This year's U.S. presidential election ended nearly 24 hours after the votes started being counted.
No U.S. media outlet could have predicted that the result would be known so quickly. The coverage of the vote from Tokyo, as well as the way American TV stations reported the news, was strikingly different. While CNN’s reporting on Donald Trump’s victory was somber and quiet, almost like a wake, at FOX News, it seemed like they were popping champagne bottles in celebration, as if they had just won the World Series.
As a result, the global backlash against incumbent politicians that marked elections in 2024 was also reflected in the U.S. presidential vote. In other words, rather than Trump “winning,” we should view it as the incumbent, Vice President Kamala Harris, “losing.” As for the reasons behind her defeat, I’ll leave that analysis to experts in the U.S. For now, I can only offer the following observations:
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