In 2020, the epidemic had forced Joe Biden and Donald Trump to adopt opposing strategies. The outgoing president had tried, in vain, to profit from it.
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From our correspondent in the United States, Claire Meynial
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L’2020 presidential election had everything to be exceptional: the second term of one of the most controversial presidents in US history, Donald Trump, was at stake. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic makes it unique . France, on the verge of experiencing, in turn, a presidential campaign during the pandemic, can she learn from it, even if the functioning of the elections differs in the two countries?
In the US campaign, the novelty of the pandemic results in a gradual adaptation of candidates, based on the increase in the number of cases and advances in science in understanding how the virus is spread. The first few weeks, Donald Trump minimizes the Covid. He compares it to the flu, assures us that the pre …
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