Donald Trump was born and raised in New York City. His father was already in real estate when he received his first million to invest in his famous towers. And when he won the election, he said he wanted to split his time between Washington and New York. But his isolationist policies and his statements made him an outcast. New York, a democratic and elitist city, no longer wants it. He did not leave the city, he fled it. First step in our roadmap across the United States with our special envoys, Julien Modave and David Muller.
No wonder Trump was born in a city of great egos, we take pictures constantly as we observe in the streets, despite the rain. Happiness is a staging, which even the rain makes more beautiful. However, New Yorkers, the real ones, are saturated. Weaned by his personality. “It was his city! He left it … He no longer belongs to New York, for me he must go to prison”, estimates Marius Darwin, resident of the city. “Fuck that person. Oh sorry, you can’t use that. Let’s say I hate this guy.”, says Christopher, a trader we dock. “Everyone hates him in New York. Everyone should hate him everywhere!”, adds his partner Rebecca.
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What happened so that Rebecca and Christopher, who were also born and live in New York, no longer support their president, the child of this city, whom he helped to shape? “He hates women, He doesn’t stand up for minorities. He’s a disgusting character in every way.
He committed fraud. He’s a horrible person. Yes, a bad guy “, answers the couple.
Financial consequences of the coronavirus in the United States and New York
The financial consequences of the health crisis send New York back to the 1970s, when it was placed under budgetary supervision. There are very few tourists, empty streets, and oddly quiet shops. The budgetary revenues of this megalopolis, hardly less inhabited than our country, can no longer finance its way of life.
“We are empty since the lockdown. You know, since March 18, we have really difficult times, we have no more tourists”, testifies a shopkeeper who runs a souvenir shop.
With an 8% drop in the economy, a 25% drop in corporate earnings, the effects of the coronavirus are destroying Donald Trump’s economic record. Yet it was the number 1 argument of Donald Trump supporters. Before the Covid-19 epidemic, unemployment was declining and the stock markets, barely jostled by a standoff with China, were instead on the rise during his tenure.
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But today, doubt sets in. “I know a lot of people my age, like me, have a lot of trouble keeping their jobs. And that’s frankly disappointing.”, said this young woman behind her mask.
American economy: appearances preserved thanks to the federal bank?
What is the real imprint left by the president?
We have an appointment with a big name, a Belgian economist who has developed a bank in the heart of the financial district. He met Donald Trump several times, long before he became president. “Not only is he ignorant, that is to say he does not know much. And as soon as he has to deal with a subject, he does not learn. He does not read memos, he does not listen to what we say to him. He can participate in a meeting at the end of which we come out with an action plan and just afterwards leave a tweet which will say the opposite a few minutes later “ regrets Georges Ugeux.
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For Georges Ugeux, the situation was deteriorating seriously, a few months before the arrival of the virus. This now hides a little an economic health artificially boosted by large loans. “Its economic record was about decent at the end of last year. If the appearances exist, it’s because the Federal Bank has pumped out liquidity. But it cannot continue to do so forever. So I believe that the worst is yet to come “, fears the Belgian-American banker.
A few weeks ago, Donald Trump moved his campaign headquarters to Florida. Mainly because New Yorkers and their Democratic mayor just can’t stand it anymore. Donald Trump still keeps a luxurious triplex in his skyscraper on 5th Avenue. But he is probably not ready, even if he wins, to set foot there again.
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