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With less than two months to go before the presidential elections in the United States, scheduled for November 3rd, there is still uncertainty of the outcome. However, Donald Trump seems to be betting on chaos and disruption to help him get re-elected.
This can been seen by his recent visit to the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he did not go at all to calm things down but to provoke anti-racism and police brutality demonstrators.
The president refused to meet with the family of Jacob Blake, an African-American man who was shot seven times in the back by a white police officer, an action that will leave Jacob paraplegic for the rest of his life.
Instead, he endorsed the repression exerted by the security forces and dared to justify a white teenager who killed two protesters and wounded another.
Trump's plan is to increase violence in order to rekindle the enthusiasm of his electoral base relying on the rhetoric of “law and order.” At the same time, he hopes to attract a good part of those who are still hesitant and show little excitement about going to the polls.
This is a move that prevents his opponent for the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, from developing his strategy. For Biden, it's much easier and more effective to turn the November elections into a referendum on the results of Trump’s administration. Disastrous results, of course, both in handling the health crisis and the economy, as well as in foreign policy.
However, they are forcing him to speak out harshly against the anti-racism demonstrations and the violence that arises from them, which could lead him to clash with "Black Lives Matter" movement and its followers
We may recall that within the Democratic Party there are two directions towards the polls due to the existing tensions between the conservative and progressive sectors.
As could be seen at the National Convention, where Republican General Collin Powell, who’s on Biden's side, had more time to speak than the young representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortés, a follower of Senator Bernie Sanders.
The detachment from the electoral speech of issues, such as health care services for all citizens, the elimination of student debt, free university education, and taxation of large fortunes, can discourage millions of young people.
To win the race, Biden needs a significant turnout at the polls, but if the high abstention of 2016 elections remains, it will be very difficult for him to cross the threshold of the White House, a huge detail he does not seem aware of.