In Las Vegas, the last televised debate between the candidates for the presidency of America - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton was held. Itseems that there is no matter for Ukraine or Israel from that. But there is. And I'll tell you why.
To all the world the Democratic Party candidate announced - Russian authorities are spying on the United States. Turning to Trump, she said: "You are ready to praise Putin, ready to break NATO, to do everything he wants, you continue to receive his support, because he has a favorite in these races. This is an unprecedented situation, because foreign government was never involved into the electoral process”. Republican, incidentally, said that USA should be friends Russia, because if not - they have nuclear warheads. In my view, even from this brief it is obvious whatpolicy will lead Trump after his victory. The one of his promises was a possible adoption of the annexation of Crimea by Russia. Of course, at the first TV-debates, he changed his mind. On this occasion I would like to mention a joke from Vice President Joe Biden. "I'm glad that Trump realized that Crimea is part of Ukraine. By the way, soon he will admit gravity. "
The majority of Ukrainian has a strong position on the US election. On the other hand, in Israel everything is not so simple. One of the most famous Russian-Israeli portals on the eve of the third round of debates conducted a survey among readers. The topic was “who would you like to see as US president”. It was attended by 3,000 people - the selection was quite large. Trump received 74 percent of the votes, Clinton - 20. According to another survey, 63% of Israelis believe that the candidate of the Democratic Party will "push"on Israel. In comparison, the negative impact of Republican candidate was assured only by 8% of respondents. However, the Hebrew speaking Israelis, as American Jews do not support Donald Trump. American Jewish Committee Research has proven that 57 percent of voters believe that Clinton will develop friendly relations with Israel.
Why there is such a difference, you will ask? Perhaps, it’s because of Donald Trump's statement that "Iran would destroy Israel if I shall not be choosen. And if I’ll be, in Israel everything will be fine"? Not at all. The reason for these fluctuations of sympathy is extremely familiar to Ukrainian. It is Russian propaganda and information manipulation. Obviously, Putin supports the Republican candidate, Trump likes him in return. To spread hisposition to the world Russian president launched propaganda machine. It is not surprising that Russian-speaking Israelis, perhaps even without realizing it, came under its influence.
In this situation, Ukraine should understand that Russia uses powerful tools of influence on the world. What can wedo with this? Fight it back, push Ukraine and its position into the world by all the possible ways. I use this in every, even the smallest opportunity, and urge you to do the same. All the world has to know about Ukraine and its needs, and especially – understand its opinion. PR of Ukraine in the world - is not joke, but a very necessary tool that can hinder the propaganda. Believe me, it should be given much more attention.
In the end, I can say that according to a CNN poll, recent debates ended with the victory of Hillary Clinton. 52% against 39% for Trump. We can only guess who of them will win the elections in November, and it's not the point. The main thing for us is following the political processes in the countries and analyzing, which twists and turns going on over them, being able to expose any event by criticism and absorb a lesson from it.
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