What is the opinion held by the European press on the U.S. election campaign and the candidates running for president? What are the predominant issues that attract the attention of European print media? Does Europe detest Donald Trump? The objective of the present study is to analyze the perception European commentators had of the 2020 race for the White House. The media, the audience, and European governments were captivated more than ever before by how the U.S. election campaign unfolded, fixing their gaze on the contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Through a combined quantitative and qualitative methodology, a combination of content analysis and the application of framing theory (hitherto scarcely applied to opinion pieces), our research centers on exploring the views, opinions, and analyses published in eight leading newspapers from four European countries (France, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom) as expressed in their editorials and opinion articles. This study observes how the televised presidential debates were commented on, interpreted, and assessed by commentators from the eight newspapers we selected. The goal was to identify the common issues and frames that affected European public opinion on the U.S. presidential campaign and the aspirants to the White House.

欧洲媒体对美国大选和竞选总统有何看法？什么是引起欧洲印刷媒体关注的主要问题？欧洲会讨厌唐纳德·特朗普吗？本研究的目的是分析欧洲评论家对2020年白宫竞选的看法。媒体，观众和欧洲政府比以往任何时候都对美国大选的展开方式更加着迷，他们将目光投向了唐纳德·特朗普和乔·拜登之间的竞争。通过定量和定性相结合的方法，内容分析和框架理论的应用（迄今很少应用于意见片），我们的研究集中在探索观点，观点，并分析了来自四个欧洲国家（法国，德国，西班牙和英国）的八种主要报纸所发表的内容，并在其社论和观点文章中进行了分析。这项研究观察了我们选择的八家报纸的评论员如何对电视直播的总统辩论进行评论，解释和评估。目的是确定影响欧洲公众对美国总统竞选活动和白宫抱负的舆论的共同问题和框架。