used a voters in the united states elected donald trump to be president for a 2nd time. his victory sent shock waves across the atlantic, all the way here in europe. and that's because a trump presidency could be no more military, a to ukraine, and it's more against russia. and that would make germany the largest donor of weapons and money to keep a heavy responsibility perhaps too heavy. and perhaps that explains in part why just hours after trump was declared winter in the us, the german government collapsed. i'm bring golfing berlin, this is the day. the festival target is my phone. conviction means that we should never play our internal and external social security against each other. full of schultz was no longer aiming for an agreement sustainable for everyone is meeting germany and to

a phase of on search out to your school, which can because it's not good. we have no leadership and politics onto the truck and we don't know what will happen to the country. it is listed. so this is not the time for tactics and tassels. it is a time for reason and responsibility. also coming up in praise for the politician who lost the race for the white house. you as president joe biden has congratulated cardella harris saying she gave everything to become the next us president. shes a backbone, like a ramrod she has great character, true character. she gave her whole heart effort and she and her entire team should be proud of the campaign. they ran to our viewers watching on tv as in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. we begin the day with germany's government broken beyond repair on wednesday, just a few hours after it became clear that donald trump would be us president for 4

more years. it also became clear that the government here in germany may not make it another year. chestler schultz this week fired his finance minister over a dispute about how best to turn germany's recession prone economy around schultz is calling for a confidence vote in parliament in january saying that would open the door to early elections in march. but can a crippled government, can it survive another 4 months? shouldn't even try. we have this report. it's a political or quick that's been threatening for months. now, all of schultz has had enough of the fighting to of type one. this minister to many times did finance minister letting a blow clause developing fee to off topic to many times to be added to self explained data and body. 2 of the types of so many times that he break by trust with thought, germany's 3 way correlation government is over unable to compromise with the

ideological differences. schultz will call a vote of confidence in himself in january. so can you make it up as this will allow the members of the buddhist dog to decide whether they want to have the wave or the elections. these have on these elections, but then basically, as by the end of march at the latest, that's for the subject of the deadlines stipulated in the basic law. this is the mon schultz sacked chris gently from the free democrats accused shouts of recklessness in the face of economic crisis. so i'm good now is all carefully prepared statement from tonight proved that charles was no longer aiming for an agreement sustainable for everyone. see, but rather a calculated break of this collision. i'm kind of with the, with this he is needing germany into a phase of uncertainty toward funding on the falls and that one is the chart. when the knights of high drama did was the started wheeling this complicated relationship, the greens, who sounded a regretful tone and one of the collateral damage

going on. so we also wanted to say that there was no need for the night to end this week. don't, didn't house, it was not possible just for the budget code, even though there was a nuisance on the table, is often 2 different solutions. what on the table and the biggest, probably would have been to give for the supporting of creating the cuz that wouldn't be the right answer at the beginning of the day in response to the election of donor trump. getting this tag yourself, divide from under trump, give you. needless to say, the mood among the opposition center, right? christian democrats, this morning. jovial but the prospect to buy minority government, unacceptable. they want you elections as soon as possible is give us so absolutely no reason to wait until january of next year to hold the vote of confidence. the coalition no longer has the majority in the german bonus tag and sold the conservative parliament to regroup anonymously, demands. but the chance is that called a vote of confidence immediately starts by the beginning of next week,

or at the latest i'll call in target to stay in date, distance and funk. nice stuff. well, the aftershocks are not over more talk. so plan the we ahead and clear, but in the end it will be schultz has decision we heard from the german didn't transfer and that reports all of sholtes. also saying that he regrets that the coalition came to an end and a time. and what he says has great uncertainty in the world. now he's referring of course, to germany's ties to the u. s. and how important they are with donald trump about to become president again. and he said that it's essential that the german government live up to its responsibilities in ukraine and in the middle east. god will have the moment. so you don't certain times we depends on how close transatlantic relationship is on. it's clear that germany will have to fulfill this responsibilities on the sign up for on fault. i'm guess i didn't your we will have to balance because i'm the never and i continue to invest in. all right. and so for

