With one month to go before the American presidential election, Joe Biden is is worried Friday of the risk that the vote will not be “peaceful” because of the behavior of Republican candidate Donald Trump. “The things that Trump has said and the things he said last time when he didn't like the outcome of the election were very dangerous,” the American president warned. “I'm worried about what they're going to do,” during the vote, he said during an impromptu exchange with journalists. As the November 5 election approaches, pitting Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris against former Republican leader Donald Trump, illustrations of an American society on edge are omnipresent. The election centers in the most contested counties, targets of high tensions four years ago, have turned into fortresses, protected by wrought iron fences and metal detectors. Former US President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Saginaw, Michigan, on October 3, 2024 © AFP – Jim WATSON The certification of the presidential election results at the Capitol, the scene of an attack by rampaging Trumpists on January 6, 2021, will this time be supervised by the highest level of security possible for an event official. – “Cheat like hell” – The fear is that, once again, the vote will be so close that it will take not hours, but days to declare a winner. Donald Trump, who has never acknowledged his defeat in 2020, has already laid the first foundations for a new challenge, accusing the Democrats on Friday of “cheating like hell” during a public meeting with voters. The Republican candidate also blamed the second assassination attempt on him on the “rhetoric” of his opponents, while the Democrats accuse him on the contrary of being the instigator of a sometimes stifling political climate. Billionaire Elon Musk (left) speaks at a conference in Los Angeles, California, on May 6, 2024, and former U.S. President Donald Trump at the Republican convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024 © AFP – Frederic J. BROWN, Brendan SMIALOWSKI The Republican septuagenarian will also return on Saturday to the scene of the first assassination attempt, where he narrowly escaped being shot by a gunman in July, in the town of Butler, Pennsylvania, for a new campaign rally. He will be accompanied by a distinguished guest: Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, owner of X, Tesla, and SpaceX. Before that, Donald Trump was in Georgia on Friday, a state hit hard by Hurricane Helene, which left more than 200 dead in the United States. During this trip, he criticized the White House for having “terribly” managed this crisis. And accused, without evidence, the Biden administration of having diverted funds from the federal agency for responding to natural disasters to redistribute them to migrants. – Obama supports Harris – Kamala Harris, in Flint, Michigan, on October 4, 2024 © AFP – Geoff Robins Kamala Harris was in Michigan, a key state in the Great Lakes region and a symbol of the industrial decline in the United States since the 1980s. The Democratic candidate began her trip in the large city of Detroit, the cradle of the American automobile industry, where she wants to strengthen her image as a pro-union candidate. The working-class electorate was traditionally pro-Democrat, but Donald Trump has managed to win the support of many of its members since his entry into the political scene. Former US President Barack Obama during a ceremony at the West Point Military Academy in New York State on September 19, 2024 © AFP – KENA BETANCUR To try to slow down this exodus, Kamala Harris will be able to benefit in the coming weeks from a strong support in the person of Barack Obama. Always very popular, the first black president in the history of the United States will be going to the field in several key states until the November 5 election, the Democratic vice-president's campaign team announced on Friday. In Michigan, Kamala Harris also stopped off in Flint, sadly known for having experienced a huge lead contamination scandal in drinking water. “You know better than anyone Flint, access to clean water should be a right for all,” assured the vice-president to the cheers of the crowd. All reproduction and representation rights reserved. © (2024) Agence France-Presse
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