The Trump Presidency | Biden Inaugurated

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Can't he just quit? I can imagine him getting bored very soon. His life scrutinised 24/7, for a guy that likes to grope women and playboyish parties must be a huge change. He's just not used to being a politician. None of the luxuries that may come from the presidency will be anything new to him. And as much as he likes power he'll probably be more challenged as a president than he his running his businesses. More things that he simply can not do or have his way.

I know, I know. Won't happen.

Yeah that was my first choice of options for him not staying around for 4 years.
 
Has this been posted? Saw in the Moments on twitter.



Millennial vote is basically unanimous.
 
Out of interest how do you think Joe Biden would have done had he been in Hillary's place?

I think Bernie Sanders would have won, had it not been all internal Politics pushing him out. From whatever I have read He was an outstanding candidate, don't know the details of why he had to bow out .
 
Hard not to gloat, considering the abuse conservatives have had to put up with, but this bitter, old white male social conservative is feeling pretty good this morning.

For all you predicting doom and gloom, they said the same thing about Reagan 40 years ago when I was in university. Things have a way of working out and they are never as bad as we imagine they will be. Trump will not be a great president but he won't be the disaster many think he will be


Trump didn't run as a conservative. He's nowhere near ideologically pure and I think you and your ilk are making a mistake in thinking you will get all that you want.
 
Out of interest how do you think Joe Biden would have done had he been in Hillary's place?
I would think he has to win easily.

He is not a women or minority, so people who do not want a women or minority in charge will not have that card to play. He will not have the email controversy, plus he knows how to connect with blue collars workers. The only things I see that would effect him is that he will not be too much of a change from Obama. Unless, Wikileaks has some things hidden against him. The DNC screwed up with selecting Hilary. In the primaries, Bernie was doing much better against Trump than Hilary. That should have been a sign that she was not the right nominee.
 
Ironic how the majority of my FB friends who like Trump on FB are muslims and feminists. You can't make this up.
I almost think people just like being unpredictable for the sake of it. We definitely live in this 'hipster' culture where people go against the grain just because. I think it's something that's overlooked.
 
Any law experts care to enlighten the caf on how the Trump University trial might affect his tenure??..
 
It's hard to rationalise this all in my head, without sounding bitter and I know not all Trump supporters are racists etc but it's really depressing to see one of the most powerful countries in the world have its people stand up and say 'we don't think that racism, sexism, sexual assault, xenophobia, homophobia and other vile traits are that bad and if you hold them, we will not shun you, we would still make you the most powerful person in our country.' I can't see how any rational sane person wouldn't abandon that person simply out of principle. Surely to even consider voting for him is to insult any progress we've made on those issues in the last few decades.
Agree with this.
Said before the election when Clinton was still expected to win that what worries me most about all this is that there are tens of millions who apparently do not have a problem voting for a man who openly spouts brutal racist, xenophobic, islamophobic, sexist stuff and more.
 
Hard not to gloat, considering the abuse conservatives have had to put up with, but this bitter, old white male social conservative is feeling pretty good this morning.

For all you predicting doom and gloom, they said the same thing about Reagan 40 years ago when I was in university. Things have a way of working out and they are never as bad as we imagine they will be. Trump will not be a great president but he won't be the disaster many think he will be

You think the public image and international relations of America has been damaged under Bush? This will be thrice as worse. That really is my biggest concern, that the translatlantic relationsship is done for for the foreseeable future.
Merkel just reminded Trunp that he has to respect democracy of free speach like you are some third world shithole. Diplomatically, that is the equivalent to a kick into the face. Our foreign Departement has been actively seeking third level Trump advisors because they don't want to work with anyone even remotely near him.

Most ironically, the deplorables just voted for their own doom if Trump gets his will with taxes and Obamacare. I couldn't care less, as far as I'm concerned the whole of West Virginia can die in a puddle of their own vomit, but the stupidity really is amazing.
 
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Why I hate Krugmann? It is actually not based on my economic disagreement with his ideas.
He is the dishonest, partisan cancer at the crossroad of politics, economics and journalism that is poisoning the public debate, while portraying himself as impartial expert. He is the symbol for everything that’s wrong with the public discourse, the state of economics as an academic profession, politics, debate culture and identity politics. He is a hypocrite of the highest order, who shamelessly lies when it suits him. The fact that he massively profits from this behavior is just the cherry on top.

Please do expand on this point if you could.
 
Any law experts care to enlighten the caf on how the Trump University trial might affect his tenure??..
Not a law expert, but I'd expect a speedy settlement. Trump won't want to deal with it as president, and the litigators won't want to be in a protracted legal battle with the president.
 
Has this been posted? Saw in the Moments on twitter.



Millennial vote is basically unanimous.


I don't think its how the millennials actually voted. It says the source is Surveymonkey...More likely n exit poll or survey of sorts...
 
To get away from the Hitler comparisons for just a minute, wasn't there another similar, white supremacy/anti immigration demagogue who won a presidential election in the 19th century? Can't seem to remember his name right now though. Might be worth taking a closer look into his administration, and seeing how things might go this time round.

Hmm, I'm curious now...

Fillmore, Pierce or Bunchanan if its not Andrew Jackson I guess.

The first 2 had a big hand in repealing the Missouri Compromise (With the signing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act) and the last guy had made awful decisions which lead to the Civil War, one being playing a part in the Dred Scott vs Sanford decision which gave no african american citizenship
 
Has this been posted? Saw in the Moments on twitter.



Millennial vote is basically unanimous.

Same thing happen to Brexit. I am starting to believe their should be an age restriction to voting. People under the age of 18 can't vote, so people above the age of perhaps around 60 shouldn't either as controversial that sound. Those who has more to gain from the future should be in charge to dictate that, rather than those who has little to gain from it.
 
I don't think its how the millennials actually voted. It says the source is Surveymonkey...More likely n exit poll or survey of sorts...
The millennials definitely overwhelmingly voted Hillary

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I don't think its how the millennials actually voted. It says the source is Surveymonkey...More likely n exit poll or survey of sorts...

Well yeah it's not an official poll, but Survey Monkey pull their data from tens of thousands of voters so it's not exactly frivolous either.
 
Apparently you don't get wiser with age.

It's amusing how everyone is now going to have to back Trump and talk about "togetherness".
 
Same thing happen to Brexit. I am starting to believe their should be an age restriction to voting. People under the age of 18 can't vote, so people above the age of perhaps around 60 shouldn't either as controversial that sound. Those who has more to gain from the future should be in charge to dictate that, rather than those who has little to gain from it.

Why shouldn't people over 60 be allowed to vote in a presidential election that decides who stays in office for the next FOUR years?

Feck me, there is hardly anything less democratic than a left-winger that doesn't get his will.
 
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