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I feel like Trump has managed to convince people that he's anti-establishment. By talking nonsense he reinforces that he's not like all the other politicians who can string a coherent sentence together. I think young people like someone who they perceive to be doing things differently, no matter how obviously naive that might be, young people are also not famed for their consideration of consequences, and doing something like voting for Trump because it's funny rather than important is exactly the kind of thing they'd do in large numbers.

They’ll learn when they’re having to pay for his import tariffs

Did you see his direct threat to John Deere ??

"Move your manufacturing to Mexico and I'll place a 200% levy on all goods you import into the US"

Will it happen or is it the same as his healthcare plan which was “ready to go” in 2017?

If he does get in, I hope there are people behind the scenes to keep him in check as he seems more and more deranged as time goes on!

He did have a tariff war last time round with China and stopped quite a few companies moving abroad.
Tbf I don’t think import tariffs are that bad. It’s not like savings are ever passed to the consumer, but merely used to grow profit margins. You can’t go to your Agri dealer and say “can I have one of those Dear Johns made in Mexico for 30% off”

This newsletter has a brilliant guide detailing where to watch the election result (Not the BBC), and also what times to expect important results, and what they could mean

https://newsroom.tortoisemedia.com/cr/A ... U6ijtoDSHQ

It’s a cascading lickspittle

Gavster wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 8:32 am This newsletter has a brilliant guide detailing where to watch the election result (Not the BBC), and also what times to expect important results, and what they could mean

https://newsroom.tortoisemedia.com/cr/A ... U6ijtoDSHQ

Thanks for posting that

Farage really is an absolute throbber.

If you want a lefty woke communist view, Some More News are doing a livestream early tomorrow morning (our time) which might prove entertaining. They're actually pretty critical of all parties, have good insights into US politics and are less restrained by by broadcast regs, so it might be an interesting watch between other coverage.

If nothing else, it'll likely be viciously sarcastic. I won't be staying up for it, but it might still be running by the time I wake up tomorrow...

When's the final result due to be called. It takes a while IIRC

dinny_g wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 10:38 am When's the final result due to be called. It takes a while IIRC

Depends how close it is AFAIK. Biden's win took something like 4 days to be formally declared - helping Trump stoke the "stolen" fire of course.

If it's not close, it'll be easier to call it early.

I did see on the news yesterday that it's expected that Trump will claim he has won regardless of the actual result around midnight other there

Mito Man wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 11:08 am I did see on the news yesterday that it's expected that Trump will claim he has won regardless of the actual result around midnight other there

That's not news, that's been something he's been pushing literally his entire campaign.

It’s weird that the last big push for the gop seems to be making out that putting down an illegal pet squirrel that a gay porn star was using to advertise his onlyfans is massive government overreach.

If Trump loses my eyes will be on Elon, not Trump. Can't wait to see the smugness disappear from his face.

ZedLeg wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 1:54 pm It’s weird that the last big push for the gop seems to be making out that putting down an illegal pet squirrel that a gay porn star was using to advertise his onlyfans is massive government overreach.

Not googling that.. not again anyway!!

All the polls are saying it's too close to call. I don't see any merit in making a prediction but I do think after the election the outcome will be more decisive than it looks right now, and we'll wonder why we couldn't see that.

New Two-Face movie looking creepy

Simon wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 2:07 pm If Trump loses my eyes will be on Elon, not Trump. Can't wait to see the smugness disappear from his face.

If Trump wins, I want to see what the dems will say.

If they lose because they pushed away people speaking up for Palestine it’s their own fault.