Haha this is definitely a green screen. The trees in the Background are on a 3 second loop
The Trump Presidency | Biden Inaugurated
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Haha this is definitely a green screen. The trees in the Background are on a 3 second loop
and Susan Collins said he’d learned a pretty big lesson.
More like she will learn a 'pretty big lesson' come Nov 4th.
You need a green screen to screen your own lawn????
When you are actually very ill and trying to pretend you are fine, I guess yes!
His Twitter account surely won't survive many days after him leaving office? They've basically stated that they won't ban him because his president haven't they?
You have to expect a pretty substantial reduction in Trump’s followers after he hopefully loses. I would hope that Twitter would be more quick to pull the trigger to ban him once he becomes a civilian.
With the election so close, is there any actual point to it?
I am sure Trump is one of the reasons for Twitter's popularity. Banning him will likely be a bad business decision.
Backup in the unlikely event should Trump win?
If they can choose businesses would want to remain neutral.
You'll lose half of the business at worst, some of the business at best by defending one side.
If i own a business I'd defo dont want to get involved as best as i can
To bait trump into more deranged all.caps tweet storms?
Or perhaps if he refuses to accept defeat to stop him trying to turn the army loose on wherever he decides has been taken over by antifa?
This is why the US is unpopular.
The United States is committed to supporting free and fair elections... other than in the United States, where we’ll employ every trick possible to subvert democracy and suppress votes.
I actually saw a job posting here in Addis Ababa for something that looked interesting. I skipped applying though as it was some American democracy organisation or something silly like that.
He maybe more dangerous as a lame duck. Don't be surprised if he goes totally off the rails between election day and inauguration day if he loses. This country needs every protection possible from these lunatics.
I know exactly how this one is going to play out: There just isn’t the basis for any sort of criminal investigation so the report is going to be incredibly light in its findings so instead we can expect to have some choice leaks which are severely lacking the context of the wider picture. A few emails here, text messages there and reports that x was with y on z date. Basically enough for Fox, Brietbart, twitter bots and the rest of the loony right to run with.
I'll believe the unpopular narrative once people stop clamoring to immigrate here (both legally and illegally).
He'll probably create his own "not fake" news channel afterwards that will topple Fox.
He'll probably partner up with OANN.
Jaysins! You’re probably right!
No way he will invest that much money & undertake the challenge of creating something. He will pair up with Sinclair or OANN where the infrastructure already exists.
People emigrate for a better life, popularity hardly comes into it. And when I mean the US, I am talking more specifically about its foreign policy.
Agreed - And those that come to the US for a better life (aka Capitalism) generally don't think about foreign policy when they are acting in theirs and their family's self-interest.
You can love the Capitalism side of it and still hate the foreign policy side of it.
True. You can also be indifferent to foreign policy if you're gainfully employed and too busy to give it much thought. I know a few people in this category.
A lot of them come to the US for a better life because US foreign policy has fecked up their home countries over the years. Others come to America because they are just hustlers and salespeople and America values the snake-oil salesman more than other countries.
What percentage of the world's population is immigrating to the US? Calculate that number and imagine that the rest hates the US. Both methods are equally unsound.
The point being, people are still coming here in droves, which would undercut the unpopularity argument. If people suddenly stopped then, that would be a pretty good indicator that something was off.
They come for a better way of life - just like any other place. Most are Mexicans, followed by China and India.
Why did you change "better life" to "better way of life"? I certainly think the former is more accurate. Way of life implies ideology, which is probably far from the minds of most.
Don't ex-presidents to some extent stay presidents forever though? Like, Bush or Obama might still be addressed as 'Mr. President'. So not sure Twitter will ever be able to shut down Trump by that logic. Also, Trump might just switch to Parler, which already seems popular among the US right (from what I've read), and might explode if some high-profile people like him make it their major outlet.
I don't understand what any of this has to do with Pompeo's musings about African democracies? (And I agree with @Adisa, it is the hypocrisy that undermines his argument).
They're one in the same - the latter is just a more common way of saying it here.
I think he would go to Parler or the next iteration of a right wing social media platform. I don’t think he cares where he gets followers just as long as he gets them.
Twitter could very easily boot him regardless of him being an ex-president.
And possibly "force" a Biden presidency or Dems in congress to vote against pursuing the investigation - thereby the Rs claiming the Dems are hypocrites... And the cycle continues..
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