Joe Biden, facing global humiliation with Donald Trump’s victory, will attend the G20 summit in Brazil in November, his spokeswoman confirmed on Thursday, and will make an unprecedented detour via the Amazon rainforest to talk about climate change.

“He plans to attend both summits”, the one that will bring together Apec countries (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) countries. in Lima, Peru, in mid-November, and the one that will bring together the leaders of the twenty largest economies in Rio on November 18 and 19″.said Karine Jean-Pierre during her daily press conference.

Now that the doors to the White House are open to him, Donald Trump will be able to put his words into action. Stellantis risks paying the price.

The group with its fourteen brands, including Chrysler, Jeep, Ram and Dodge, has become the bête noire of the critics of offshoring and job creation in Mexico. The decision announced this Thursday by Stellantis s decision to cut 1,100 jobs at the Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, will add fuel to the fire that Donald Trump has been stoking for months.

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The California will convene an emergency session of its legislature to prepare to fight possible policies “illegal” from Donald TrumpThe governor announced on Thursday that he would take a stand on a number of issues, including abortion, immigration and climate change, Gavin Newsom. “The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack, and we will not stand idly by.”said the Democrat in a statement.

During Donald TrumpCalifornia had already established itself as a leader of opposition to the Republican billionaire. According to New York Timesshe had filed more than 120 lawsuits against her government. With its 39 million inhabitants, the country’s most populous state remains a Democratic bastion. The cradle of American tech and renewable energies, it is also one of America’s economic powerhouses.

“California has faced this challenge before, and we know how to respond.explained Gavin Newsom. We’re ready to fight in court and we’ll do whatever it takes to ensure Californians have the support and resources they need to thrive.”. State lawyers have been preparing for more than a year to challenge any “unconstitutional and illegal federal policy” of a future Donald Trump administration.

The president of the US central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powellassured a press conference on Thursday that he would not resign if asked to do so by Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized the institution’s monetary policy choices.

“No”Jerome Powell, whose term ends in 2026, simply replied to the question of whether or not he would leave if the Republican candidate asked him to. “No.” he repeated when asked if he thought he would be legally obliged to leave if asked by the president.

According to CNNthe new U.S. President is expected to allow Jerome Powell to remain at the helm of the Federal Reserve until the end of his term.

Four years later, Trump returns to powerdetermined to deliver on his promises, but also having identified the reasons that prevented him from doing so during his previous term. Re-elected with a larger and clearer majority than in 2016, his return to Washington is shaping up to be a break with the traditional way of doing things of the federal state.

Instead of a simple transition from one administration to another, where the new president simply appoints new officials to head the various branches of government, the second episode of the MAGA revolution (Make America Great Again, the Trumpist slogan) must rely on a cabinet determined to impose its will on a federal state that Trump has promised to transform, and, if possible, dismantle whole sections of.

The leaders of the future administration are not yet known, but names have already begun to circulate. Trump, who habitually likes to discuss possible appointments informally with his interlocutors, testing this or that name in these private conversations, has also helped to fuel speculation.

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Minutes after Vladimir PutinDonald Trump said he had not yet spoken with the Russian president since his victory this week, but added in an interview on NBC : “I think we’ll talk”.

Le Républicain told NBC that he had probably spoken to 70 world leaders since Wednesday morning.

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The outcome of the U.S. presidential election, which saw the victory of ex-president Donald Trumpwill “no short-term effect” on monetary policy decisions taken by the US central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed), said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell.

“In the short term, the election will have no effect on our decisions.assured Jerome Powell. We don’t know what the timing and type of reforms will be, so we don’t know what the effects on the economy might be. We don’t guess, we don’t speculate, we don’t assume.”.

Argentine President Javier Milei will meet Donald Trump next week in the United States, a government source told Reuters.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday that he was not aware of any details of Donald Trump’s plan to bring the war to a swift end, nor had he discussed it with the US president-elect.

The Ukrainian leader, speaking at a press conference at the European Political Community summit in Budapest, made it clear that he believed the new US president wanted to bring a swift end to the war. war between Russia and Ukrainebut that didn’t necessarily mean it would happen.

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban had promised to uncork the champagne in the event of a victory for his “friend” Donald Trump. He finally opted for vodka. “I only partially kept my promise”explained from Budapest the man who had promised to open “full of champagne bottles should the Republican win a second term.

