Radio | News week in plain Finnish | Sunday 2 June 2024

US politics.

The topic of the news week is politics in the USA. Former President Donald Trump was found guilty of a crime this week.

Trump wants to be the next president of the USA. President Joe Biden also wants to continue as president. The US presidential election is in November.

We will now tell you in more detail what is happening in US politics.

Trump’s criminal conviction

Former US President Donald Trump is guilty of a crime. That’s what the jurors of the court decided. Trump falsified accounting before the 2016 presidential election.

Trump falsified information because of porn star Stormy Daniels. Porn star was paid not to talk about relationship with Trump.

The court will decide Trump’s sentence in July. Experts believe Trump will face fines or probation.

US presidential election

In the USA, a presidential election will be held in November of this year. Either Joe Biden or Donald Trump will probably be elected president.

Donald Trump’s sentence may affect the US presidential election. Trump’s chance of winning the election is perhaps a little lower than before.

There are 2 major parties in the USA, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. President Joe Biden is a Democrat and Donald Trump is a Republican. Republicans and Democrats think differently about many things.

A divided US

In the USA, many people think that the political system does not work. People do not believe that the judiciary is impartial. Many people do not trust the media.

Donald Trump still claims that he won the presidential election in 2020. Actually, Trump lost the election. Many Trump supporters think that the election victory was stolen from Trump.

Experts believe that the mood in the USA will tighten before the November elections.

Repeat

The topic of the news week was US politics. Let’s repeat the most important things.

Former US President Donald Trump was found guilty of a crime this week. Experts believe that Trump’s verdict will affect the US presidential election, which is in November. Donald Trump sharply divides people’s opinions in the USA.

This was Uutisviikko in plain Finnish, see you again. Goodbye!