I'd be livid if a Klansman were just elected to the office of President. I'm not as concerned about an alleged super secret racist.
I'm not sure where you're getting "super secret". His demonization of Latino immigrants and inner-city blacks has been an overt part of his message since the day he announced his campaign. Hell, he got his start in his daddy's business making housing discrimination lawsuits disappear. (Cliff's Notes in case you've forgotten: they weren't renting to black people, they got sued, they settled and promised not to do it any more, they kept doing it, they got sued again.) Does he possess a Klanlike hatred for nonwhite people in his heart of hearts? Probably not. That kind of conviction is alien to his brand of opportunistic sociopathy. But, um, why aren't you just as livid about an opportunistic sociopath willing to cynically profess racist beliefs and perform racist acts for personal gain being elected to the office of President?
And no, he's not going to do that anyway. He doesn't have the funds to do it.
You will understand that "He's promised to do this horrible thing, but he made a wildly unrealistic promise, so he's not going to do it" is not exactly the most reassuring quality in the leader of the free world.
Very disappointed in Gary Johnson's results so far.
Nice to see that Crooked Hillary will not have any kind of mandate, though. Trump voters are sending a big middle finger to the corrupt establishment, the status quo and the phony scumbags in Hollywood.
By voting in an already corrupt and corrupting, narcissistic billionaire who only really cares for himself and doesn't admit his own mistakes? And what kind of status quo? Really, if nothing else I have to admit, convincing so many people that he is some kind of anti-establishment candidate just because he isn't a politician and is loud and obnoxious is kind of strangely ingenious. Or it's a case of people trying to see things that are not real because they want them to be real. I don't know exactly.
As a foreigner I'm slightly depressed because of this election. I couldn't vote, but the consequences will be far reaching and while I didn't particularly care for Hillary and didn't like her hawkish attitude, Trump is so much worse that I can't even begin to describe it. Not because of racism and sexism (although he definitely did show those traits, as much as you would like to forget that), but because he is irresponsible, choleric, can't take criticism, shifts the blame on others whenever he can, shows little empathy for others and is, from what I can tell, incompetent in multiple ways, all of which are characteristics no president of the USA should have.
On the other hand, maybe it is indeed the better option. The Congress is firmly in Republican hands, and frankly, I cannot imagine how Hillary would fare in that situation. I also expect that those who voted for Hillary are able to accept Trump's election far easier than Trump's supporters (and Trump himself) would ever accept hers. The result could lead to a more stable environment.
Trump exaggerated and promised lots of BS he cannot really do. The (frankly, less informed and less intelligent) people who actually BELIEVED he could (and will) do all these outrageous things are in for a huge disappointment, in my opinion.
Now, he has really a potential to unite the US people again. Far more than Hillary's election would. If he unites the Republican party. And especíally, if he accepts to be a figurehead and lets the people who know their job do it.
Being from the former westernmost part of USSR influence zone, I am a little afraid whether we could remain a part of the West if Putin would want to reestablish former empire. But there are people in even worse situation - Baltic states. But maybe I am mistaken... Maybe he will have more chance to find some reasonable common ground with Putin to make the world safer place to live, without the necessity to sacrifice half of Europe.
The world is, at this moment, completely in disarray. For the future of us and our kids, I prefer stable USA, though with a very strange and far less than optimal presidential figure, over what was going on in recent years.
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Left to their own devices by the Supreme Court, some states and counties appear to be testing how far they can go with voter suppression. North Carolina is a case in point. Following the court’s decision in Shelby County, the Republican-led Legislature passed a law stuffed with voting restrictions, including voter ID requirements and reductions in early voting. Last summer, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit struck down most of the law, finding that it targeted Democratic African-American voters “with almost surgical precision.” Justifying a plan to end Sunday voting, the state said that counties allowing it in 2014 were “disproportionately black” and “disproportionately Democratic.” The appeals court judges correctly called this “as close to a smoking gun as we are likely to see in modern times.” The Republicans running the state wanted to change a voting practice out of concern that “African-Americans, who had overwhelmingly voted for Democrats, had too much access to the franchise.”
Voter suppression may have helped give Trump the win by disenfranchising groups that normally vote Democrat. So that's a thing.
Before anyone asks, this article was published on the 7th, during early voting.
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He's going to deport people with American citizenship? How does that work?
Because the US's immigration court system is all kinds of ****ed up. Thousands of US citizens have gotten swept up in the whole thing and deported. Generally, it's down to missing paperwork, lack of time to be thorough, and translation issues.
The US isn't entirely alone in that regard, to be fair. I recall one story of a mentally handicapped man who got deported to Mexico, who then deported him to Honduras, who then deported him to Guatemala. When he did finally get back to the US, we tried to deport him again.