some vitamins i can just which i don't stuck because the situation is serious. then the loggins bounced. there is war in your click. i'm in the middle east. tensions are on the rise of the rooms if dish bundled to what i'm doing now by julian miller calling from the german 4 and are german council on foreign relations in washington . d. c. june. it's good to see you again. there's a lot to talk about what's happened since we last spoke. let me ask you about the timing of all of this. it should the german government attempt to limp along the crippled another for months? do you think it can even do that? oh wow. as you know, did i my best in washington dc? don't have much insight on to the political scene in berlin anymore. well, how does it look to mean? no, you're sitting from where you're sitting. i mean, does it look like the german government can it can survive another 4 months. i mean, i think a lot of the political tension here is crime. the base story focused on the consequences

of the trump, the election that happened on tuesday. and so the news broke and sort of, kind of the shadow of the us presidential election. i mean, i think the uncertainty comment that shows made is absolutely on point. uh, you know, we live in, in a world where there are multiple wars where, you know, there's the coupling and the globalization and you see governments grambling and struggling less than right. so the fact that the us has a good is getting a new president in january and that the germany doesn't necessarily have a functioning government then uh should to seriously be a concern for, for european decision makers. no question. we, we noticed that the chancellor also named checked donald trump without directly saying that. and trump was a source of uncertainty for germany. i mean, what do you think the incoming trump administration will mean for germany and for

wider transatlantic relations? and i think there is this feeling or dichotomy feeling in germany that you know, trump is bad and harris would have been good. i don't necessarily share that you uh, to the extent that it is reported on in germany because i think that was from much more is a symptom, then he is a cost. you know, there are seismic shifts among the american electric for a more isolationist u. s. foreign policy for a more nationalistic trade policy, and those, the larger trends should be concerning for europe and in germany. in particular. for the longest time, the german economy has benefited in immensely from open borders and increasing trade patterns, global trade patterns. and that time most likely is coming to an end, particularly the decoupling efforts from china. and that is the threat to, to germany and its business model much more. so then the trump presidency. let me

ask you to a about the notion of germany in the united states. i'm still knowing each other being familiar with each other. you know, the media here in germany of they were, i think it's fair to say shocked that harrison did not win. and even if you look at the, the covers of newspapers, of these sites, having an article about harris losing and used an expletive that started for the words and starts with f. i mean, to show that they were shocked by what had happened and is about to happen. do you think the reason i point this out is do you think that the germans are being presented an accurate picture of what americans are considering when they go to the ballot box? it's the $1000000.00 question, right? a lot of the journalists are often based and big cities. they're based in new york and in washington, dc. and many of them are here in the, in the city where,

where the white house is. and, you know, the american president gets elected by all americans and not just those that live in cities, and i think yes, absolutely. pollsters. commentators, analysts, there should be a big reckoning in the sense of whether they get the trends. right. i mean, this wasn't just a loss for harris, this was the victory for donald trump. much more to the extent. so that to, you know, almost go to new york, almost caught virginia. and so there are larger trends that work, that there is a deep dissatisfaction among the american voter and the electorate of where the country has had it. and you know, i think a lot of people make that decision based on domestic issues, economic issues, and less so on foreign policy. but as i said again, it both with regards to foreign policy as well as regards to domestic policy. trump is a symptom of larger trends, then he is a cause of them. and i think the less than the democrats ought to be, you know, waking up to that fact. i'm,

do you think they are waking up to that fact as well? i think it's a bit too early to tell. um, i think that, you know, you see bernie sanders issued an interesting statement. you see others and the washing posts or other media as you know, arguing for a continued resistance. so it's, it's going to be very interesting to see, but, you know, we have to recognize that basically the republican party has become the working class party. and no, trump didn't just win arizona or george or north carolina. no, he won the, all of the 3. russ spelt states, pennsylvania with, you know, close to a 150000 vote different. this is quote or used to be core democratic constituencies . and i think it points to a larger trend that we see around the western world. that there is an increasing dissatisfaction, a lack of trust in government institutions in democratic institutions. and the system that they represent and so populous forces, whether it is the in germany,

whether it is donald trump in the united states, right? that wave of this trust. and it is going to be the task and probably, you know, the endeavor of, of the next generations of politicians to regain that trusted institutions. because the us election made one thing very clear. you can defend democracy against your own people. what i wonder to with, with trump's victory now me trump represents a kind of right wing of a populism that you could, in some ways compared to what we've seen here in germany with the rise of the a if the party you also have the rise of design as our wagner party. what do you think considerably got possibly early elections coming early next year. does donald trump automatically with his when have some leverage over the political infrastructure of germany, if you will,

