U.S. Presidential Election

[Crazyfool01]

Nice big fine that … 

[Neil]

12 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Nice big fine that … 

Something else for him to play the victim for.

[charlierc]

Well we can presume he won't take this well, although it'll probably get tied up in an appeal for a little while beforehand.

Saying that, I'm bemused as to why anyone in America would think having the President above the law is a good idea.

[Crazyfool01]

4 minutes ago, charlierc said:

Well we can presume he won't take this well, although it'll probably get tied up in an appeal for a little while beforehand.

Saying that, I'm bemused as to why anyone in America would think having the President above the law is a good idea.

We’ve the same in the U.K. sadly … not quite as extreme but getting more and more like it by the day 

[Ryan1984]

13 hours ago, Crazyfool01 said:

We’ve the same in the U.K. sadly … not quite as extreme but getting more and more like it by the day 

That bet with Piers Morgan seems an especially low point, even after Johnson and Truss!

[steviewevie]

 

[charlierc]

11 hours ago, Ryan1984 said:

That bet with Piers Morgan seems an especially low point, even after Johnson and Truss!

The irony being you wrote this before Rishi's wrong place wrong time trans-baiting joke in PMQ's that has gone down exceptionally poorly.

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

As if we didn't need any further pretence that the Republican rank and file have made their minds up.

Saying that it's bizarre Nevada has both primary and caucuses with one candidate not on the other one.

[Ryan1984]

48 minutes ago, charlierc said:

The irony being you wrote this before Rishi's wrong place wrong time trans-baiting joke in PMQ's that has gone down exceptionally poorly.

Yep, no surprise this government can stoop even lower!

[steviewevie]

 

[Neil]

Let's all laugh at who the yanks vote for who they vote for. Never mind Taylor swift will sort it out.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/08/taylor-swift-2024-presidential-election?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

Edited February 8 by Neil

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, Neil said:

Let's all laugh at who the yanks vote for who they vote for. Never mind Taylor swift will sort it out.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/feb/08/taylor-swift-2024-presidential-election?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

seriously, she should run.

[charlierc]

4 hours ago, steviewevie said:

 

Given Trump has mixed up Nikki Haley for Pelosi and has confused both Obama & Biden, is this just an election for people whose memory is a bit below par?

[charlierc]

On 2/7/2024 at 7:24 PM, Ryan1984 said:

Yep, no surprise this government can stoop even lower!

Sunak's week has been spectacularly poor. And given how bad he's been as Prime Minister, it's saying a lot that this one stands out.

[Neil]

6 hours ago, steviewevie said:

seriously, she should run.

from what i've seen, she doesn't have a single opinion, that isn't slagging off her ex's maybe she should have a thing with trump, that'd work.

[steviewevie]

surely he can't stand again after this...it's getting silly...

 

[Ozanne]

I’d still rather him than Trump though. Sad case of affairs it’s either tbf. 

[Paul ™]

4 hours ago, Ozanne said:

I’d still rather him than Trump though. Sad case of affairs it’s either tbf. 

Same situation as the UK... 

 

[Ozanne]

I wonder if the Dems will decide they need to force Biden to stand aside?

[steviewevie]

What a gift to Trump. Someone should have had a word with Biden about not standing a while ago ..what a choice for leader of what is still the most powerful country in the world (just about).

[lazyred]

13 hours ago, Ozanne said:

I’d still rather him than Trump though. Sad case of affairs it’s either tbf. 

Puts Harris under more scrutiny as well as She would probably end the term as President. Trump will win against Biden/Harris

[kaosmark2]

3 hours ago, steviewevie said:

What a gift to Trump. Someone should have had a word with Biden about not standing a while ago ..what a choice for leader of what is still the most powerful country in the world (just about).

I think China and India are both more powerful tbh. They just don't flex their influence as much in countries we deal with.

[steviewevie]

6 minutes ago, kaosmark2 said:

I think China and India are both more powerful tbh. They just don't flex their influence as much in countries we deal with.

well China definitely becoming more influential, as is Russia...but in terms of GDP/military and I would argue global influence US is still Number 1.

But, there is a west vs the rest thing now...no one likes US and us.

[kaosmark2]

23 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

well China definitely becoming more influential, as is Russia...but in terms of GDP/military and I would argue global influence US is still Number 1.

But, there is a west vs the rest thing now...no one likes US and us.

Well Russia is committing a lot of their GDP, military and influence into the war with Ukraine. 

Noone likes the West, but there's also big suspicions between the others. Some idiotic behaviour by Trump could be a spark to WW3.

The internal politics of the Democrats stopping them from running a decent candidate is going to screw us.

[fraybentos1]

57 minutes ago, kaosmark2 said:

I think China and India are both more powerful tbh. They just don't flex their influence as much in countries we deal with.

Under what possible metric is India more powerful than the USA. America is the most powerful nation on earth by a long way followed by China with a big gap to anyone else.