A few days before the first election that he will win, Trump says: "I could kill a man in the middle of Fifth Avenue right now, and I would still win." "We" are appalled, but we are somewhat comforted by his naivety. He wins
After the election failure in 2012, the Republicans launched an internal review process: what went wrong. All of this is summarized in a report colloquially called an autopsy of the Republican Party. With the 2016 election result in mind, it would seem that they made the right move at the right time, although it is difficult to determine whether the text of the autopsy was a guide to the election victory or, simply, Donald Trump happened. The Democrats have the same task in 2024, the only question is whether they are capable and willing to fulfill it
The policies of the new US president are a version of destructive and authoritarian national capitalism - even with elements of racism - that reaches out to those dissatisfied with the so-called liberal hegemony and the power structures that sustain it. Therefore, it is not difficult to determine where such political enthusiasm in Serbia comes from when it comes to Trump. Serbs like to think of themselves as a collective victim of the same system, or at least the government in Serbia tries to project such an image to the electorate.
Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, with his financial and media support significantly contributed to the success of Donald Trump in the elections
With 266 out of 270 electoral votes, Donald Trump is one step away from victory. After North Carolina and Georgia, he also won in Pennsylvania, in three of the seven swing states where presidential elections are decided. That was enough for him to declare victory
Meta has banned the sharing of content from Russian state media, possibly related to the upcoming US election. Meta already reduced the reach of those media outlets shortly after the start of Russia's aggression against Ukraine and blocked access from the EU and the UK after a corresponding request
