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Donald J. Trump -

another “variable” in the
equation of the world
economy

Jovan Zafirovski                     The increasingly less certain                 lican intra-party elections, he confused
                                                    nomination of the New York     the analysts, and frankly speaking, he
The author is Docent at the                         billionaire Donald Trump for   confused the entire world public.
Faculty of Law “Iustinianus Primus”                 a candidate of the Republican
in Skopje                                           Party at the US presidential      The polarization of the American so-
                                     elections this autumn promises an elec-       ciety has reached a boiling point. The
                                     toral process which will breakdown all        internal separation is also present in
                                     prejudices about the boredom of the pol-      the very Republican Party where many
                                     icy, and through the veil of the unique       people still cannot agree and support
                                     performance free from the stereotypes         Trump for President of the United
                                     of the politically correct politicians of-    States. However, the voter turnout in
                                     fers one different concept, which, if it is   the intra-party elections shows a huge
                                     accepted from the majority, will shake        jump compared to the previous years.
                                     to the ground the established policies        With about 12 million won votes, Trump
                                     and principles of the global economic         is an absolute recorded in the received
                                     and political model. His success opens        support, compared to any other candi-
                                     a lot of issues about the credibility and     date of the intra-party Republican elec-
                                     the justification of numerous past poli-      tions. The imposed conclusion is that
                                     cies of the American administration led       Trump’s program animated a numerous
                                     both by the Democrats and the Repub-          electorate which so far was not interest-
                                     licans. The nomination of the man who         ed in politics or maybe did not recognize
                                     has literally everything that everyone        itself in the proposals and the attitudes
                                     dreams of: a large family, money, world       of the other politicians from the elector-
                                     famous brand, several bestsellers, glory,     al offer. Trump’s presence on the politi-
                                     and huge popularity in the center of the      cal scene rather resembles a movement
                                     world of our time, New York, would leave      which is united by a specific idea and it
                                     a lasting mark in the American political      includes members of different parties
                                     memory regardless of whether he will          and undecided voters, rather than being
                                     manage to win the upcoming elections          a product of a party that lags behind a
                                     or not. With his unconventional and           specific program with all its dimensions,
                                     open approach, he refuted all predic-         which is part of its ideology.
                                     tions about the outcome of the Repub-
                                                                                      The democracy as a model of organiza-
                                                                                   tion of the state power implies power of

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