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Donald Trump and the aftermath of his presidency
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you can never be surprised with trump, but of course that is a real story! bold move to try to do it in highly democrat controlled Philadelphia (better known as the location of that infamous press conference)
Trump booed as he hawks $399 ‘Never Surrender’ shoes at Philadelphia Sneaker Con
The shoes, gold lame high tops with an American flag detail on the back, are being sold as “Never Surrender High-Tops."
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gg1
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And lifts.
The only danger is what happens when they realise that he's not the Messiah, but is in fact a very naughty boy?
Not that long ago I got into a discussion in a hostel common room with a Irish guy who was a Trump supporter.
I didn't go over the top, just pointed out repeatedly that the "financial genius" went bankrupt running a casino. After that, he went out, got drunk and came back after midnight and started seriously harassing the staff (to the point that he got kicked out).
Peter Sarf
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Oh yes I do worry that these court actions are just raising his credibility amongst certain types of less discerning voters, worse still the non-voters who take things into their own hands. I just hope that lots of small cuts are more indicative to people than one single (big) knock out blow. It is also a lot more appeals for him to win.
Oh, no doubt that is the case. But not everyone is going to handle leaving the MAGA cult the same.
Some will have the sense of self to be able to deal with it and reestablish connections and relationships based in our reality. But some may see it as just another betrayal and decide that they won't go with a whimper, but a Second Amendment bang.
Peter Sarf
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Your right. Storming the Capitol is all the proof we need of how these minds work.
Busaholic
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Me too!! Mind you, there's probably nothing in the vastly over-rated American Constitution stopping a corpse becoming President.
brad465
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I can see his cult demanding he be the Eternal President or something, similar to how Kim Il-Sung is seen in North Korea.Me too!! Mind you, there's probably nothing in the vastly over-rated American Constitution stopping a corpse becoming President.
"Ain't nothing in the rules that says a dog can't play basketball."Me too!! Mind you, there's probably nothing in the vastly over-rated American Constitution stopping a corpse becoming President.
Bantamzen
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This is what I think will happen. Money and estate was Trump's key to power, as these wain so will his support. And by support I don't necessarily mean his core supporters out in the red states buying his NFTs and tacky trainers, but the rich and powerful supports who keep him in place as a useful idiot will quickly throw him under the bus.
The GOP are terrified of Trump and his supporters, which is why they all support him in public. They must all be praying something happens to him to free them of his spell.
I also hope that at some point the Republicans will get the courage to turn on Trump, if the cases mount up. I know everyone says he could be President from jail, but that would be absolutely ridiculous.
I also hope that at some point the Republicans will get the courage to turn on Trump, if the cases mount up. I know everyone says he could be President from jail, but that would be absolutely ridiculous.
Gloster
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In the last couple of days I saw something, possibly only a headline, somewhere saying that the rich Republican-inclined supporters are drifting back to him. I presume that they think he is going to be the candidate and has a reasonable chance of winning, so they want to cuddle up to him. It is not about anything except their money.
Possibly the only remaining chance is that his increasingly odd behaviour will bring out the soft-Democrat and swing voters to vote for Biden (or whoever) and keep the soft-Republicans at home. In my opinion Trump’s behaviour is slowly becoming even less rational than it was before: the suggestion that he may be in the early stages of dementia are becoming more and more plausible.
Peter Sarf
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I think if Trump is declining mentally it could equally be the pressure of all the home truths he has been evading catching up with him. I think it will be a quite dramatic decline when it becomes obvious. Of course his loyal supporters will say it was all the opposition ganging up on him. A bit like Hitler at the end blaming those around him for letting him down.
Biden of course is not 100% but i would say he is under plenty of pressure - he is running the US after all. Some of his stumbling speech can be put down to jet lag. He of course has a well controlled stammer which will come out occasionally and is not an illness or deficiency - just a feature.
dangie
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Is that you speaking from first hand experience there?
Ha!, nope.Is that you speaking from first hand experience there?
There was a great Top Gear segment once when they were talking about how a flashy car is to make up for lack of size, of course they made comparisons to the cars they had come down in, the joke was on Jeremy and Richard as James had come down in his Fiat Panda!
My brother had a similar experience. As a very qualified self employed engineer he had regular meetings with some big-wigs from the American aviation industry re. air-to-air refueling systems. One day the car park was filling with the usual very exotic machinery when he arrived.
His hobby was car restoration and he had just completed a 2CV so he took it along for a run. Several of the Americans looked at the car and said 'we are paying you £lots and lots aren't we?" "yep'" says my brother. "So what's with the kiddie car? "Well" says bro "fortunately I have a massive penis"
He said it was a real tumbleweed moment.
Not a titter.
He discovered the Americans have a different culture from the Brits that day.
He was offered a job in the States at the end of the contract but couldn't face it. Turned them down flat after several similar humour clashes.
gg1
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I've just seen the pictures of said trainers, my aesthetic expectations were very low to start off with but they look even worse than I imagined, they're truly hideous.
Peter Sarf
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On theother hand, that money on building/maintaining our own deterrent would be staying in our economy, rather than going to the US.
Pete_uk
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If Mar a largo is really worth 1bn, can't he just sell that to cover his costs?
Yes. But he may find issues getting $1bn for it. He even admitted in some of the hearings that the valuation was based on what he thought it was worth as he wasn't going to sell it, so getting an actual valuation wasn't necessary.
There's significant restrictions on what can be done with the mar-a-largo property, which means few (informed persons) believe it could actually be worth what he says. Even if he got a donor to bail him out because he's Trump, they'd likely be just setting themselves up for a multi million loss.
There's significant restrictions on what can be done with the mar-a-largo property, which means few (informed persons) believe it could actually be worth what he says. Even if he got a donor to bail him out because he's Trump, they'd likely be just setting themselves up for a multi million loss.
birchesgreen
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He'd rather fleece his gullible fans.
brad465
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Alabama has gone with such a controversial policy that Trump has taken the same side as his opponents and spoken out against it:
To put into context how messed up Alabama can be, the Top gear trio visited literal war zones on their travels, but Alabama was the closest they came to being killed.
Trump calls on Alabama to protect IVF treatment after court ruling
Several clinics paused treatment after a court ruled frozen embryos have the same rights as children.
www.bbc.co.uk
To put into context how messed up Alabama can be, the Top gear trio visited literal war zones on their travels, but Alabama was the closest they came to being killed.
Gloster
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I can believe just about any madness happening in Alabama. As Tom Lehrer rounded off his 1965 song about nuclear proliferation:
We’ll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb.
We’ll try to stay serene and calm
When Alabama gets the bomb.
birchesgreen
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Trump is going to go into the election with a policy of a Federal 16-week limit on abortion. Interesting.