On The World With Richard Engel And Yalda Hakim, the pair will debrief from world flashpoints and focus on their encounters with the most important determination makers.
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With the US election on 5 November lower than a month away, the pair focus on how a possible Kamala Harris administration will deal with rising tensions between Israel and Iran’s proxies and, crucially, how this can differ from a possible Donald Trump administration.
However additionally they focus on how the continuing Center East turmoil may affect the American race – particularly if Israel strikes Iran’s oil business earlier than the vote.
“I think that if Kamala Harris wins this election, it will be a continuation as far as Benjamin Netanyahu is concerned of how he has behaved under the Biden administration,” Hakim says.
She provides: “We’re nonetheless unclear of precisely what her insurance policies are, what she stands for. She appears to be very skinny on explaining precisely who and what she is and what her administration would appear like.
“If Donald Trump gets re-elected… some people say the situation could get worse on the ground. [But] I’m not sure because Trump is so incredibly unpredictable. Last time, he left his adversaries and America’s allies guessing constantly.”
“It is unnerving,” Hakim provides.
She says: “I’ve had people who say to me, ‘If Donald Trump gets re-elected, we’re screwed. If Kamala Harris gets re-elected, we’re screwed.'”
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Hakim and Engel focus on how the subsequent US president would deal with escalating Center East pressure. Pic: AP
Engel says that regardless of the consequence of the election, there can be “turmoil in the US between the election and inauguration” – which is scheduled for Monday 20 January.
“If [Trump] wins he’ll start governing right away because that is his style,” he says.
“Let’s say he wins on 6 November. The 7 November is clear, and then he starts making policy.
“He has been saying the Ukrainians do not want any extra weapons, that they’ve had sufficient and they need to have a peace deal. Or in Gaza, he’s signalling how he desires that to finish – that is not coverage at this stage.
“If she wins, it’s already clear that it’s very likely going to be a contested result in the courts. I’m estimating that there’s going to be a vacuum of power, some sort of chaos at the very least until inauguration, if not beyond.”
One factor that may have a “huge impact” on the US election, in keeping with Engel, is that if Israel launches retaliatory strikes towards Iran – and hits the nation’s oil business.
Engel says: “Suddenly gas prices are up. That’s not good for for Harris. It helps Trump. He can say, ‘Look at the chaos here. I would fix all of this.’
“So there are actual penalties of what may occur [after] an Israeli reprisal.”
Agreeing, Hakim adds: “There can be some within the US who assume, ‘Yeah, go in, smash Iran’… however that feels very very similar to a really simplistic, naïve method to resolving what feels so deep and unresolvable at this second.”
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Additionally on Wednesday’s episode, the pair focus on the anniversary of the 7 October assaults and ask whether or not there’s a approach out of additional escalation within the area.
Episodes of The World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim can be out there each Wednesday on all podcast platforms.
