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\n\tWelcome to ElectionLine<\/a>\u2019s A View From Abroad sequence, during which we converse with media figures who don\u2019t reside in America however hold a detailed eye on its politics. These good observers have offered a novel perspective on the race to the White House. Following Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s victory, we return to a earlier contributor: Matt Frei<\/a>, who serves as an anchor and Europe editor for Channel 4<\/a> News. His reporting for Channel 4 News\u2019 Inside Gaza: Israel and Hamas at War gained International Emmy and BAFTA awards.<\/em><\/p>\n \n\tThe second Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro had been whisked away from reporters, Matt Frei sensed Kamala Harris<\/a> might have botched her U.S. election race.<\/p>\n \n\tThe embellished British journalist, a veteran of the marketing campaign beat, listened as the 2 actors delivered polemics in assist of their candidate at a Philadelphia occasion days earlier than the vote. \u201cIt makes me so f***ing angry that we\u2019re here talking about a piece of s**t like Donald Trump,\u201d De Niro rasped. Then he was off. \u201cWhat happens if she doesn\u2019t win?\u201d Frei requested by the jostle of a safety guard. \u201cGood question,\u201d De Niro barked again, strolling into the gap.<\/p>\n \n\tFrei was not amused. \u201cI just thought, hang on a minute. You are actors. You\u2019ve decided to come out here to be very partisan and quite offensive, to be honest, but you\u2019re afraid to test your assumptions with a journalist,\u201d says the anchor for Channel 4 News<\/em> within the UK.<\/p>\n \n\tHe in contrast the \u201cswarm of Hollywood people\u201d to an encounter with the Trump marketing campaign only a day earlier in rural Newport, Pennsylvania. Here, he jousted with Kimberly Guilfoyle \u2014 Gavin Newsom\u2019s ex-wife turned Trump evangelist \u2014 after the president-elect delivered a rally speech. \u201cShe was very happy to do a bit of rough and tumble with a bloke called Matt she\u2019d never heard of,\u201d Frei displays. \u201cI thought that was impressive \u2026 it showed the divisions and engagement on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tFor Frei, it crystallized the sense that Harris\u2019 lean into Hollywood had backfired. \u201cIt was counterproductive with Trumpian caps[lock],\u201d he says in a telephone interview. \u201cIt probably moved the dial, but in the wrong direction.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tThe former BBC journalist just isn’t the primary to make this statement: John Oliver memorably blamed Katy Perry for Harris\u2019 defeat after she wailed Whitney Houston\u2019s \u201cGreatest Love of All\u201d<\/a> at a Pittsburgh rally on election eve. Frei acknowledges that the explanations for defeat are assorted and nuanced, however believes the vp\u2019s embrace of star energy helped reinforce the impression (even when it was an unfair one) that she was an out-of-touch \u201cwoke warrior.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tHe explains: \u201cWe have forgotten the primary rule of Trump\u2019s election mojo, which is: You upset liberals and liberals howl in anger and throw their hands up in despair. Every time a liberal does that, another Trump voter is born somewhere else in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n