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Up until the final day, I've seen people claiming "Trump simply cannot win." "Hillary has this in the bag" "Trump's a joke" etcetera etcetera. People claiming that the polls simply made it LOOK like they were close to avoid any allegations of bias, while in reality Clinton was leading by a landslide. All this time I've been saying that Trump has a chance, as much as I disliked it, simply due to the faults of the DNC and Hillary's tainted record.
Welp.
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There we have it, folks. The bottom's fallen out of the pandering mainstream media.
So many were so blind, overconfident and condescending. This should be a great lesson in humility and respect for people with a differing opinion.
Trump was my pick to win from the very beginning, and I'm not alone. I also know I'm not alone relishing validation in the face of intolerant ideologues.
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Up until the final day, I've seen people claiming "Trump simply cannot win." "Hillary has this in the bag" "Trump's a joke" etcetera etcetera. People claiming that the polls simply made it LOOK like they were close to avoid any allegations of bias, while in reality Clinton was leading by a landslide. All this time I've been saying that Trump has a chance, as much as I disliked it, simply due to the faults of the DNC and Hillary's tainted record.
Welp.
Nate Silver posed this result as a real possibility for weeks. While he did not say that this was coming coming (he only said 30% likely), he had learned from his primary mistake and stuck to that lesson. So much so that the Huffington Post attacked him for it. Well... I guess at least Nate Silver will come out looking alright in this.
Regarding the election results themselves: I do not wish to comment on that at this moment. The shock has not worn off.
I feel like it was less malice than incompetence on the part of the media. They relied heavily on phone polls, which are increasingly useless as fewer people have landlines and even those who do have less patience for explaining their vote to random pollsters. Between Trump and Brexit, polling as we know it is dead.
Back to the Trump win, I liked his victory speech, he seems genuinely interested in ending the divisions of the election (then again, so was Obama). The only real policy he articulated (it was far more acknowledgements than politics), was infrastructure repair, something our country direly needs. I just hope he doesn't take out obscene quantities of debt doing so, perhaps given that he is a Republican, congress will let him raise taxes to pay for it. Given his isolationism, he could also fix the budget by cutting defense spending some.
The only real policy he articulated (it was far more acknowledgements than politics), was infrastructure repair, something our country direly needs. I just hope he doesn't take out obscene quantities of debt doing so, perhaps given that he is a Republican, congress will let him raise taxes to pay for it. Given his isolationism, he could also fix the budget by cutting defense spending some.
These things would be opposite of what he indicated his plans were during his campaign.
I feel like it was less malice than incompetence on the part of the media. They relied heavily on phone polls, which are increasingly useless as fewer people have landlines and even those who do have less patience for explaining their vote to random pollsters. Between Trump and Brexit, polling as we know it is dead.
Back to the Trump win, I liked his victory speech, he seems genuinely interested in ending the divisions of the election (then again, so was Obama). The only real policy he articulated (it was far more acknowledgements than politics), was infrastructure repair, something our country direly needs. I just hope he doesn't take out obscene quantities of debt doing so, perhaps given that he is a Republican, congress will let him raise taxes to pay for it. Given his isolationism, he could also fix the budget by cutting defense spending some.
The acceptance speech did see a lot more levelheaded, but I can't take the tone of coming together seriously when his campaign has been so focused on attacking certain groups of people.
Clinton is now currently in the lead with the public vote, which is interesting.
I am getting the distinct impression from different sources Trump's victory is not particularly representative.
Well, our goal now is to somehow ensure the American experiment does not collapse. One way or another we are going to be, as Rome was before us and Athens was before it, a parable to future people about governance. Either this will be seen as the beginning of our collapse, or a dark moment that we overcame. I hope it's the second.
Well, our goal now is to somehow ensure the American experiment does not collapse. One way or another we are going to be, as Rome was before us and Athens was before it, a parable to future people about governance. Either this will be seen as the beginning of our collapse, or a dark moment that we overcame. I hope it's the second.
I don't think the former is likely at all. Trump has only just had the support to carry this election. I highly doubt he's going to have the support to actually carry through with serious policy change. I suspect by the next election, Trump support will have died down with a lack of the anti-establishment change desired by his voters and someone moderate who can compromise and therefore get things moving or a left wing candidate promising a different kind of reform will win.
In a way, I'm glad this is the result, not because Trump qualifies for this job (he's far from it), but for too long the voters have been voting base on emotions rather than logic, Trump's presidency is a rude awakening that voters can no longer deny that it is entirely possible for them to be responsible for this nation's downfall, as much as DNC's rigging and Republicans choosing Trump.
The next four years will give the citizens more things to consider. Instead of following the media like a sad puppy, they'd be angry, and they will act. Cherish this moment, because the greatest progress in this nation, such as the Revolution and the Civil Rights Movement, only happened because the citizens were angry. The government will not progress so long as they are making profit, therefore it leaves to the people to make that stride.