“I was in Kyrgyzstan when Donald Trump won the election”he recounted. “Traditions are different, so we happily dipped into the vodka reserves and shared our joy at this fantastic result.”.

Viktor Orban has supported the American billionaire since 2016, who in return regularly cites him as an example, seeing in him “a strong man (…) a tough, intelligent man”.. Such is the complicity between the two men that the slogan for the six months of the Hungarian presidency of the EU is “Make Europe Great Againdirectly inspired by the “Make America Great Again” by Trump.

L’European Union and France will remain “fully mobilized and committed to the climate”. whatever the attitude of the United States with Donald Trump back in power, the French government assured on Thursday.

“Whatever decisions the United States takes, France and the European Union will remain completely mobilized and committed to the climate.”said the French Minister for Ecological Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runachera few days ahead of COP29 in Baku (November 11-22).

“There is a political signal that has been sent by the election of Donald Trump … but I cannot imagine that we will lower our collective ambition and our collective mobilization.”continued the same source to journalists.

“Because what has been well recognized in the Dubai agreement (2023), for example, is the scientific consensus: we need to cut our emissions by 43% (by 2030), for example, if we want to respect the 1.5°C limit on which we agreed in the Paris agreement and which we have constantly reiterated since then.”we argued.

Speaking in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, Joe Biden tried to lift the spirits of the ministers and advisors seated opposite him, who applauded and gave him a standing ovation, with closed faces.

“This is a difficult time. You’re suffering (…) Don’t forget everything we’ve achieved. This has been a historic presidency.”assured the octogenarian head of state, whose economic and diplomatic record could be largely unraveled by his successor.

The French are not wearing Donald Trump in their hearts. While the New York billionaire has been re-elected President of the United States, more than three quarters of French people (76%) say they are “unhappy” with the result, reveals a poll carried out by Odoxa-Backbone Consulting for Le Figaropublished this Thursday, November 7. The Republican thus ranks among the international political figures least appreciated by the French, alongside Vladimir Putin.

Nearly two-thirds (62%) of the French people questioned – out of a sample of 1,005 citizens aged over 18 – were not surprised by his election, whereas it was exactly the opposite in 2016: 63% were astonished then. Citizens over 65 appear to be the most hostile to the new American head of state (85%, versus 66% among 18-24 year-olds). Women (81%) are also more dissatisfied than men (71%).

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The dollar accentuated its decline on Thursday, partially correcting its spectacular rise of nearly 2% on Wednesday with Donald Trump’s electionwhile the pound gained ground after Bank of England fears over the inflationary impact of the new British budget.

At around 4.10 pm GMT (5.10 pm in Paris), the US dollar was down 0.62% against the euro, at 1.0796 dollars.

After climbing as much as +1% against the greenback, the pound was up 0.84% at $1.2989, and 0.22% against the single currency at 83.11 pence to the euro, despite the British central bank’s (BoE) decision on Thursday to cut interest rates by 0.25 points to 4.75%.

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenhad a “excellent” phone call with new U.S. President Donald Trump, she said in a message posted on her X account.

The two leaders discussed defense issues, Ukraine, trade and energy. “We look forward to strengthening EU-US ties and working together to address geopolitical challenges.”she wrote.

The introduction of particularly high tariffs on Chinese products imported into the United States should help force Beijing back to the trade negotiating table, according to former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday.

In an interview with CNBC, the former policymaker in Donald Trump’s first administration called the move necessary because China “is not living up to everything that was signed in the first phase of the trade agreement”.

“It’s not the economy, stupid!“Among the many lessons to be learned from electoral defeat of Kamala Harris and of the American left for many years to come, there is one obvious fact: the subject is not the economy, contrary to what Bill Clinton hammered home in 1992. And behind him, all those who have indulged in this intellectual and programmatic ease in the West over the last thirty years. The economy is a secondary subject for people when they feel threatened from the outside, attacked on a daily basis, challenged in their way of life, “invisibilized”, to use a fashionable neologism.

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The leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels YemenAbdel Malek al-Houthi, said Thursday that Donald Trump, winner of the U.S. presidential election, would again “fail” in his efforts to resolve the Palestinian question during his second term.

“Trump has failed in his plan for the deal of the century” in his first term, “he’ll fail again this time”.said the rebel leader in a televised speech in which he called the U.S. president-elect “the worst thing in the world”.“arrogant and tyrannical”..

They move crowds around the world. But the support of Beyoncé or even Taylor Swift will not have allowed Kamala Harris to beat Donald Trumponce again elected President of the United States. A Democratic tradition, this avalanche of stars is showing its limits.

