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How The Decision The American People Make Today Will Affect The World

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People all over the world are following closely the 2016 presidential election in The United States, even if they aren’t casting a vote because it’s an important election not just for US citizens, but billions around the world.

It’s known worldwide the power that lays in the hands of the presidential charge in The United States and the influence it has in worldwide politics and international relations. It’s clear where this idea comes from, with the U.S being a dominant force in regards of it’s economic, political, social, technological and military power. Globalization has also connected the world more than ever, making it faster for countries like the U.S. to have a direct impact all over the world.

Policies regarding immigration, trade, international relations have often a lot of implications concerning other nations. This election could lead the country in different paths depending on the chosen candidate, affecting the diplomacy and policies with other nations. Due to this, it’s important to analyze the implications of this election will have worldwide.

On one hand, Donald Trump is known for being volatile, and it’s really difficult to know what his actual plans are if he wins. He’s known not only for his racist and sexist behavior, but reports by the Peterson Institute for International Economics show the problems Trump’s economic policies would create in the global financial system. “If the US is essentially acting as a bully and a rogue and starting trade wars with China and Mexico, that’s bad for everyone,” said The US-based think tank’s executive vice President Marcus Noland.

Trump’s presidency has the potential to affect a fragile global economy that will affect any country that is part of the globalized economy we live in. Another problem is the vision of “Making America Great Again.” That ensures closing doors to immigration and trade in relation to the several claims the candidate has made about workforces in Asia and immigrants “stealing” American jobs.

 “A Trump presidency would bring about the biggest changes in many decades in existing US ­arrangements on everything from taxation policy, to trade policy, ­social spending, immigration and geopolitics,” Westpac’s strategists warned in a note for investors.

Donald Trump has warned about the US policy of admitting refugees from regions like The Middle East, and how it presents serious threats to the national security. He has called for the U.S. to suspend resettling refugees until “extreme vetting” procedures can be implemented, including ideological tests to screen out extremists.

On the other hand, we have Hillary Clinton, who seems to understand how the real economy works and knows the importance of conducting business with places that provide a lower cost.  In relation to many of Tump’s claims against immigration, Clinton has said she wants to normalize the immigration status of long-term undocumented residents of the US and their families and wants to pursue immigration reforms that include means for undocumented immigrants to obtain permanent legal residency, and later, a US citizenship. She has also treated the Syrian refugee crisis and wants to resettle the U.S. current annual level of 10,000 refugees to 65,000. She cautions that refugees should be “carefully vetted,” but talks about how the United States has a history of welcoming those fleeing oppression and violence.

Even when this, Hillary Clinton has been problematic with her willingness to engage in battle with other countries. She strongly supported the Iraq invasion and the use of the Military Forces after September 11, she orchestrated the campaign in Libya and supported three-quarters of the Afghanistan surge. Another huge problem is Clinton disagreeing with a big part of the American population not wanting to intervene more in overseas battles. She’s been surrounded by a history of scandal and is mainly known for acknowledging her mistakes only AFTER the disastrous events affect her political career like in the case of Iraq.

Only time will tell and let the world see how this election turns out and how it affects our economic, political and social global situation. In a few hours we will see who’s the winner of this election and in a few months, we will see the repercussions of the decisions that the American people have made.

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