Kamala Harris: "She has a red rag to a bull on conservative America"

DER SPIEGEL Kamala Harris: "She has a red rag to a bull on conservative America" 10 hours • 4 minutes reading time Praise for Biden's withdrawal, but suspicion as to whether that is enough for the Democrats: International media largely agree on the change in the US Democrats - but not on what that means for Trump. Kamala Harris: "She has a red rag to a bull on conservative America" Joe Biden has withdrawn from the presidential election campaign and recommended his Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. She has not yet been nominated at the Democratic Party Convention. But media from all over the world are already commenting on Biden's withdrawal on the one hand - and a possible black US president on the other. "Harris is the big favorite to emerge as the standard bearer at the Democratic Party Convention in Chicago next month," wrote the Washington Post on Monday. Biden's decision to withdraw now offers the chance for a fresh start, "not only for his party, but for US politics in general." The US newspaper also warns that even if the Democrats now unite behind Harris, there could also be a mudslinging match for the vice presidency behind her. The Swiss newspaper "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" describes Biden's nomination of Harris as "the path of least resistance." It may be easiest to clear the way for his vice president, but Kamala Harris' candidacy is not set in stone. However, the cards in the election campaign could be reshuffled with the Democratic Party convention, according to the "NZZ." "A month ago, it looked as if two ageing arch enemies were going to face each other again." The change in personnel is now good news, especially for the younger generation of American voters. The British newspaper "The Guardian" also received Biden's withdrawal positively. If Biden had held on to his candidacy, he would have been "remembered as the man who saved democracy in 2020, only to sacrifice it on the altar of his own ambition in 2024." Now he can be remembered for legislative successes - and for "giving his party a chance to beat Trump again." For the British rival newspaper "The Telegraph," however, Biden's withdrawal comes too late. The decision should have been made months ago: "That would have given the Democrats time to choose a candidate who could take on Trump in the November elections. It is not to the credit of the government and the Democratic Party that this decision was made so late." "The US election campaign is actually getting really exciting again" The Dutch newspaper "De Telegraaf" is more critical of the possible change. "Harris has a red rag to a bull for conservative America," the newspaper says. The Republicans could now mobilize their camp all the more. "In a country where half the voters normally stay at home, that can make all the difference." The Dublin-based Irish Times praises Biden's difficult decision to withdraw. "The prospect of a second Trump presidency poses a real threat to American democracy and its international allies," the newspaper writes, adding that Biden was the Democrat who beat Trump. "Biden's withdrawal allows the Democrats to regroup in an election campaign that they still seem capable of winning." The German "Badische Zeitung" believes Biden's withdrawal is "overdue." "With a younger and more diverse team than the competition, the Democrats can now score points," the newspaper says. The angry reactions of leading Republicans are already proving that they would have preferred "a battered, aged Joe Biden" as their preferred opponent. "This calculation is now not working out. The US election campaign is actually getting really exciting again.« The right-liberal Danish daily newspaper »Jyllands-Posten« calls Biden's slow withdrawal a »traffic accident in slow motion«. The Democrats have failed for years to put forward a constructive proposal for the future. The party appears »wingless and disorientated - and has been for a long time.« Harris does not see the comment as a given: »It will be exciting to see who the Democratic Party will now go to the election with. Will it be Kamala Harris, or will they pull a rabbit out of the hat? At least one can believe that they will not fall back on the mothballs.« The Italian newspaper »Corriere della Sera« doubts whether the change will be enough, as Trump remains difficult to beat. »But now that Biden is retiring, he too suddenly looks very old and sometimes confused,« the newspaper says.