{"id":12619,"date":"2024-07-11T09:19:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.prif.org\/preparing-for-the-worst-a-prif-blog-series-on-the-us-elections-in-november\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:19:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T07:19:26","slug":"preparing-for-the-worst-a-prif-blog-series-on-the-us-elections-in-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.prif.org\/en\/2024\/07\/11\/preparing-for-the-worst-a-prif-blog-series-on-the-us-elections-in-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for the Worst: A PRIF Blog Series on the US Elections in November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The presidential elections in the United States this November come with incredibly high stakes \u2013 both for US democracy and for US allies across the world. A new PRIF blog series on the consequences of the elections will address the possible fallout of a second Trump term for PRIF\u2019s research areas and examine ways that German and European policymakers could prepare for and respond to the elections. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On November 5, 2024, voters in the United States will choose their next president. The stakes are high not just for the United States. Even before the first presidential debate in late June, the question \u2018What if Trump wins?\u2018 loomed large in almost every foreign policy debate in Europe. After the poor performance of President Biden in the debate, the fear of a Trump return has increased in the US and in Europe. The vast majority of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/03\/us\/politics\/poll-debate-biden-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">polls<\/a> at the moment indicate that Donald Trump, at this point a convicted felon, is the clear favorite to win the election.<\/p>\n<p>For Europeans, the elections come at a time in which the word \u201cpolycrisis\u201d has already become ubiquitous. This year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/friedensgutachten.de\/user\/pages\/02.2024\/02.ausgabe\/03.stellungnahme\/FGA2024_Statement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">peace report<\/a> by BICC, INEF, IFSH and PRIF described a \u201crudderless world\u201d \u2013 pointing to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, the war between Israel and Hamas, the highest number of violent conflicts in the world in over thirty years, a series of military coups in the Sahel, and the fact that 2023 was the hottest year ever recorded.<\/p>\n<h2>Dramatic Consequences of a Second Trump Term<\/h2>\n<p>A re-election of Donald Trump would have dramatic implications not only for US domestic policy and democracy. At home, among other ideas, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/06\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-policy-list-2025.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has plans<\/a> for mass deportations, another Muslim ban, the prosecution of President Biden, his family, and other political opponents, critics, and journalists, the firing of tens of thousands of civil servants, and the use of the military against protesters. The July 1, 2024 Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/opinions\/23pdf\/23-939_e2pg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immunity ruling<\/a> called into question whether Trump would even have to fear legal repercussions for breaking the law. Democracy itself in the US is at stake in this election.<\/p>\n<p>From a German and European point of view, the consequences of Donald Trump\u2019s election would likely be devastating, too. Trump has already questioned NATO\u2019s collective defense clause and said Russia could do \u201cwhatever the hell they want\u201d to NATO members that do not spend enough on defense. While there are different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/07\/02\/nato-second-trump-term-00164517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scenarios<\/a> and views on the likelihood of the US leaving NATO in the case of a Trump election, what is clear is that there is a significant number of Republicans that would support Trump no matter what. With sluggish European efforts to invest in their own defense, there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/americangerman.institute\/publication\/seize-the-burden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">real danger of a security vacuum<\/a> and a lack of credible deterrence towards Russia, should Trump follow through on his threats.<\/p>\n<p>Besides his NATO threats, Donald Trump has announced plans for a 10% tax on all imported goods, something that would significantly hurt the European Union (and US citizens) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tagesspiegel.de\/internationales\/kolumne-die-welt-im-blick-was-wurde-unter-trump-aus-der-ukraine-frau-deitelhoff-11930324.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> he would end the war in Ukraine \u201cin 24 hours\u201d. \u00a0In outlining possible scenarios for a second Trump term, ECFR researchers, among others, have <a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/publication\/imagining-trump-2-0-six-scary-policy-scenarios-for-a-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted<\/a> that, from a European perspective, the different threats are interrelated: A Trump administration could, for example, use European dependence on the US in the realm of security to pressure Europeans into falling in line with the administration on Ukraine or China.<\/p>\n<p>While the ex-president could not implement all his threats during his last term, there is less hope this time that traditional Republican politicians and officials would restrain him in a possible next term, as he plans to fill key positions with loyalists from the outset. And as the more than 900 pages of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/series\/project-2025-exposing-the-far-right-assault-on-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project 2025<\/a>\u201d by conservative policy groups demonstrate, in contrast to 2016, this time, a wide network of Trump supporters is prepared for a Trump presidency and ready to start implementing radical policies from day one. Despite efforts in European capitals and in Brussels to prepare for a second Trump administration, both German and European policymakers at this point seem <a href=\"https:\/\/ecfr.eu\/publication\/imagining-trump-2-0-six-scary-policy-scenarios-for-a-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">far from being ready<\/a> to face these scenarios.<\/p>\n<h2>Uncertainty over the Democratic Nominee<\/h2>\n<p>On the Democratic side, Joe Biden\u2019s poor performance in the debate on June 27 escalated fears over his age and ability to run for office and govern effectively. Biden has since repeatedly asserted that he intends to stay in the race.\u00a0 Yet, an increasing number of Democrats have raised the possibility of replacing him with the vice president or another Democratic nominee, for example after a \u201cmini-primary\u201d in the next few weeks ahead of the Democratic convention in August.<\/p>\n<p>If Joe Biden suddenly managed to turn this election around and won in November or if the Democratic Party chose another nominee who then beat Trump, there would be a collective sigh of relief in Europe. However, as political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/706046\/tyranny-of-the-minority-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">argue<\/a>, democracy in the United States will remain in crisis for the foreseeable future, even if Joe Biden or another democrat is elected. Furthermore, even in this best-case scenario from the European point of view, the US is increasingly going to focus on China and the Indo-Pacific and will have decreasing resources and less patience with Europeans. No matter the outcome of the elections, Europeans will have to invest significantly more in their own security and their own neighborhood.<\/p>\n<h2>PRIF Blog Series on the Consequences of the US Elections on Peace and Conflict Research Topics<\/h2>\n<p>As peace and conflict researchers, PRIF researchers will not be able to address the full spectrum of consequences of the next US election. What we can do, however, is think through the impact for the research areas that we work on.<\/p>\n<p>What would be the consequences of a Donald Trump election, for example, for nuclear non-proliferation and arms control? What does the election mean for the Russian war against Ukraine, the Middle East conflict, or the Sahel? What would a Trump administration mean for the global effort to address climate change, for the US\u2013China relationship and, relatedly, for the EU\u2013China relationship?<\/p>\n<p>These and other topics will be discussed in a blog series from July to November 2024 on PRIF Blog. As far as possible, the pieces will also identify steps that German and European politicians and policymakers should be taking already to prepare and point to both the opportunities for and limits of German and European policies in the context of the US election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The presidential elections in the United States this November come with incredibly high stakes \u2013 both for US democracy and for US allies across the world. 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