måndag 16 december 2024

The US election

Trump's team
Analyst: RFK Jr. won't have much impact - if he's elected

Robert F Kennedy Jr has been named US Health Secretary, but the question is whether he would have that much of an impact on the sector - and whether he will even get the post. That's what Handelsbanken's healthcare analyst Mattias Häggblom says in a market letter.

- He stands for a lot that is not compatible with the Republican party and has enemies in several places, he says about the chances that he will make it through the nomination process.

If he is to lead the US health authority FDA, it is also unclear how much he can stir the pot. One of his most controversial claims is that vaccines can be linked to autism, but otherwise he has aimed much of the gunpowder at additives in food and water, says Häggblom.
 
Trump's victory
Sanders after Trump's threat: Pardon Jan. 6 investigators

Democratic left-wing politician Bernie Sanders thinks President Joe Biden should "very strongly" consider preemptive pardons for the nine politicians in the House of Representatives who have been part of the special January 6 committee. That's what Sanders says in the NBC program "Meet the press".

On last week's program, Donald Trump said that the politicians who investigated the storming of the Capitol "should go to jail."

- A scandalous statement, says Sanders.

- This is how authoritarianism works, this is how a dictatorship works. You don't arrest elected politicians who disagree with you.

Nine politicians, seven Democrats and two Republicans, have served on the committee.
 
Harris' loss
The choice: Governor - or another attempt against the White House

Advisors and allies close to Kamala Harris differ on whether the vice president should return to California to run for governor in 2026, CNN writes. If she runs, she will likely win easily, but then she will likely close the door to the presidential election two years later.

CNN has spoken to about a dozen people who agree on only one thing: She can't choose both. Some believe that her short campaign ahead of this year's election shows that she can gather a lot of support. Others are raising a warning finger for a humiliating defeat as early as the 2028 Democratic primary.

If Harris wants to run for governor, she should announce it by the summer, so the window of time is not very wide.

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