Besides, better a buffoon who has zero subtlety, than a scheming politician who have all the hidden ties.
Then we elected a racist, hateful, misogynistic, corrupt rapist who doesn't believe in science and built his campaign on hate and anger. Welp.
I hear New Zealand is nice this time of year.
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Well, our goal now is to somehow ensure the American experiment does not collapse. One way or another we are going to be, as Rome was before us and Athens was before it, a parable to future people about governance. Either this will be seen as the beginning of our collapse, or a dark moment that we overcame. I hope it's the second.
I don't think the former is likely at all. Trump has only just had the support to carry this election. I highly doubt he's going to have the support to actually carry through with serious policy change. I suspect by the next election, Trump support will have died down with a lack of the anti-establishment change desired by his voters and someone moderate who can compromise and therefore get things moving or a left wing candidate promising a different kind of reform will win.
May I please introduce you to the Executive order? Obama was the King of them... Trump gonna get his policies if he has to force them
Oh yes, Obama was very well known for getting a lot of his policy ideas through congress. I mean, if it worked for him...
Hmmm...
Might want to rethink that one.
I don't think the former is likely at all. Trump has only just had the support to carry this election. I highly doubt he's going to have the support to actually carry through with serious policy change. I suspect by the next election, Trump support will have died down with a lack of the anti-establishment change desired by his voters and someone moderate who can compromise and therefore get things moving or a left wing candidate promising a different kind of reform will win.
May I please introduce you to the Executive order? Obama was the King of them... Trump gonna get his policies if he has to force them
Oh yes, Obama was very well known for getting a lot of his policy ideas through congress. I mean, if it worked for him...
Hmmm...
Might want to rethink that one.
Just because his abuses of Executive Order got shot down doesn't mean he didn't try.
And that matters to this conversation how exactly...?
This conversation hasn't been about trying. My claim is Trump will fail to get most of his promises supported, and the response is to advocate a method with the citation of a politician who was not very successful at getting his promises supported. Yes, Obama tried. If we take Obama as precedent all that means is Trump will try. That doesn't go toward contradicting my claim.
EDIT: And let's not forget, having the theoretical power to do thing without support doesn't necessarily mean the freedom to just do those things without support. Realistically, a politician needs to constantly have support else they lose their power one way or another.
We told the corrupt globalists to get the hell out of our country. We told the establishment we will not be overrun be immigrants who hate us and our ways like Sweden, Germany, France, etc.
We took our country back.
Cute. I almost hear the anthem playing in the background. Btw, have you been to these countries, or are you just repeating what you read somewhere?
Yeah Trump is heavy on the rhetoric, but he loves this country. And he wants to make it great again.
Wanting is one thing. Being capable (in all regards) to do is another. It is clear that more than half of his loud promises are practically simply unrealizable, unless he pulls off a magic wand from somewhere. The people who took those promises seriously are in for a HUGE disappointment. Because these things are not done simply by wishing it happen.
That said, the western civilization unfortunately suffers from a cancer through and through. And maybe, maybe Trump is the medication, provided that he will not kill the whole world - as it happens with cancer treatment...
You will understand that "He's promised to do this horrible thing, but he made a wildly unrealistic promise, so he's not going to do it" is not exactly the most reassuring quality in the leader of the free world.
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By voting in an already corrupt and corrupting, narcissistic billionaire who only really cares for himself and doesn't admit his own mistakes? And what kind of status quo? Really, if nothing else I have to admit, convincing so many people that he is some kind of anti-establishment candidate just because he isn't a politician and is loud and obnoxious is kind of strangely ingenious. Or it's a case of people trying to see things that are not real because they want them to be real. I don't know exactly.
As a foreigner I'm slightly depressed because of this election. I couldn't vote, but the consequences will be far reaching and while I didn't particularly care for Hillary and didn't like her hawkish attitude, Trump is so much worse that I can't even begin to describe it. Not because of racism and sexism (although he definitely did show those traits, as much as you would like to forget that), but because he is irresponsible, choleric, can't take criticism, shifts the blame on others whenever he can, shows little empathy for others and is, from what I can tell, incompetent in multiple ways, all of which are characteristics no president of the USA should have.
Well, these will be interesting times...
On the other hand, maybe it is indeed the better option. The Congress is firmly in Republican hands, and frankly, I cannot imagine how Hillary would fare in that situation. I also expect that those who voted for Hillary are able to accept Trump's election far easier than Trump's supporters (and Trump himself) would ever accept hers. The result could lead to a more stable environment.
