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In the focus РУБРИКА
Trump’s presence on the political
scene rather resembles a
movement which is united by
a specific idea and it includes
members of different parties and
undecided voters, rather than
being a product of a party that
lags behind a specific program
with all its dimensions, which is
part of its ideology
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the will of the majority through a selec- esting for the readers would be the anal-
tion of representatives who are assessed ysis of Trump’s attitudes in regard to the
as most eligible to run the country by economic and the trade issues.
means of their programs and personal
capacity. In the democratic countries, We may like or dislike the proposals
a vote in elections implies a vote for a for exit from the crises which is becom-
specific program and candidate of whom ing deeper in the American economy,
we expect to implement what he prom- however the fact is that Trump locates
ised. For this reason, in order not to be well the reasons for the loss of the he-
surprised by the tectonic changes in the gemonic position of the United States
world economy that may be caused by in the world. Namely, the United States
the election of Trump for a president, it have suffered a colossal trade deficit
is necessary to make an overview of his for several years with a constant out-
program where the dominant issues in- flow of the businesses which displaces
clude immigration, the tax reform, the the plants in different meridians in the
trade relations, and the second amend- world, being attracted by the reduced
ment of the Constitution of the United production costs. At the end of the day,
States which refers to possessions of the effect is increased profit of the mul-
weapons. After the first radical attitudes tinational companies, however also re-
for the Muslims, and the idea to build a duced number of job positions in the
wall on the border with Mexico, the de- American economy. The questions that
bate was redirected towards the issues are logically being asked refer to the
of economy and trade. Whether the source of such a trade deficit, and why
noise caused by the radical outbursts the companies move to other countries.
was intentional in order to attract the
attention, which will be followed by pre- The reason for the deficit is the re-
senting theses and proposals of politics duced competitiveness of the American
which are essentially important for the products in the world market, or vice
voters, remains to be seen in the numer- versa, the better competitiveness of the
ous analyses of the PR strategies of the foreign products, primarily the ones
candidates which will follow after the that come from Asia. With China’s entry
completion of the elections. Most inter- in the WHO during the administration
of the president Clinton, the American
ports widely opened their gates for the
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