knowing that his victory could give victory to the f d, for example in the next election? i mean, that's a lot of power. oh certainly i think that his presidency and his re election will have consequences also for the german bonus tax election. you know, it's interesting. i think the characterization of the past of between less than right don't no longer holds an accurate description. i would argue, i mean, some of the drums policies, particularly on trade or it's incredibly less cleaning. and then you know, lot of his stuff when immigration is very right leaving the same can be said about the box are about and connect to party or the i did a lot of their issues are approaching core less leaning, you know, constituencies. so the dichotomy between left and right i think, is no longer an accurate description of the, the economist has been pushing this idea of 12, a trap rock, but style. and so people supporting globalization the way that it was organized or

opposing it. and i think those are the default lines of the new political debate that we see happening across the western democracies. yeah, yeah, we're hearing the word on the political realignment a lot this week as well. but i will say that for another time to discuss a union ruler called in joining us from washington union. as always, we appreciate your time and your insights. thank you. thanks for having me. yesterday i spoke electronic graduated amount as victory and i assured him direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition. yesterday i also spoke of vice president harris . she's got a partner and a public service shredded aspire and campaign. and everyone got to see something that i learned early on to respect so much her character. she's a backbone, like

a ramrod she is great character, true character. she gave her whole heart effort and she and her entire team should be proud of the campaign. they ran i that was the president speaking there. i'm joined now by peter matthews. he is a professor of political science in cyprus college in long beach, california. and we should let our viewers know that about 2 years ago, he was also a democratic candidate for congress. it's good to have you on the program. and tonight, i want to get your take on what we heard today to be here from the president's a president bite and says that come over here is fault. the good fight. i'm wondering, did she ever even have a chance in your opinion? i think we have noticed that she really only started the campaign or was nominated just 3 months ago, very shortly the campaign compared to most american elections, which allows the candidates introduce themselves for over

a year. so that was the disability of the sense for her not being able to get to be known by everyone. but there are other things that of course you have to look at and that's the economy. you have to look at wages. for example. if you look at installation adjusted wages are lower than what they were 50 years ago. and the prices of goods went up by 20 percent since vibe and came in the office and we just haven't kept up with this. those things we're headwinds was right, made it very difficult for us to be able to to win. but she worked very hard. the elections. i think she to handle it very well given the circumstances. she also had an incredibly large amount of money to work with. and yes, she did have a shorter time for, you know, for the us, but either here in europe, we're used to 6 weeks for national election campaigns. so i mean, time can't really be the reason, right? i mean, do you think the prudence, that money can't buy victory in us politics? a certain amount of money is important. as long as you have this privately finance system, which i think we should move away from more of

a public system thinking more even. but in this situation with her, you know, the, you have to be introduced to the public with the american politics personality base, a lot of it in europe, the of the strong party base issue politics. i wish we'd move more of that here. so i do believe the money didn't help her all the way certain little non was important . you know, the fact that she had more money than from didn't have to help her when, because there was headwinds of economic issues that she had hit those partner and, and talked about the working class because the working, she lost some of the work if possible. that's why the american motors and also let you know, and african american workers in small business, she lost some of them, didn't do as well with them as a she could have and should have done. and that takes the messaging message and very important, and money alone cannot do it. we know, as you've said, you know, a voters and said that inflation and immigration were most important to them and come with harris. she, she mentioned those, but she also focus a lot on abortion and reproductive rights. do you understand why she did that?

i mean, after all, the democratic party is where the saying was born. it's the economy, stupid. exactly. and horizons is on abortion choice. and freedom reproductive choice for women was right important because she did have a gender gap and she's a woman the 1st woman to be nominated and what not the 1st. but the 1st in terms of recently i mean had hillary, clint before that. but being a woman candidly, she should, she didn't play up or gender. that's the other thing i wanna mention. what she's going to focus a bit more on the economy. i believe. i think bernie sanders critique is certainly valid to some extent where you said the democrats have been in the working class, the word impossible about never crowds. and that's a problem right there. if she had balanced the message out a little bit more. but hindsight is always 2020, isn't it? yeah, yeah, i think she had a good campaign, but she was focusing on the economy of workers. that would have been better, i think, looking back. and that's not where it does all of this, leave the democratic party. i mean, what will the immediate future of soul searching look like in your opinion?

