In a month of the new government of Donald Trump, the announcement of customs tariffs, which have been postponed at the moment, threats against Greenland, Panama and even the neighbor and ally Canada; The plan to empty the Gaza Strip of its more than two million Palestinian inhabitants and transform it into the “Costa Azul” of the Middle East, the attacks against the Ukrainian President and the total adoption of the language of Russia
This Thursday, February 20, one month of the return of Donald Trump is celebrated to the White House. They have been marked by shocking statements about endless international and national issues and by shocking decisions taken at a dizzying speed. It is not an accident, but a government method.
It is a theory and assumed strategy. The former political advisor of Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, calls him “flooding the area” (“flood the zone”). It is about hitting so strong and so often, with decisions and statements “of shock”, that the opposition, the media and even foreign leaders find it difficult to take the measure and react. And this allows the Executive to go further and further, irreversibly, taking advantage of stupefaction.
In the one -month space of the new administration of Donald Trump, on the international scene, the announcement of customs tariffs, which have been postponed for the moment, threats against Greenland, Panama and even the neighboring and ally Canada; The plan to empty the Gaza Strip of its more than two million Palestinian inhabitants and transform it into the “Costa Azul” of the Middle East, the attacks against the Ukrainian President and the total adoption of the language of Russia, to which the United States wishes Convert to a partner after 80 years of rivalry, he recorded RFI.
Officials shocked to Trump’s decisions
In the internal front, the freezing of 3 billion dollars of public funds and the mass layoffs in a public service sometimes qualified as “criminal.” The officials are shocked, such as Adam, who works for the National Board of Labor Relations and helps to enforce the right of Americans to organize and join unions. “The impact on labor is huge. We no longer have enough people to make decisions, so we can no longer enforce the right of employees to organize in the private sector throughout the country, ”he says. “This has happened with a speed and illegality that are somewhat surprising. They are applying their program without worrying if it meets the law. He is shocking and scary, ”he says.
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At the moment, the reaction to Trump’s policies is very limited: a few manifestations that are far from being massive, with practically inaudible Democratic leaders. At the moment, nothing prevents the administration from continuing its course and, after a month in office, the majority of the billionaire voters remain convinced of the president’s measures, in particular the middle class.
Enchanted voters
Currently, in search of work, Chet, a Trump voter, is delighted with recent weeks, in particular with the president’s decision to stop development for development. “I want our money to return us. We should not be the guardians around the world. We have to take care of our own country before dealing with others, ”he explains in a Georgia store, interviewed by the RFI correspondent Edward Maille.
Also voter from Donald Trump, Ted believes that it is still early to see the effects on the economy, but doubts about the effectiveness of imposing the tariffs that the president intends. “It is a problem because factories are needed to replace these goods that we are importing and there are not, so prices are going to raise,” he analyzes.
Danielle, who is finishing his lunch before returning to work, does not regret having voted the president, but has some reservations. “Honestly, I am quite surprised by the speed at which everything is changing, it scares me a bit,” he acknowledges. “Like the Gulf of America. I didn’t know what sense I had to change the name, it seemed quite funny, but then it really did. ”
He is also worried about possible cuts in public aid and social programs, which benefited in the past.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content is being published taking into account the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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