The U.S Presidential election has constituted much of a topical concern during the year 2020. For an odd list of reasons, this year’s election held much significance for Americans and the world by extension.
Having emerged victorious in a keenly contested party primaries, Joe Biden, a former Vice President of the United States became the flagbearer of the Democratic party, to slug it out with incumbent Republican, Donald J. Trump for America’s apex seat of power.
Prior to the election season, Trump had come into serious criticism for his policies and the overall trajectory of his administration. The businessman cum politician had imposed a somewhat ‘tough love’ style of governance in America, and not only did the President make enemies on the domestic front, he had also been largely discountenanced in the international community as a result of his hardlining against illegal and legal immigrants, not to mention very tough and stringent trade sanctions.
The last straw which possibly broke the camel’s back was the President’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Unsurprisingly, being the beating heart of the globe America had been the worst hit by the novel coronavirus, with the daily death toll rising to as much as a thousand Americans per day, while Trump had virtually no answer to contain this nagging bane.
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Having served at different levels of public service, Biden, of course had garnered enough political acumen to capitalize on President Trump’s mounting flaws, and he definitely did not allow the opportunity slip from grasp. The veteran politician tactfully cashed in on Trump’s ineptitudes, and did so to perfection.
This is not to say however, that the November 3 election was a foregone conclusion. The 78-year old was still faced with the daunting reality of ousting an incumbent, a feat which has not been witnessed in nearly 30 years since since Bill Clinton intercepted George H.W Bush (Sr.) in his re-election bid in 1992.
Suffice it to say then, that in spite of Trump’s inadequacies and hardlining which ultimately cost him his job, that Biden’s victory echoed as a major upset, especially taking the former Vice President’s age into consideration; aren’t there many people who believed that the only reason Sen. McCain lost to a black man in 2008 was because he was deemed too old to lead the American people?
While Donald Trump has undoubtedly proven his mettle in the business world, the 74 year old’s reaction to the election outcome has all but substantiated his egregious political unsavviness. In the wake of the announcement of the results of the polls, the President has tapped every legal pull within reach in a bid to bar his counterpart from being sworn into the White House come January 2021, an act reminiscent of our African politicians who lack the grace to concede political power and instead want to maintain a sempiternal grip on political positions.
As captured in the video represented below, Trump’s exit will echo as good riddance to bad governance for many Americans, who have had to endure one of the most stifling Presidency in the nation’s history within the last four years.
This past Monday, December 14th, 2020, the Electoral College ultimately confirmed Biden as the legitimate winner of the polls, effectively quashing Trump’s contestation of the credibility of the election. Trump will no doubt go down in history as one of America’s most influential names of a generation, but could see that legacy aggressively tarnished if he fails to quell this last kick of a dying horse.
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