Trump

[F-ZeroOne]

"Proud Boys, stand back and stand by."

You can't really add anything, can you?

[rowan]

Like giles, I really do get a feeling he's going to win this. If he doesn't it'll be by a whisker.
I think the whole tax stuff is a non-story as regards the election because avoiding tax seems to be seen as such a great thing to achieve by many in the US.


But for goodness sake, both candidates are waaaay beyond normal retirement age, is there no-one better at a healthier age they can field?
Either for another 4 years seems a high risk in this aspect.

[gilesgoat]

Like giles, I really do get a feeling he's going to win this. If he doesn't it'll be by a whisker.
I think the whole tax stuff is a non-story as regards the election because avoiding tax seems to be seen as such a great thing to achieve by many in the US.


But for goodness sake, both candidates are waaaay beyond normal retirement age, is there no-one better at a healthier age they can field?
Either for another 4 years seems a high risk in this aspect.

I think he's going to win because for as weird as it seems "he's a reflection of the times and what a lot of people think", he's abravise, he's what he his but this is also what those people are, they like him.

I would be at this point NOT so much surprised if he really wins again but it's very worrying to think "where all that could be going".

For USA and the rest of the world.

DO NOT even make me think "where is going for UK", UK now is a sort of "another bad example of things going bad".

[(o)(o)]

Like giles, I really do get a feeling he's going to win this. If he doesn't it'll be by a whisker.

Did anyone say already, all the war game simulations have come to the same conclusion - the only way to avoid civil war in the US is if Trump wins.

Civil war it is then...

[Foozwah]

Like giles, I really do get a feeling he's going to win this. If he doesn't it'll be by a whisker.

Did anyone say already, all the war game simulations have come to the same conclusion - the only way to avoid civil war in the US is if Trump wins.

Civil war it is then...

Wow, that really brings the "You must capitulate to us because we're basically huge bullies" of US foreign policy since post-WW2 right home, to be reused as domestic federal election strategy.

Fuck that. I might be wrong, but I hope he loses big time. Because capitulating to Trump out of fear of a possible civil war solves nothing. Do they just do the same in four years time? Or don't even both having an election, just make him dictator for life, to be replaced by one of his chinless offspring when he finally dies...?

This election is there for the Democrats to lose, not for Trump to win. Because even four years ago he (Trump) lost the popular vote, so clearly more than 50% of the US voting population even then weren't utter morons. It all comes down to gerrymandering and electoral college bullshit

If he does win 2020, it will be less because of voter stupidity (though doubtless there'll still be plenty) and more because of voter suppression and rigging, all on his part. He is a walking projection of everything he claims his opponents to be.

And unlike 2016 he actually needs to win this time, because he knows that losing is going to make him vulnerable to a raft of criminal charges. And I wouldn't put it past Putin to drop him in the shit just for a laugh then as well, to discard his then-useless asset.

[gilesgoat]

I am already asking myself "what is going to happen when/if he wins again" ?

[Foozwah]

I feel like, given the utter chaos of the last four years, there's no way in hell he could possibly win... but then four years ago I thought there was no way he was going to get in in the first place, so clearly my political instincts cannot be trusted...

[tufty]

Trump and Melania have apparently tested positive for COVID and are now in quarantine.

Is this :

• A ploy to keep him away from TV cameras
• Proof that there is, in fact, a god

[Kelloggs]

I'd instead have said that it's KC's cosmic irony in full swing.

In other news, stocks in popcorn have gone through the roof.

[Cloudane]

Option 1. Worked out well for Boris - it brought out a lot of patriotic sympathy

The timing is VERY convenient

He'll also be saying very soon "I had it, I'm in my 70s and I'm still here" in response to any concerns about the virus.

Unless he dies, this is probably more of a negative thing than a positive one

[Misfit]

Option 1. Worked out well for Boris - it brought out a lot of patriotic sympathy

The timing is VERY convenient

He'll also be saying very soon "I had it, I'm in my 70s and I'm still here" in response to any concerns about the virus.

Unless he dies, this is probably more of a negative thing than a positive one

Yeah, unless he dies it's very hard not to think it's fake news that can be spun in so many positive ways...

[Harlequin]

So, did they conclude that refusing to agree to tighter rules for the other two Presidential debates was not such a good evasion strategy?

What would be truly ironic would be actually contracting the virus while pretending to be isolating with it.

[Deckard]

If he dies you can guarantee his media machine will say it wasn't COVID - I have no idea who is deputy President ....

[Cloudane]

Pence, I think.

TBH knowing America they'd still vote for his corpse and prop him up with Pence's arm up his backside like a puppet

[Harlequin]

Meanwhile: