Open AccessThe COVID-19 Pandemic, Donald Trump, and the Future of American Politics
Author(s) -
Andrei Korobkov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
meždunarodnaâ analitika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2541-9633
pISSN - 2587-8476
DOI - 10.46272/2587-8476-2020-11-1-42-57
Subject(s) - pandemic , negotiation , politics , presidential system , political science , covid-19 , health care , polarization (electrochemistry) , political economy , presidential election , development economics , economic growth , sociology , law , economics , medicine , infectious disease (medical specialty) , chemistry , disease , pathology
The United States of America was disproportionally severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The current crisis exposed significant flaws in the national health care system and provoked a serious socio-economic crisis. The health care scare overlaps with the ongoing presidential electoral campaign and the extreme political polarization of the country, leading to the politicization of discussions regarding the ways and means of resolving the health care crisis and complicating the process of decision making. The pandemic is also enhancing the autarchic tendencies in the US foreign policy and it’s the increasingly anti-Chinese orientation that became visible during Donald Trump’s White House tenure. Even under these circumstances, the American elites were able to negotiate several stabilization measures designed to deal with the medical and socio-economic aspects of the current crisis. Their willingness and ability to continue such collaboration in the future will have a direct bearing on the US socio-economic and political stability.