Trump exaggerated and promised lots of BS he cannot really do. The (frankly, less informed and less intelligent) people who actually BELIEVED he could (and will) do all these outrageous things are in for a huge disappointment, in my opinion.
Now, he has really a potential to unite the US people again. Far more than Hillary's election would. If he unites the Republican party. And especíally, if he accepts to be a figurehead and lets the people who know their job do it.
Being from the former westernmost part of USSR influence zone, I am a little afraid whether we could remain a part of the West if Putin would want to reestablish former empire. But there are people in even worse situation - Baltic states. But maybe I am mistaken... Maybe he will have more chance to find some reasonable common ground with Putin to make the world safer place to live, without the necessity to sacrifice half of Europe.
The world is, at this moment, completely in disarray. For the future of us and our kids, I prefer stable USA, though with a very strange and far less than optimal presidential figure, over what was going on in recent years.
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Before anyone asks, this article was published on the 7th, during early voting.
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The US isn't entirely alone in that regard, to be fair. I recall one story of a mentally handicapped man who got deported to Mexico, who then deported him to Honduras, who then deported him to Guatemala. When he did finally get back to the US, we tried to deport him again.
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10/10, I tapped.
Welp.
So many were so blind, overconfident and condescending. This should be a great lesson in humility and respect for people with a differing opinion.
Trump was my pick to win from the very beginning, and I'm not alone. I also know I'm not alone relishing validation in the face of intolerant ideologues.
Well done to all those who got out and voted!
"OH GOD MY BRAIN IS EXPLOADING AT HOW BAD THE ART IS ON MY OWN CARD"
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10/10, I tapped.
Regarding the election results themselves: I do not wish to comment on that at this moment. The shock has not worn off.
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Back to the Trump win, I liked his victory speech, he seems genuinely interested in ending the divisions of the election (then again, so was Obama). The only real policy he articulated (it was far more acknowledgements than politics), was infrastructure repair, something our country direly needs. I just hope he doesn't take out obscene quantities of debt doing so, perhaps given that he is a Republican, congress will let him raise taxes to pay for it. Given his isolationism, he could also fix the budget by cutting defense spending some.
The acceptance speech did see a lot more levelheaded, but I can't take the tone of coming together seriously when his campaign has been so focused on attacking certain groups of people.
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I am getting the distinct impression from different sources Trump's victory is not particularly representative.
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Well, our goal now is to somehow ensure the American experiment does not collapse. One way or another we are going to be, as Rome was before us and Athens was before it, a parable to future people about governance. Either this will be seen as the beginning of our collapse, or a dark moment that we overcame. I hope it's the second.
I don't think the former is likely at all. Trump has only just had the support to carry this election. I highly doubt he's going to have the support to actually carry through with serious policy change. I suspect by the next election, Trump support will have died down with a lack of the anti-establishment change desired by his voters and someone moderate who can compromise and therefore get things moving or a left wing candidate promising a different kind of reform will win.
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The next four years will give the citizens more things to consider. Instead of following the media like a sad puppy, they'd be angry, and they will act. Cherish this moment, because the greatest progress in this nation, such as the Revolution and the Civil Rights Movement, only happened because the citizens were angry. The government will not progress so long as they are making profit, therefore it leaves to the people to make that stride.
Besides, better a buffoon who has zero subtlety, than a scheming politician who have all the hidden ties.
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Then we elected a racist, hateful, misogynistic, corrupt rapist who doesn't believe in science and built his campaign on hate and anger. Welp.
I hear New Zealand is nice this time of year.
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Oh yes, Obama was very well known for getting a lot of his policy ideas through congress. I mean, if it worked for him...
Hmmm...
Might want to rethink that one.
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And that matters to this conversation how exactly...?
This conversation hasn't been about trying. My claim is Trump will fail to get most of his promises supported, and the response is to advocate a method with the citation of a politician who was not very successful at getting his promises supported. Yes, Obama tried. If we take Obama as precedent all that means is Trump will try. That doesn't go toward contradicting my claim.
EDIT: And let's not forget, having the theoretical power to do thing without support doesn't necessarily mean the freedom to just do those things without support. Realistically, a politician needs to constantly have support else they lose their power one way or another.
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the fall out feeling of democrats in my immediate family are loud and livid today....
Cute. I almost hear the anthem playing in the background. Btw, have you been to these countries, or are you just repeating what you read somewhere?
Wanting is one thing. Being capable (in all regards) to do is another. It is clear that more than half of his loud promises are practically simply unrealizable, unless he pulls off a magic wand from somewhere. The people who took those promises seriously are in for a HUGE disappointment. Because these things are not done simply by wishing it happen.
That said, the western civilization unfortunately suffers from a cancer through and through. And maybe, maybe Trump is the medication, provided that he will not kill the whole world - as it happens with cancer treatment...
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