BY: JAEQWON SUAREZ / MANAGING EDITOR
As votes from the West Coast remain to be counted, the United States next President has seemingly been decided Tuesday night Nov. 5, with the win going to Donald Trump.
Trump and Kamala Harris were two of the biggest candidates for their respective sides, along with third-party candidates such as Claudia De La Cruz, Jill Stein, Chase Oliver, and Cornel West.
After Joe Biden’s withdrawal in the summer, it was up to Harris to pick up where he had left. Getting straight to work, she only had about three and a half months to campaign and convince the U.S. why she should be the next president.
The presidential election 2024 had many people of the general public confused about who to vote for, as it always seems to come down to either the Democratic or Republican party for the presidency. Many people were still undecided until the day of the election, as they felt that Harris and Trump “lost focus” in the last few weeks of their campaign, as stated by some within the AM Metro New York newspaper
Both candidates seemed to have pushed the genocide happening in Palestine to the back burner, as neither side gave a clear stance on how they intended to handle the situation.
It was reported that Trump would essentially pursue a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to protesting happening in the public and University’s campuses.
“Well, if you get me elected, and you should really be doing this, if you get me reelected, we’re going to set that movement back 25 or 30 years,” he reportedly said to a reporter from a Vox article.
Harris on the other hand stated in late August that Israel had a right to defend itself, a comment that would later cause a huge setback for her campaign. Many saw this as Harris supporting Israel.
She would later go on to say, “At the same time what has happened in Gaza in the past 10 months is devastating. So many innocent lives lost. The scale of suffering is heartbreaking,” showing more neutrality with her comments about the war in Gaza.
This was one of the largest topics in the election, with abortion rights also taking center stage.
Many Republicans hold the belief that Roe v. Wade should be eliminated, and with Trump winning the 2024 election, it seems that federal and state abortion laws are more at risk than they were before, as Project 2025 plans limit abortion medication, deny access to abortion care in emergency situations for some women, and attack contraceptive plans that allow women to receive the care they need.
Many of the policies that Trump wishes to enact are still unclear, however with Republicans ruling the majority in the Senate and seemingly the House of Representatives, most of his policies will likely succeed.
Though Trump claims to not be associated with this specific document, there have been many officials tying him to Project 2025, a 900-page document recommending conservative policies, with many of them eliminating many departments at the federal level, and as stated before, limiting abortion rights for women.
Some evidence that points to Trump aligning with some policies that were written in this document come from the fact that many of the writers used to work for him when he was president.
To name a few, Chris Miller was Trump’s previous acting defense secretary, Peter Navarro, who was his former White House aide, and finally, Ken Cuccinelli, who is Trump’s current deputy homeland security secretary.
The next four years for the U.S. are without a doubt going to be the most uncertain for the country, as there may be an elimination of the Education Department, queer and trans rights coming into question yet again within sports and being open about it, as well as limiting women’s rights over their own bodies, only time will tell how Trump’s presidency will go.
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