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Vol.1 Issue 26, December 2020 ELITE

WHO EXACTLY LOST WITH TRUMP?

Youssef Sharaf, 3rd level, political science

On November 3, 2020, Americans voted in the presidential
Turkey, the heir to the Ottoman Empire, despite his troubled
elections, and the results, 4 days later, showed the projected
relationship with Trump, he benefited a lot from him. Firstly, by
victory of the democrat Joe Biden and the defeat of President
postponing the Congress ’ sanctions on Turkey after it bought the
Donald Trump. This is a major defeat for one of the symbols
Russian defense system: S-400, and this is according to the
and leaders of the populist and extremist right in the US and
Facing America's Enemies Through Sanctions Act, which was
around the world, who during his reign the White House
passed in 2017, and which faces through heavy sanctions any
supported fascist and extremist right-wing groups, such as, the
country that buys major defense article from Russia.
white supremacists and the neo-Nazis, and made alliances with
leaders and regimes of the populist right in the whole world.
Also, after a phone call with Erdo ğan, Trump made a quick
Indeed, the opinion of his opponent, Biden, was that Trump:
decision in 2019 to withdraw US forces from northern Syria,
“embraces all the thugs in the world ... He is a close friend of
without consulting the National Security Team, the Pentagon, or
the North Korean leader and doesn ’t confront Putin in any way ”.
any of his allies participating in the coalition against ISIS, thus
How then, will some world leaders lose following Trump ’s
enabling Turkey to control this region with a large Kurdish
defeat?
presence.
On the contrary, Biden is likely to take a hard line and decisive
On another hand, the relation between the White House and the
approach towards his NATO ally Erdo ğan and his provocative,
Kremlin has been improving significantly during the Trump era,
imperialist and ambitious actions in the Middle East and Eastern
and the US President himself stated that Putin described him as
Mediterranean. In fact, Biden had already stated in one of his
a “genius ” during one of their meetings. It ’s likely that after the
meetings, in August 2020, that he might “support opposition
victory of the Democratic Party candidate, Washington will re-
leaders ” against him[Erdo ğan].Regarding Kim Jong-un, the North
tighten the sanctions on Moscow, especially in regard to
Korean leader, Trump said before, that after much roughness in
Russia's interference in the 2016 US presidential elections. On
their relationship that they “fell in love ... and he wrote me [Jong-
this subject, many analysts and experts say that the US-Russian
un] beautiful messages. ” However, many Western strategists and
relations will inevitably become more confrontational, whether
political analysts believe that Trump's radically different
on the political level or on the personal level, -between Joe
approach with the North Korean leader has failed to secure North
Biden and Vladimir Putin-, who has not greeted him so far
Korea's denuclearization, and thus its threat to international peace
under the pretext of “waiting for the official result. ” As for
and security.
Recep Tayyip Erdo ğan, whose nationalist and populist rhetoric
is seeking to revive the “historical role ” of
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