Donald Trump has had to do without Hollywood glamour. But by appearing with sportsmen and other masculinist influencers, he has struck a chord with a certain electorate. Nor George Clooneynor Jennifer Lopez or Lady Gagaall on Kamala Harris’s side, were no match for her. “ Not for this election, that’s clear! “Laurence Maslon, professor of art at New York University. “ People probably realize that Beyoncé and George Clooney don’t have to worry about the price of gasoline or eggs. “, he tells AFP.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that ties between the US and Europe must not be “lost” but “enhanced” after Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.

“We hope America will become stronger. That’s the kind of America Europe needs. And a strong Europe is what America needs. It’s the bond between allies that must be valued and not lost.”said Volodymyr Zelensky in a speech to European leaders gathered in Budapest, a copy of which was obtained by AFP.

La Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election “changes nothing” for Iran, said the Iranian president, quoted Thursday by the official Irna news agency.

“It doesn’t change anything for us”assured Massoud Pezeshkian, whose country broke off diplomatic relations with the United States four decades ago. “Our priority is to develop relations with our neighbors and Islamic countries.”added Massoud Pezeshkian.

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Kamala Harris had made a bet: the defense of abortion would enable him to win over women. In 2022, the conservative-dominated U.S. Supreme Court had overturned the federal authorization of abortioneach state could now apply its own law. The Democratic candidate wanted to pass a federal law reauthorizing abortion. “Abortion has not had a significant impact on women’s voting.”analyses Mathieu Gallard, Director of Research at IPSOS*. Voters who believe that abortion should be a legal procedure supported Kamala Harris by only 51%, compared with 47% for Donald Trump.

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“If you voted for Jill Stein: go fuck yourself***” While Donald Trump’s victory was becoming increasingly clear on Wednesday, whistleblower and former congressional candidate Rebekah Jones posted an accusatory message on Xread by 10 million people. According to her, the Green Party candidate is responsible for Kamala Harris’s defeat. As in every presidential election “others” candidates don’t stand a chance against the Republican and Democratic behemoths. Jill Stein was no exception. But she preferred to maintain her candidacy, explaining that there was no “no lesser evil between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

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Oil prices slide lower on Thursday, as investors expect a stronger supply of oil from the US after theelection of Donald Trump to the White House.

At around 11.30 am GMT (12.30 pm in Paris), the price of a barrel of Brent crude for January delivery was down 0.88% at 74.26 dollars. Its US equivalent, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), for December delivery, was down 1.16% at $70.26.

“Trump’s presidency may lead to higher production but also to new trade wars, hampering demand”explain analysts at Energi Danmark.

Concerns persist about the potential pressure of trade tariffs by Donald Trump on the Chinese economywhich would curb demand for oil from the world’s largest importer. Beijing warned on Thursday that there would be no “no winners in a trade war” with Washington.

The future American president has also promised to bring down inflation and energy prices in the United States. The Republican is a staunch supporter of fossil fuels, and the market expects favorable conditions for US oil producers, leading to even more abundant supply from the US.

Another bullish factor is the president-elect’s policies. “could lead to tougher sanctions against Iran and Venezuela.”potentially reducing their crude oil production and exports to the world market, notes SEB analyst Ole Hvalbye.

The Vatican’s Secretary of State and Number 2 has congratulated the US president-elect Donald Trumpwishing him “wisdom” and hoping that it will put an end to conflicts, particularly in Ukraine, even if it has not “no magic wand”.

Asked about Donald Trump’s promise to end “in 24 hours” To the war in Ukraine, Pietro Parolin replied: “Let’s hope, let’s hope. I don’t think he has a magic wand either: to put an end to war, you need a lot of humility and availability, you really need to pursue the general interests of humanity, rather than focusing on particular interests.”

“We hope that it can really be an element of détente and pacification in the current conflicts that are tearing the world apart.”he added. In order to “overcome polarization of American society, Pietro Parolin also hoped that the Republican would be “the president of the whole country”.

This is the Holy See’s first diplomatic reaction to the Republican candidate’s outright victory in the race for the White House over Democrat Kamala Harris, with Pope Francis not having reacted himself.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday that he had had a telephone conversation “very friendly” with Donald Trump after his American presidential victorybut the Republican’s isolationism could force Tokyo to step up its military spending, a prospect that has sent Japanese defense firms soaring on the stock market.

