The Logjam in American Politics, A Redolence of The Developing Countries’ Politicking

Since November 3, 2020 when the presidential election was concluded in the United States, the country is yet to know who officially wins the elections. That’s more than 2 weeks after people came out in an unprecedented number to choose their leaders through the ballots.

Joe Biden, the President-elect and Kamala Harris, his Vice-president, Pic courtesy of The Washington Post

Former Vice-president Joe Biden has been named as the presumptive winner by the media and other elections-monitoring think-tanks, with a total of 306 electoral votes, beating the incumbent, President Donald Trump, who manages to clinch 232 electoral votes (either of them needs 270 electoral votes to win!).

Donald Trump Makes Nicolas Maduro Look Like A Saint!

This kind of sit-tight politicking being demonstrated by President Donald Trump is mainly common in the developing countries where their leaders-turned-despots are unwilling to accept elections defeat or respect democratic principles/traditions.

Even Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela and some former African despots fully understand that the politics of yesteryears, of absolute power and divisive tendencies, is no longer applicable in this fast-changing political dynamism.

Buy Donald Trump’s T-shirts

With little prospect of winning the presidency through his much-touted legal battles, the incumbent president has fewer options left on his table.

Just this week, the U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman, Mark Milley, reminded Donald Trump that the military only sworn an allegiance to the U.S. Constitution, and not to an individual.

Mark Milley, the U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman at a meeting, Picture courtesy of Houston Chronicle

The current logjam in transitioning power from the incumbent to the incoming president has many ramifications for the people, most especially, the fight against Covid-19 that hasn’t been given the kind of attention it demands, leading to a spike in the infection and death rates.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is busy selling T-shirts on his social media platforms to recoup the money spent on his botched re-election campaign.

Maybe we should buy his T-shirts so that he could let the world have a fresh breath of peace.