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B-royal
Profile Joined May 2015
Belgium1330 Posts
November 09 2016 13:26 GMT
#122421
Good to see the American people voted and elected Trump as president. His vows to end corruption, put limits on career-politicians and take measures against illegal immigration impressed me. It also helped that the opposing candidate is one of the most corrupt, inept career-politicians to ever grace the US.

I read a lot of conspiracy information the week before the election regarding spirit cooking, possible child trafficking, the FBI being compromised, and I am looking forward to seeing whether there's any real truth to this (it would not surprise me any more).

Trump is not just a candidate, he is a movement. Let's hope he can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.

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zeo
Profile Joined October 2009
Serbia6343 Posts
November 09 2016 13:29 GMT
#122422
On November 09 2016 22:26 Tachion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2016 22:21 Stratos_speAr wrote:
Can't wait for all the B.S. rhetoric about "the people have spoken" when Trump probably won't even win the popular vote.

Hillary currently in the lead with popular vote. Remember all the fuss after bush vs gore? It's gonna be pretty bad this time too I think.

You need to get over it, she lost in a landslide.
“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.” - Jean Cocteau
a_flayer
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Netherlands2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-09 13:34:24
November 09 2016 13:29 GMT
#122423
On November 09 2016 22:21 travis wrote:
Sanders would have crushed Trump, and you guys clearly still don't get it. You don't get why Trump repeatedly exceeded expectations (just as Bernie did despite participating in a system specifically stacked against him).


It astonishes me how people are vastly underestimating the truth of this and instead continue to call all Trump supporters racists, xenophobes, misogynists and so forth. People have to recognize that those who voted for Trump do have legitimate concerns that should be addressed, and especially look at the reasoning of people who didn't want to vote for Hillary.

Ignore the suggestion in your head (or fact, if you like) that Trump is completely batshit insane and is essentially wrong on all levels in terms of policy. Policy is almost irrelevant to at least some of those reasons, anyway. I say this as someone who hates the character of Trump with her whole being.
When you came along so righteous with a new national hate, so convincing is the ardor of war and of men, it's harder to breathe than to believe you're a friend. The wars at home, the wars abroad, all soaked in blood and lies and fraud.
Clonester
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany2808 Posts
November 09 2016 13:33 GMT
#122424
On November 09 2016 22:29 zeo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2016 22:26 Tachion wrote:
On November 09 2016 22:21 Stratos_speAr wrote:
Can't wait for all the B.S. rhetoric about "the people have spoken" when Trump probably won't even win the popular vote.

Hillary currently in the lead with popular vote. Remember all the fuss after bush vs gore? It's gonna be pretty bad this time too I think.

You need to get over it, she lost in a landslide.


What? She lost, but this is far away from a landslide.
Bomber, Attacker, DD, SOMEBODY, NiKo, Nex, Spidii
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
November 09 2016 13:34 GMT
#122425
Alright Germany you're the leader now, good luck.

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Silvanel
Profile Blog Joined March 2003
Poland4769 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-09 13:37:45
November 09 2016 13:36 GMT
#122426
I also couldnt understand those arguments against Bernie. The Republicans will go batshit crazy at the very mention of socialism? So what? They arent going to vote for Democrat either way. Red state wont go Blue and vice versa. Only thing that matters in presidentail election are swing states and moderate/indpendent voters.
Pathetic Greta hater.
parkufarku
Profile Blog Joined March 2014
882 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-09 13:38:44
November 09 2016 13:37 GMT
#122427
Bernie supporter here (minority citizen too). I voted for Bernie. Did not vote for Hillary or Trump, but kinda glad Trump won. Fuck the establishment for thinking they can rig primaries for the much more unfavorable candidate and get away with it. Also fuck them for manipulating media to coronate Hillary as victor.

They would've had my vote if they played fair & square. You reap what you sow. A ton of other Bernie supporters were disillusioned and wanted to watch US burn for playing dirty.

Bernie did really well with white working class. Guess which group of ppl just voted Trump into the white house?

Where is Plansix now?
m4ini
Profile Joined February 2014
4215 Posts
November 09 2016 13:38 GMT
#122428
On November 09 2016 22:21 Furikawari wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2016 22:18 a_flayer wrote:
On November 09 2016 22:14 Furikawari wrote:
Stop with the military expenditure bullshit, Russia is nowhere that big compared to EU and I dont see any other significant treat currently. Just - plain - bullshit.


