The US Presidential Election Is Chaotic Without A Sure Winner, The Chinese Public Laughter

BEIJING – Presidential election (presidential election) United States (US) tinged with chaos in the absence of a definite winner after vote counting in five states stalled. The condition of the American democratic party became the laughing stock of the Chinese public through social media.

For netizen China made mockery when incumbent Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump complained without evidence of what he claimed was “massive election fraud”. They also laughed at Trump declaring the premature victory of the American presidential election before the millions of votes were counted. (Read: Panicking over the results of the US Presidential Election, Donald Trump Jr. Calls for Total War)

“Whether he wins or loses, his final mission is to destroy the appearance of American democracy,” quipped the Chinese who used Weibo, as quoted from Reuters, Friday (6/11/2020).

“Let Trump be re-elected and bring the US down,” wrote another Weibo user netizen China likened Trump’s premature declaration of victory to claiming the pot in a mahjong game before the round was over.

The Communist Party’s own leadership of China is elected through an opaque closed-door process.

Relations between China and the United States are at their worst in decades due to disputes ranging from technology and trade competition to the Hong Kong crisis to the coronavirus pandemic. The Trump administration has also issued a barrage of sanctions against Beijing. (Also read: Prince of Saudi Arabia: If So President of the US, Biden is like Trump Pro-Israel)

Chinese state media often pays attention to negative news in the United States, and ahead of Tuesday’s vote showed images of shops being closed in anticipation of election-related violence.

“This kind of rioting is usually (a) electoral complication in poor countries, but people are worried it might emerge in the US. The US is experiencing degradation, “it said tweet Hu Xijin, editor Global Times, the nationalistic tabloid published by People’s Daily belongs to the Chinese Communist Party.

He then scoffed at a pre-election poll that predicted Trump’s Democratic rival, Joe Biden, to be superior.

A popular meme circulating online shows an election map shaped like China, colored red to show Trump has 270 electoral votes. Many sharing the photo believe Trump’s victory will mean chaos for the United States, for China’s benefit.

The Chinese government has not officially expressed its preference in the US presidential election.

“The US election is a domestic affair. China has no position above it, “said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin.

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