i think the party has to go back to its original roots were present at franklin roosevelt who was the founder of the modern and party party coalition. emphasize the economic issue and social justice, economic justice. we have to go back to that at the same time, not abandoning our human rights causes. it's very important to continue fighting for the rights of people vital ged q, for example, other people or women, the polity. abortion, those are important, but the others are also ought to be on having economic justice. the workers to live with middle class street without the democratic party does not have much. the middle tri stream is what it actually helped to bring involved by strictly unions that has to be brought back again. and that can help the party once again, re groups and maybe possibly have a chance in 2028. well, let me ask you, yeah, there's one time between now and 2028 of what's going to happen. let me ask you about the trump impact on foreign policy. i want you to take a listen to what the french president said today. take a listen. yeah,

you're on the agreement, strategic awakening, that we your opinions, most exaggerated people. we must not the case. our secures are to americans. you know, most of, most of this is the moment when we decide to defend our national, in your opinion, interest is in this to believe in our sovereignty. our strategic autonomy. let me, let me ask you this methods we're, we're hearing there emmanuel, macro on saying we europeans, we have to take our own destiny in our own hand. isn't france advocating exactly what donald trump has been pushing for for the past, but 8 years. yeah, they raise the issue of equity and funding of the g d. p. defense budgets, but presently chrome is making very important for everything we've seen. but also from, for years when he was in office and also has been speaking about is to hold back to the american commitment and you know, because it's tomato people having a lions such strong as it can be stable and keeps peace in europe. so present like

probably making a very important point that europeans do need to focus a lot on their own defense, but not entirely. we still have to have us to have a partnership and the present from i hope you as we go too far in coming back in those partnerships. it's been the stabilization of the entire western world and therefore the world economy and the world security all these years. but we must maintain that. so i was trying to put a warning stating that present from shooting full back far from what was going on. all these years, the same time, that'd be equity. you had present my friends suggestions of self sufficient. you, a very important for europe is what the french newspaper lamond today as its main opinion piece that had the headline in the american world painting of a dismal picture now for yeah, for the international community now with the end of the pax americana and the beginning of yet another trump term in the white house. what is your best case

scenario for the us and for the world during the next 4 years of this soon to be 2nd, trump the ministration a lot of the uncertainty. but the best case scenario would be if front would not go too far and withdrawing our enrollment in the world. we are a country that is very long in the world for just decades. and in fact a century or more. and after the world war, as we helped to stabilize the world and also bring in the united nations, were not from the legal nation which it should have been. we cannot abandon the international commitment because this is a global society, global economy. the globe, the world is getting smaller and to keep peace and have trade in technology transfer and power global south. the global south has to be brought up as well. you know, these has to be involved and your can be a partner with that. and we need to make sure that our leadership in the fit in the form of prompt as time passed. remember that it's extremely important for our own security as well as the world. yeah, but we will be looking to see if the republicans control both houses of congress as

well as the white house, if that line of thinking, it's much play time. i doubt it will say it, peter matthews. miss matthews, we appreciate your time and your valuable insights tonight. thank you. thank you so much. well, what did the closely watched races of the us election was centered around the city of dearborn in the swing state of michigan, after supporting joe biden, in 2020 this error. but majority city helped donald trump to return to the white house this week. but there's, there's a anger over the binding ministration. support of israel was key to their vote and anger. the president elect truck was able to capitalize all of the city of dearborn and michigan and its largest share of higher than most of them. voters has traditionally lean toward the democratic party and 2020 joe biden, 170 percent of the vote here. the growing anger and his administrative ssion over

the wars and the middle east, and the 10s of thousands of civilian deaths helped donald trump claim victory at the ballot box in the crucial battle ground state. as a palestinian, i could not get myself to bubble, and pamela harris, who has repeatedly sent over the last 7 or 8 months that she believes in israel's right to defend itself. at the end of the day, what i think people recognize that people have explicitly said is the understand that trump could be work. but the scale of injustice that people have witness hills, in comparison to anything else, is identified as co founder of the uncommitted movement started in february. the goal was to pressure the bite in administration to change its stance on israel and the wars and gaza and 11 on ahead of the election. its leaders called on voters not to endorse harris, but they also warned against voting for trump. in the end, they say they're not surprised. so many did cast a ballot for the republican leader. donald trump is playing our

communities is playing american voters is playing the air of and muslim community and it is failed. democratic leadership that is allowing him to do that. they say harris's inability or unwillingness to make a clear break with her administration's political and military support for israel heard her chances in michigan. and her bid to be president with the day continues on line. your mind is on x, also known as twitter, and on youtube, as dw news, you can probably be on social media and rent golf t v. and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we'll see you then in the

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