The only actual potential military threat the Russians have are the nuclear weapons. If US-Russia relationships are repaired, perhaps they can both get back to slowly dismantling them. Although somehow I don't see Trump pushing for this.


Dismantling nuclear weapon will never happen as long as Putin is here, sadly.


Maybe you actually want to read up on things before you throw statements like this around, since it's completely wrong. And easy to read up on top (3 second google revealed disarmament of Typhoon class subs, which are the biggest nuclear subs in the world). Secondly:

The only actual potential military threat the Russians have are the nuclear weapons. If US-Russia relationships are repaired, perhaps they can both get back to slowly dismantling them. Although somehow I don't see Trump pushing for this.


Same goes for any other country, if you try to be smart. What else would be a potential threat.
On track to MA1950A.
Clonester
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany2808 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-09 13:39:45
November 09 2016 13:39 GMT
#122429
On November 09 2016 22:34 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
Alright Germany you're the leader now, good luck.

https://twitter.com/FinancialTimes/status/796341723089817600


Please no. Never went well when Germany tried out leading.

Come one Trump, show us the way of making things great again, but dont let us here alone.
Bomber, Attacker, DD, SOMEBODY, NiKo, Nex, Spidii
Reaps
Profile Joined June 2012
United Kingdom1280 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-09 13:41:47
November 09 2016 13:39 GMT
#122430



Wasn't expecting female vote to be that high for trump.

m4ini
Profile Joined February 2014
4215 Posts
November 09 2016 13:42 GMT
#122431
Is there a breakdown on age groups somewhere?
On track to MA1950A.
zeo
Profile Joined October 2009
Serbia6343 Posts
November 09 2016 13:43 GMT
#122432
On November 09 2016 22:39 Reaps wrote:
https://twitter.com/BBCRealityCheck/status/796341724918517761


Wasn't expecting female vote to be that high for trump.


Trump won 60% of white females.
“What the public criticizes in you, cultivate. It is you.” - Jean Cocteau
a_flayer
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Netherlands2826 Posts
November 09 2016 13:43 GMT
#122433
On November 09 2016 22:39 Reaps wrote:
https://twitter.com/BBCRealityCheck/status/796341724918517761


Wasn't expecting female vote to be that high for trump.



It might surprise you how many women look at yet another man being a pig and shrug.
When you came along so righteous with a new national hate, so convincing is the ardor of war and of men, it's harder to breathe than to believe you're a friend. The wars at home, the wars abroad, all soaked in blood and lies and fraud.
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46364 Posts
November 09 2016 13:43 GMT
#122434
On November 09 2016 22:29 zeo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2016 22:26 Tachion wrote:
On November 09 2016 22:21 Stratos_speAr wrote:
Can't wait for all the B.S. rhetoric about "the people have spoken" when Trump probably won't even win the popular vote.

Hillary currently in the lead with popular vote. Remember all the fuss after bush vs gore? It's gonna be pretty bad this time too I think.

You need to get over it, she lost in a landslide.


It's not an electoral landslide. That being said, regardless of whether or not Clinton wins the popular vote, it doesn't matter.
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
Tachion
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada8573 Posts
November 09 2016 13:43 GMT
#122435
On November 09 2016 22:29 zeo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2016 22:26 Tachion wrote:
On November 09 2016 22:21 Stratos_speAr wrote:
Can't wait for all the B.S. rhetoric about "the people have spoken" when Trump probably won't even win the popular vote.

Hillary currently in the lead with popular vote. Remember all the fuss after bush vs gore? It's gonna be pretty bad this time too I think.

You need to get over it, she lost in a landslide.

Just making an observation dude. There was a lot of discussion about the EC after that election, you don't think there will be this time too? Of course nothing will come of it, but it's still a narrative that's gonna be played out for awhile to come.
i was driving down the road this november eve and spotted a hitchhiker walking down the street. i pulled over and saw that it was only a tree. i uprooted it and put it in my trunk. do trees like marshmallow peeps? cause that's all i have and will have.
Umpteen
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United Kingdom1570 Posts
November 09 2016 13:45 GMT
#122436
Maybe I'm wrong - I hope so - but Trump has always struck me as someone who wanted to win purely for the sake of being a winner. Expediency has been the hallmark of his campaign. I have never had any sense that he actually grasps - or even cares about - the real short, medium and long-term challenges facing America and the world, much less has any kind of plan for addressing them. It's all about making the deal, telling people what they want to hear and getting the sale. Does he really think tearing up international treaties on climate change and ramping back up natural gas production is going to revitalise economies blighted by the downturn in fossil fuels? I honestly don't think he cares. What matters is that the people he was targeting think it would.

