New York, the home that Trump neglected, exultant after his defeat

New York, Nov 7 (EFE) .- “You’re fired!” That is one of the most heard cries on the streets of the Big Apple, a city that saw the birth and growth of Donald Trump, but has also suffered especially the consequences of the president’s policies, such as his war on immigration. and its lack of measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
“I want to celebrate in front of this bastard’s house. He is the worst human being who has become president,” Mike Day tells Efe two blocks from Trump Tower, bottle of champagne in hand, before repeating over and over again the famous “You’re fired” (“You’re fired”) with which the president triumphed on an American reality show.
But Day, along with another score of New Yorkers who had come to the area, has not been able to get very close to the enormous and ostentatious skyscraper of the president’s Fifth Avenue, because the New York Police has surrounded the vicinity with several rows of fencing of the building, a preventive measure to try to avoid damage or incidents.
“This is shameful, because we have the right to meet here,” he says about the action taken by the security forces, aware of the special rejection that New Yorkers feel for a president who represents everything they reject in the Big Apple: racism and the intolerance.
NEW YORK IS A PARTY
A few hours after the victory declared by the media of Democrat Joe Biden, New Yorkers enthusiastically celebrated the defeat of one of the most famous figures in the United States that the city has given with dozens of improvised parties, music, saucepans, bells , flags, and even shouts of “Trump, to jail.”
New Yorkers congregated in Times Square, Washington Square Park, Union Square and Fort Green, where the “you’re fired” has become one of the most repeated slogans, and where the song “FDT” (Fuck Donald Trump) has been heard. by Nipsey Hussle over and over again, and Stema’s “Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye”.
TRUMP’S HITS TO HIS CITY
And, despite the fact that Donald Trump was born in the New York district of Queens and lived in the city until the 71-year-old presidency led him to move to the White House, the president has not shown any type in the last four years of affection for the metropolis, and has lashed out at it on numerous occasions.
The relationship between the Big Apple and the president began to sour shortly after he came to power, when he began to impose measures to try to stop illegal immigration, such as the prohibition of the entry of citizens of Muslim countries, something that had a significant impact on New York, a city known for its enormous cultural diversity thanks to the constant flow of immigrants.
It was also one of the worst hit by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids that began in 2017 and in which law enforcement officers went to the residences of illegal immigrants or arrested them when they went to court hearings to try to regularize their situation, the vast majority of them from Latin America.
In 2019 Trump changed his official address to his Mar-a-Lago hotel in Florida because, according to the president, New York state politicians “treated him very badly.”
The metropolis also became the epicenter of the pandemic in the spring of this year, where more than 33,000 people have died of coronavirus, but as the tragedy raged, Trump accused the governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, and the mayor of the city, Bill de Blasio, of exaggerating the gravity of the situation to receive more resources than they really needed.
LATINOS AND BLACKS, ESPECIALLY HAPPY
In Brooklyn’s East Williamsburg neighborhood, home to large numbers of Latino New Yorkers, Trump’s defeat is especially exciting, and seconds after the media began declaring Joe Biden’s victory, neighbors began to peek out to their windows, banging on pans and shouting with joy.
“It is going to be a party for Latinos and for the whole world. This country is very happy with Biden’s victory,” Andrés Pichado, a Dominican worker in a shop on Graham Avenue, told EFE, where the sound of horns reigned. of cars celebrating Trump’s defeat.
“This new president that we have is going to have a little more judgment than Trump, and he is going to treat us all better,” he adds. “Tonight we are going to celebrate with the whole family.”
Blacks, another of the sectors of the population that have been most affected by Trump’s refusal to condemn attacks by white supremacist groups and police violence against young blacks, showed their joy at Trump Tower.
“After three and a half years this country is devastated and we really needed a change,” says Carole Doyle, who went to Trump Tower with her grandson, who was holding a sign reading “Trump, You’re Fired!” (Trump, you are fired!).
“The people of New York have always known that he is a liar. (…) It amazes me that he had so much support, but that changes on January 20,” said the New Yorker in reference to the date of the inauguration ceremony of Joe Biden.
Helen Cook

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