This year has been marked as a year of strange and uncertain elections. This year the president has faced impeachment proceedings; A deadly disease has engulfed the country, playing twelve of the economy. A seat in the Supreme Court has been vacated and will be filled just days before the election. Above all, there is a president who has refused to accept the election results. The traditional ‘October Surprise’ is going to be something huge; However, it does not seem to be noticed in so many things.
Despite the year being 2020, it has not failed to deliver anything significant. Donald Trump has tested positive for coronavirus. There are doubts as to whether it can be called a surprise; That may not be the case. The president has a precedent for ignoring precautionary measures against the coronavirus. What happened seems to be happening.
This has led to widespread uncertainty নয় not only between the two candidates, Trump and Biden, but also over the stability and security of the state.
The impact of the election campaign will depend on the level of illness of the president and the extent to which anyone else is infected. Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence have both been negative in the Corona Test.
This does not mean that they have crossed over. According to reports, Trump is suffering from mild symptoms. He was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and took experimental drugs for treatment. There he can recover quickly or become seriously ill. Dangerous symptoms usually appear a week later. We still don't know when Trump was attacked.
If Trump becomes seriously ill, the country could be plunged into uncertainty. After 1912, a candidate may enter the final phase of the election campaign in a critical condition. No matter how sick you are, Trump will try to stay on the ballot.
Whether the incident is fatal or not, Trump does not seem to be reducing the level of rivalry. Perhaps he will return to health and present his experience as an example. He will say that the virus has never been so bad. But coronavirus is not a topic that Americans only know about through the media.
But whatever the experience of the president or whatever he says, the dead relatives will never come back or no one will get back the lost job.
If Trump falls seriously ill, we can expect to speak out in favor of delaying or canceling the election. Delaying would require congressional approval and is almost impossible to imagine.
What can be thought is that Trump's illness can be used to make a statement. And that is নির্বাচন the election has been snatched from him illegally. Most of the right-wing media has already set up a 'conspiracy theory' about mail-in-ballot. A large part of the country is also preparing to reject the results if Trump loses. If the president cannot campaign for a period of time, another excuse will be made for him — he will ask supporters to question the validity of the results.
The risk facing the country is not just electoral. The presidency is a department, it has responsibilities and vast powers. Trump never understood its importance. Most of the government is running on autopilots. There is a lack of presidential guidance. This does not mean that Trump cannot issue dangerous orders if he wishes. He is in command of the nuclear arsenal, aimed at foreign countries. He also has an oppressive state apparatus, which he wants to use in his own country.
Patients with coronavirus constantly talk about unconsciousness. Confusion and complexity create problems in routine work. Any president would hesitate to admit that they are not fit for their job during this election. Trump is so self-absorbed that it will never come out of his mouth. This means that all power will be in his hands, but it can be more unstable.
If we are aware of 2020, it can be said that the real 'October Surprise' is yet to come. We still don't know if the president will be able to respond properly. We know of his self-absorption, of his contempt for science, of his tendency to lie. So we may not know in time how he will respond.
Contempt and indifference have helped Trump to put the country in this situation. He has also done immense damage to himself. The latest victim of the Trump era is Trump himself.
The impact of the election campaign will depend on the level of illness of the president and the extent to which anyone else is infected. Joe Biden and Vice President Mike Pence have both been negative in the Corona Test.