Many concerns about the future position of US president

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Principal of the School delivered the opening speech at the seminar.

Also attending the seminar were Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Principal of the School, along with teachers, lecturers, and students interested in this topic.

The content of Professor Marie Gottschalk's presentation focused on three main topics: The reasons for the current election situation between billionaire Donald Trump and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Eight manifestations of the presidential candidate's journey and What scenario will happen to America.

Professor Marie Gottschalk said that when people think of the US president, they often think of their special personalities. Especially in the current context, through the media, they can connect and promote themselves. In addition, they can exploit social networking tools to reach and influence the public and society, which has made people pay more attention to the President than to Congress.

"To the public, presidents through the media are like saviors who can solve anything. It leads to a scenario: when power is concentrated in one person, collective responsibility is reduced," said Professor Marie Gottschalk.

The negative aspect of this problem is that the president will be weak in terms of foundation, can be isolated in major events, cannot mobilize the collective but can only rely on his small group. Professor Marie Gottschalk further emphasized: "When the president builds an image, it makes the president vulnerable".

Prof. Marie Gottschalk, University of Pennsylvania, USA, shared her views at the seminar.

In terms of politics, political parties play a very important role in determining the success of an election. Professor Marie Gottschalk gives an example of fundraising for an election. A lot of money will be spent on advertising, public surveys, party recruitment and election organization activities. Therefore, political parties have to go to many places to find funding sources.

The United States conducts a census every 10 years, which affects the redistribution of "electoral districts" among states. Usually, states with large populations will have large electoral districts, and winning in those states will be a major factor in winning an election.

In addition, Professor Marie Gottschalk also gave her views on the sharp polarization in US politics; the influence of the US bicameral structure; the role of finance; the issue of nepotism...

Professor Marie Gottschalk compared it to a real-life example: "A political election in the US is like a horse race, the final result will have a winner and a loser."

"To conclude the arguments about the political race, this year's US presidential election has similarities to the process of participating in traffic in Vietnam, in which candidate Hillary Clinton is like "a sick person", and Donald Trump is like "a truck". In the end, when participating in traffic, whether people can avoid the truck or not, they themselves still have the disease," said Professor Marie Gottschalk.

Discussing which future presidential candidate will have a positive impact on the situation in the East Sea and the ASEAN region, Professor Marie Gottschalk gave a more positive assessment of candidate Hillary Clinton, but Professor Marie Gottschalk also shared more about this character, because Mrs. Clinton was the one who voted in support of the US wars in Iraq, Syria, Libya,...

Prof. Marie Gottschalk took a souvenir photo with lecturers and students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.