The COVID-19 Pandemic, Donald Trump, and the Future of American Politics
https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2020-11-1-42-57
Abstract
The United States of America was disproportionally severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The current crisis exposed significant flaws in the national health care system and provoked a serious socio-economic crisis. The health care scare overlaps with the ongoing presidential electoral campaign and the extreme political polarization of the country, leading to the politicization of discussions regarding the ways and means of resolving the health care crisis and complicating the process of decision making. The pandemic is also enhancing the autarchic tendencies in the US foreign policy and it’s the increasingly anti-Chinese orientation that became visible during Donald Trump’s White House tenure. Even under these circumstances, the American elites were able to negotiate several stabilization measures designed to deal with the medical and socio-economic aspects of the current crisis. Their willingness and ability to continue such collaboration in the future will have a direct bearing on the US socio-economic and political stability.
About the Author
A. V. Korobkov
Middle Tennessee State University
United States
United States
Andrei V. Korobkov, Professor of Political Science and International Relations
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Korobkov A.V. The COVID-19 Pandemic, Donald Trump, and the Future of American Politics. Journal of International Analytics. 2020;11(1):42-57. https://doi.org/10.46272/2587-8476-2020-11-1-42-57
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