Comments of the Coordinator of the Korean International Forum, Stephen Cho, on Trump’s election
– Trump might present himself as “anti-deep state,” but it does not make him anti-imperialist. His election only offers a tactical benefit: that of deepening divisions within the US. But there is nothing to expect from a strategic perspective in terms of strengthening the force of the anti-imperialist camp.
– The world war maneuver of the imperialist camp has been jeopardized by the election of Trump. The imperialist camp is now experiencing tactical disorder in its conduct of the war in Ukraine. It is well-known that Trump’s views on NATO differ from that of the rest of the US establishment. His views on the DPRK and Russia are undoubtedly different from Biden’s. But the imperialist camp will not hesitate to resort to all kinds of unreasonable measures to ensure that the momentum toward a World War remains steady, despite any shifts in Trump’s policies.
– Trump is consistently taking a hard-line pro-Zionist stance on the war in West Asia (the Middle East). It is no coincidence that part of big capital and the mainstream media have been neutral or even supportive of Trump during the election.
– In light of his career and previous political positioning, it is questionable whether the vice president-elect J.D. Vance will share Trump’s views to the end. He has many traits reminiscent of the former vice president, Mike Pence. Who’s to say there won’t be another assassination attempt on Trump? If he is assassinated, Vance will become president.
– The defeat of current vice president Kamala Harris in the presidential election and the majority loss of the Democratic party even in the Senate embody the harsh judgments of American voters on the current administration of the Democratic Party. The American people have turned their back on its economic failures and war policies. The elections in Europe were no different. This shows that just as nothing fundamental has changed in Europe, things will largely stay the same in the US. There can be no fundamental change in the imperialist countries unless the party of the workers and the people is in power.
– The main anti-imperialist countries, the DPRK, China, and Russia, adhere to the strategic line of strengthening the anti-imperialist front. Still, on the other hand, they will use the contradictions and divisions in the US from a tactical perspective in order to wear down the imperialist camp.
– Donald Trump’s election victory cannot stop the imperialist strategy to foment World War 3. The imperialist camp will provoke and escalate war more often, more intensely, and more forcibly to make World War 3 our irreversible horizon.