While Donald Trump readily promotes “America first” and complains about allied countries’ insufficient military spending, his return to the White House is heightening uncertainties about ties between Tokyo and Washington.

Japan and the United States are major investors in each other, and 54,000 U.S. servicemen are stationed in Tokyo. Okinawa. Japan, denouncing the growing threat from China, remains attached to the protection guaranteed by Washington and very dependent on the United States for its military equipment.

Shigeru Ishiba told reporters that the two men had agreed to meet face-to-face. “as soon as possible”. : “I got the impression that he’s the kind of person I’ll be able to talk frankly with.” “I’d like to have active discussions on strengthening the Japanese-American alliance from various angles, including equipment, operations and integration, not just money.”he insisted.

A crisis “mortifying for Europe in the event of Donald Trump’s victory: this is the grim scenario that alarmed on Sunday Thierry Bretonformer European Commissioner for the Internal Market, on BFMTV. Feared by the Europeans, this avenue became reality on Wednesdaybringing with it its share of uncertainties, particularly in the economic field.

Many players are concerned about the consequences of the policy advocated to date by the Republican billionaire for the French and European economies.

“Trump’s election is not good news for Europe. It means the accentuation of protectionism, with a considerable rise in tariffs.”explains Christian de Boissieu, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. This could “penalize the majority of European industrial products”.warns Anne-Sophie Alsif, chief economist at audit and consulting firm BDO.

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NATO Secretary General, Mark Ruttesaid on Thursday that he wanted to discuss American president-elect Donald Trump of the “threat” posed by the closer ties between Russia and North Korea.

“I look forward to sitting down with President Trump and seeing how we collectively make sure we address this threat.”he said on his arrival at the summit of the European Political Community, which brings together some forty leaders in Budapest.

Global markets are catching their breath Thursday after Trump’s Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential electionwith investors digesting the consequences of the result for the various regional economies.

At around 8:50 GMT, the Paris Bourse was up 0.22%, Frankfurt was up 1.28%, London 0.20% and Milan 1.05%, in the wake of record highs on the US indices.

Wall Street was indeed celebrating on Wednesday, ending with a bang, delighted by Donald Trump’s victory, which propelled its three flagship indices to new record highs. “The market’s strong reaction reflects both the end of potential uncertainty and the anticipation of key changes in US policy.”noted Stephen Dover, Director of the Franklin Templeton Institute.

A victory that cost dearly, very dearly. If he had a kitty smaller than that of Kamala Harris for his campaign, raising approximately $1.09 billion compared to $1.65 billion for his Democratic opponent, Donald Trump was able to count on financial support that was nonetheless colossal to become the 47th President of the United States.

The total funds raised are equivalent to those of 2020. But this time, it took him straight to the Oval Office.

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Taipei announced on Thursday that it will help Taiwanese companies relocate their production sites currently located in China if the US president-elect Donald Trump imposes, as promised, 60% tariffs on Chinese goods imported into the United States. The aim: to enable him to finance a major tax cut.

“We will very soon present assistance for the Taiwanese business community so that they can transfer their production sites to avoid being subject to 60% tariffs.”said Kuo Jyh-huei, the archipelago’s Minister of the Economy, before parliamentarians, without providing further details on this measure.

Many Taiwanese companies have moved to China over the past 40 years to set up factories and take advantage of lower operating costs.

Beijing warned on Thursday that there would be “no winners in a trade war“ with Washington, after theelection of Donald Trump, who has promised to impose 60% tariffs on all Chinese products entering his country.

“As a matter of principle, I would like to reaffirm that there would be no winners in a trade war, which would also not be good for the world.”said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning.

On the other end of the phone, George’s voice sounds tired. Jet lag perhaps, the Donald Trump’s victory surely. This French teacher lives in Lakewood, a small town in Washington State on the west coast of the United States. Here, as in every election for over 30 years, it was the Democrats who came out on top. The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz duo won 58.6% of the vote. 10 points more than the Donald Trump-JD Vance duo.

“But America doesn’t think like we do”blows the expatriate who has lived in Uncle Sam’s country for 35 years. Father of two teenagers, George struggles to imagine his next years under Donald Trump’s presidency. “I thought we were done with him, that the attack on the Capitol had buried this man’s chances of redirecting this country.”he articulates between two heavy silences that a television on in the background struggles to fill. “Four years, it’s going to be a long time”.he concludes, before hastily hanging up the phone with an apology.

