The decision in one of the closest elections in US history is fast approaching. The big events, the small stories and the things you should know: every day until the elections that will be held on 5.11 we will provide a daily overview of the events of the hour in the hottest race in the world.
1 after the storm The Democratic Party is trying to distance itself from Biden
Democratic Party officials are frustrated by President Biden’s apparent inability to avoid mouthing off against Kamala Harris’ campaign, according to news outlet Axios.
This after Biden called Trump’s supporters “garbage”. The White House strongly denied that his words should be interpreted that way and claimed that Biden was talking only about the comedian who made a racist joke against Puerto Rico. But for many in the Democratic Party, the real problem is much bigger.
Democratic lawmakers told Axios that the fight over that statement demonstrates why the 81-year-old president has been kept out of the campaign. “Someone needs to hide Biden from the public eye until after the election,” said a Democratic congressman from a swing state on condition of anonymity.
A senior House Democrat said the statement shows why “it’s absolutely smart to keep the [סגנית הנשיא האריס] at the forefront and not Joe,” and that they are “less concerned after Kamala quickly distanced herself from the statement.” Another senior Democratic official in the House of Representatives said the statement “strongly demonstrates” why Biden has given up on running for re-election, and why he is hardly seen in the campaign. “I think You won’t see him there much,” the lawmaker estimated.
“The president’s absence from the campaign trail probably has more to do with his unpopularity than his propensity for mistakes,” said a senior Democratic lawmaker.
The widespread public reaction forced Harris to respond as well. “Look, first of all he clarified his words, but, I want to be clear, I strongly oppose any criticism of people because of their choice of who to vote for,” Harris told reporters.
The Democratic candidate added: “As president of the United States, I will be president for all Americans, whether you vote for me or not.”
2 Joe Rogan wanted to interview the two presidential candidates. Only one arrived
Popular podcaster Joe Rogan revealed that Harris’ campaign team approached him about hosting the candidate on his show, but ultimately declined his “open invitation” to come “anytime, even midnight” when she was in Texas last week.
Rogen said earlier this week that the meeting was canceled because the campaign demanded that the interview last only an hour and that he would travel to meet with her, rather than record at his podcast studio in Austin, Texas.
“She had a chance to come,” Rogen said on Wednesday’s episode. He added that he did not agree to the terms of the campaign: “You can look at it and say, ‘Oh, you’re acting like a diva,’ but she had the opportunity to come here when she was in Texas, and I really gave them an open invitation. I said as long as it suits her. I said that if she Finish at 10, we’ll be back here at 10. I said, I’ll do it at 9 in the morning, I’ll do it at midnight too if she’s awake I want to drink Red Bull.”
“She actually turned to me when she found out that[טראמפ] going to perform,” Rogen said. “I said, ‘Great, I’d love to talk to her.’ But it was very difficult to close it. They wanted me to travel, and what makes it difficult is… when I travel somewhere, there will be other people in the room. And they probably want to control a lot of things.”
He continued, “My goal with her and any other candidate is to just have a conversation. Just sit down and have a conversation like human beings. You find out things about people. At least get a real feel for them. That’s it. I don’t care what we talk about. I really don’t. I just want to talk to you. who are you really?”
Rogen explained for the first time why the interview was canceled in a tweet on Monday, writing: “By the way, to clarify, the Harris campaign did not give up on doing the podcast. They offered a date for Tuesday, but I had to travel to her and they wanted the interview to last only an hour. I feel it would be better to do the It’s in the studio in Austin,” he added. “My sincere wish is to simply have a pleasant conversation and get to know her as a person. I really hope we can make it happen.”
The episode recorded with Trump was published less than a week ago and received over forty million views on YouTube and millions more on other apps.
3 The billionaire who doesn’t believe in any of the candidates
Post-election America is very troubling to American billionaire Ray Dalio, who has called many times for reforms in the face of “irreconcilable differences between the Democratic and Republican parties” according to him.
In an appearance at the Future Investment Initiative conference held in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the founder of the Bridgewater Foundation spoke about global concerns related to geopolitics and elections, the ballooning deficit in the United States and how investors can optimally position their investment portfolio.
“Both candidates worry me,” Dalio told CNBC. “The polarization between the right and the left and the struggle between them is a problem, as the situation becomes more and more extreme. I think that it is necessary to unite the Americans, the center, and carry out major reforms… We need a strong leader from the center of the map, in my opinion, who will carry out significant reforms… None of the candidates represent this For me.”
Dalio noted that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is “much more capitalist” than Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, and therefore better for domestic capital markets. However, he warned that there would be large deficits in an economy run by one of the parties. According to him, the candidates have fundamental differences, including in tax policy. He emphasized that Trump’s plan to increase customs revenues could lead to an increase in prices, depending on the extent to which these revenues will be converted into internal productivity.
The election results “are more a question of left and right, which is a shame because we need to unify the country in a smart way and carry out major reforms. We need to do that,” Dalio said. “The national debt worries me, the internal conflict worries me, the external conflict worries me and certainly the climate and the cost of the climate crisis are very worrying.”
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