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US presidential election: Donald Trump returns to campaign

Less than ten days after being detected positive for Covid-19 and five days after being released from the hospital , Donald Trump is back in the countryside. In defiance of medical advice, the American president organized this Saturday a ”  peaceful demonstration for law and order  “, in front of the White House. He appeared on the balcony of his residence, removing his mask for a briefer speech than expected. His speech only lasted about fifteen minutes, against half an hour announced.

”  I feel good,  ” he said to a crowd gathered below and, for the most part, masked. “  I want you to know that our nation is going to defeat this terrible Chinese virus. We produce powerful therapies and drugs, we heal the sick, we will be fine. And the vaccine is coming very, very quickly, in record time, as you know . “He himself” no longer presents any risk of transmission of the virus, “according to his doctor Sean Conley. But the White House has refused to release the results of its latest test.

The swing-states tour

It was the first time the US president had spoken in public since being released from the hospital, although he had previously been interviewed on Fox News and posted videos on Twitter. His speech was a real campaign speech. He praised his record, targeted his opponents, whom he had copiously booed and assured that the African-American and Hispanic minorities were turning their backs on the Democratic Party to join him. The latest polls put him behind Joe Biden, from 12 to 16 points, at the national level. The crowd responded to the cries of ” Four more years!” 

Donald Trump does not intend to stop there. He is due to hold a campaign rally in Florida on Monday before hitting the road to Pennsylvania and Iowa. Key states where it is abused in the polls.

In parallel with these appearances, the US president repeated his attacks on postal voting. According to him, frauds have been spotted in New Jersey, Ohio and Texas. “ 50,000 Ohio voters received bad ballots. Out of control ! A rigged election !!!  He tweeted.

No recovery plan

Another front for Donald Trump: the new stimulus plan for the economy. After putting an end to negotiations with the Democrats , he offered $ 1.8 trillion in aid. Too much for the Republicans, who promised to block the proposal in the Senate, not enough for Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House of Representatives. She said the priorities were not the same, so there is now little chance that a new aid plan will be adopted before the November 3 election. Pelosi also threatened to appeal the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, which allows the president to be removed from office if a majority of his advisers and the vice president deem him incapable of performing his duties. According to her,

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