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Iran, which has had tense relations with the United States for four decades, said on Thursday that it hoped the United States would “reconsider the erroneous approaches of the past”.election of Donald Trump to the White House will enable Washington to “review the mistaken approaches of the past”.

“We have some very bitter experiences with the policies and approaches of various U.S. governments.”said Iranian diplomatic spokesman Esmaïl Baghaï, quoted by the official Irna agency.

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The Turkish president spoke on the phone with the president-elect of the United States to talk about their “cooperation” said the Turkish presidency on Thursday.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan a “congratulated Mr. Trump on his election victory.” and “expressed his wish to develop cooperation between Turkey and the United States in the period ahead”..

During his first term, Donald Trump received his Turkish counterpart twice at the White House, in 2017 and 2019. By contrast, incumbent President Joe Biden has never received Mr. Erdogan in Washington. A reception scheduled for May was cancelled.

On Thursday, the Turkish head of state is due to take part in a meeting in Budapest of the European Political Community (EPC), made up of the EU-27, which Hungary is chairing for six months, and their neighbors.

Smiling, but not euphoric, with an imperial chin and a casualness that almost makes him look blasé, Donald Trump took his victory for granted. However, the opposite is true: disqualified after the attack on the CapitolOn January 6, 2021, hunted by the law for countless grievances, the former president spent four years orchestrating his own resurrection. The operation has been more successful than anyone had anticipated.

The question now is, what will “Trump 2” do with this? “phenomenal mandate”. He greeted her with a tone more soothing than vengeful, calling for once for “overcome divisions” which fuelled his election rhetoric. The recipe for success? The “success of its policies, which will necessarily “golden age for America”, bringing the lost back into the fold. “Trump 1” had not accustomed us to such Reaganite optimism.

We’ll soon see whether he’s looking to reinvent himself and leave his mark on history, or whether his appetite for revenge is stronger.

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Beyond the candidate’s personal destiny, which reveals his indomitability, this election appears more broadly as a gigantic “arm of honor” for the American people addressed to the country’s political, media and intellectual elite, who tried in every way to discredit their champion.

It cannot be said often enough that the Trump revolution is a profound cultural and political realignment, a determination to preserve the traditional American way of life against the hubris of the elites, a refusal to deconstruct everything.

The primary spring of this vote remains, as in 2016, the anger of the working classes and their rejection of post-1991 globalization, which led both to the relocation of American industry to China and to massive immigration. The issue of the woke identitarian ideology that has overwhelmed American institutions since the end of the Obama era was another key element in popular mobilization in favor of Trump, who has promised to rid universities of the equity, diversity and inclusion departments that have set out to revolutionize meritocratic recruitment criteria and curricula.

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While the Senate went Republican yesterday, the results of the election for the House of Representatives, where all 435 seats were up for grabs, are still awaited.

At this stage, the Republicans are in the lead with 206 elected representatives, compared with 191 for the Democrats, according to Associated Presse (AP). To obtain a majority, 218 elected representatives are needed.

Yoon Suk Yeol said on Thursday that he had agreed, in a telephone conversation with the President-elect Donald Trumpof a meeting that will take place “in the near future”.

“We agreed to meet in the near future. […] I believe we will have the opportunity to meet during the course of this year.”said the South Korean president at a press conference in Seoul.

European leaders converge on Budapest on Thursday in the hope of displaying a – relatively – united front in the face of the Donald Trump’s return to the White HouseThey are all aware that their disagreements will open up loopholes that the Republican billionaire will not fail to exploit.

In the wake of a spectacular political comeback that has stunned America and the world, nearly fifty heads of state and government are expected in the Hungarian capital for a summit of the European Political Community (EPC), before a more restricted conclave with just the 27 EU members on Friday.

Future of support for UkraineThe forthcoming arrival in Washington of the unpredictable businessman, four years after the end of his first term in office, presents the EU and its neighbouring countries with dizzying challenges.

Despite repeated calls in recent months for greater “strategic autonomy The European bloc seems to have been caught unawares by a second term it had hoped to avoid.

Welcome to another live report on the aftermath of the US presidential election, won yesterday by Donald Trump against his rival Kamala Harris.

At this stage, the Republican totals 295 electoral votes – 270 are needed for a majority – against 226 for the Democratic vice-president.

In two states, counting is not yet complete. These are Nevada (88% of ballots have been counted) and Arizona. According to the estimates of several American media, the vote should prove favorable to Donald Trump.