhe mbrojtjen e jetës së nënës. Prej se ka marrë detyrën në vitin 2021, Biden është përballur me një numër rekord të emigrantëve që janë kapur duke kaluar ilegalisht kufirin SHBA-Meksikë. Disa demokratë liberalë e kanë kritikuar Bidenin se po përdor masat e Trumpit për t’i reduktuar kalimet e paligjshme, por Shtëpia e Bardhë pohon se po kalon në një sistem më njerëzor dhe më të rregullt, duke u ofruar emigrantëve mënyra të reja për të hyrë legalisht.
Trump, në anën tjetër, është zotuar se do ta rrisë sigurinë kufitare dhe se do t’i mbikëqyrë përpjekjet më të mëdha për dëbime në historinë e SHBA-së. Biden është kritikuar fuqishëm nga shumë demokratë për mbështetjen e tij të palëkundur për Izraelin, i cili është në konflikt me Hamasin - grup i shpallur terrorist nga SHBA-ja dhe fuqi të tjera - në Rripin e Gazës. Protesta kanë shpërthyer në shumë qytete dhe në kampuse universitare në gjithë SHBA-në. Administrata Biden i ka bërë thirrje Qeverisë izraelite që ta reduktojë ofensivën në Gazë, ku, sipas zyrtarëve shëndetësorë atje, janë vrarë më shumë se 34.000 palestinezë.
Trump dhe republikanët e mbështesin, gjithashtu, Izraelin dhe i kanë akuzuar protestuesit pro-palestinezë se janë antisemitë. Por, Trump i ka bërë thirrje Izraelit që “ta përfundojë” luftën, ose rrezikon ta humbasë mbështetjen globale. Ai nuk ka qartësuar nëse politika e tij ndaj Izraelit do të jetë ndryshe nga ajo e Bidenit. Administrata e Bidenit ka thënë se do që t’i eliminojë rreziqet në marrëdhëniet e saj me Kinën dhe të punojë për ta ruajtur konkurrencën midis fuqive ekonomike numër 1 dhe numër 2 në botë. Megjithatë, Biden ka propozuar së voni vendosjen e më shumë tarifave mbi mallrat kineze, të tilla si çeliku dhe produktet e aluminit.
Biden has also vowed to defend Taiwan from possible attack by China. Trump favors a policy of ambiguity, to deliberately create uncertainty about how the US would act if it attacked China. While some Republicans see China as a growing threat to national security, Trump has largely characterized the Asian giant as an economic rival and has vowed to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports. Biden has strongly supported sending more weapons and other aid to Ukraine, which is fighting a Russian invasion, while Trump has repeatedly expressed doubts about whether such aid is in the US national interest. However, Trump has recently said that Ukraine's survival is important to the US. In February, Trump caused controversy when he said that the United States should not protect NATO countries that do not spend enough on defense./REL
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