What makes this result so scary is that I have literally no idea - nobody does; this is so far as I can tell without precedent - what a person like that does when he's behind the wheel in the Oval Office. What does 'winning' look like from there?
The existence of a food chain is inescapable if we evolved unsupervised, and inexcusable otherwise.
Penev
Profile Joined October 2012
28536 Posts
November 09 2016 13:46 GMT
#122437
On November 09 2016 22:29 a_flayer wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 09 2016 22:21 travis wrote:
Sanders would have crushed Trump, and you guys clearly still don't get it. You don't get why Trump repeatedly exceeded expectations (just as Bernie did despite participating in a system specifically stacked against him).


It astonishes me how people are vastly underestimating the truth of this and instead continue to call all Trump supporters racists, xenophobes, misogynists and so forth. People have to recognize that people who voted for Trump do have legitimate concerns that should be addressed, and especially look at the reasoning of people didn't want to vote for Hillary.

Ignore the suggestion in your head (or fact, if you like) that Trump is completely batshit insane and is essentially wrong on all levels in terms of policy. Policy is almost irrelevant to at least some of those reasons, anyway.

They didn't just vote Trump they voted republican as well. Why do that? The way the Republican Party behaved during Obama's presidency is disgusting yet they punished the Democrats.

People are not necessarily racist, misogynist etc (but apparently don't care about a candidate making such remarks) but they surely are ignorant. And no not just in the States. En masse, people constantly vote against their own interests because of populist tactics of fear and nationalism meanwhile these people offer nothing to actually help solve any real problems they may suffer from. As an example in the Netherlands the biggest party after the financial crises has always been the one who'd support the system that caused it the most. Why? 2 reasons. 1. They are ignorant of this fact. 2. This party actively tries to be a more reasonable option for "Dutch Trump" by making harsh statements about immigration.
I Protoss winner, could it be?
a_flayer
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Netherlands2826 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-11-09 13:48:02
November 09 2016 13:47 GMT
#122438
On November 09 2016 22:45 Umpteen wrote:
Maybe I'm wrong - I hope so - but Trump has always struck me as someone who wanted to win purely for the sake of being a winner. Expediency has been the hallmark of his campaign. I have never had any sense that he actually grasps - or even cares about - the real short, medium and long-term challenges facing America and the world, much less has any kind of plan for addressing them. It's all about making the deal, telling people what they want to hear and getting the sale. Does he really think tearing up international treaties on climate change and ramping back up natural gas production is going to revitalise economies blighted by the downturn in fossil fuels? I honestly don't think he cares. What matters is that the people he was targeting think it would.

What makes this result so scary is that I have literally no idea - nobody does; this is so far as I can tell without precedent - what a person like that does when he's behind the wheel in the Oval Office. What does 'winning' look like from there?


It is indeed a terrifying notion. You guys reconsidering leaving at all? Maybe the EU doesn't seem to bad now that there's this potential madman in office across the pond?
When you came along so righteous with a new national hate, so convincing is the ardor of war and of men, it's harder to breathe than to believe you're a friend. The wars at home, the wars abroad, all soaked in blood and lies and fraud.
PhoenixVoid
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada32755 Posts
November 09 2016 13:50 GMT
#122439
I can't wait to see the first meeting between President Trump and PM Trudeau.
I'm afraid of demented knife-wielding escaped lunatic libertarian zombie mutants
DarkPlasmaBall
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States46364 Posts
November 09 2016 13:50 GMT
#122440
What are some policy/ program changes that we can expect over the next four years, since all three branches of government will be Republican-controlled and we won't have any checks and balances?

1. Obamacare will be repealed?
2. Abortion may be nationally outlawed?
3. The climate change conversation is over?
4. Gay marriage might be repealed?
5. ???
"There is nothing more satisfying than looking at a crowd of people and helping them get what I love." ~Day[9] Daily #100
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