[Politics] 2020 US election - Joe Biden vs Donald Trump

[zefarelly]

I see all the networks have now called Arizona for Biden. Something else for the orange buffoon to get wound up about.

Has anyone ever got so wound up they exploded or spontaneously combusted ? Now thats TV I would watch like a grenade going off in a Truck full of Tango

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

I'm pretty sure it'll never happen and he's more likely to have "an accident" possibly related to the huge wedge of cash that he owes.....

That's probably right, there will be deals, fines, plea bargains but no actual jail time. But it will mean that he will be tied up with lawyers and legal costs for years to come, and there will probably be even more embarrassing information coming out revealing him as the busted flush he has always been. And for an egomaniac like Trump that is almost has bad as serving time

 

[schmunk]

But could he actually cultivate any ? a combover moustache?

Seemingly not: https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/can-donald-trump-grow-a-beard-an-investigation-1787842613

(Warning - contains disturbing close-ups of The Donald's face. Viewer discretion advised.)

 

[Swansman]

What a lot of people forget is that relatively speaking the US is a young country so in a way it is still finding itself but I am genuinely worried that this could damage it beyond repair.

I think what threw a lot of people was bungle****'s lack of facial hair. Hitler, Mugabe, Stalin, Hussain, Gaddafi, Franco, Assad et al all gave you that warning sign, he snuck in without it.

In what way is it still "finding itself"?

Its pretty old as a nation state. Its only new in the sense that it was "recently" "discovered" (if we forget about all the people living there when it was "discovered").

 

[Greg Bobkin]

There is no way he can remain in Power now



That's simply because he would need to be able to drive this all the way up to the US Supreme Court and for them to decide the outcome of the Election - So in effect 160m people voted in the Election but 9 people get to make the final decision of who wins the Election.

What ''Precedent'' would that set for Democracy in the US - It would mean every future Election could in theory go down that route where 9 people in the country decide who becomes president. That could never be allowed to happen otherwise ''Democracy is Dead'' in the US

You can't say 'There is no way he can remain in power now' and THEN describe how he can stay in power! Yes, I get that it is extremely unlikely and there is only about a 0.001% chance of it happening, but it COULD happen.

The trouble is, he's gone on about this so much for so long that people believe him and therefore won't accept the result of the election, because TRUMPO doesn't accept the result. His legacy, in my eyes, will be of someone who has done pretty much everything he can to carve out deeper divisions between Americans than were already there. Personally I don't understand why you'd want to do that, but I assume he has his reasons. His fans will blindly follow him wherever he goes and continue to hang off his every word. He's not going to go away quietly, whatever happens...

 

[zefarelly]

In what way is it still "finding itself"?

Its pretty old as a nation state. Its only new in the sense that it was "recently" "discovered" (if we forget about all the people living there when it was "discovered").

Like British criminals finding Spain in the 70's?

 

[cunning fergus]

What a lot of people forget is that relatively speaking the US is a young country so in a way it is still finding itself but I am genuinely worried that this could damage it beyond repair.

I think what threw a lot of people was bungle****'s lack of facial hair. Hitler, Mugabe, Stalin, Hussain, Gaddafi, Franco, Assad et al all gave you that warning sign, he snuck in without it.

China is an ancient country which relatively speaking is “still finding itself” with its current political system.

I would worry much more about the powerful countries in the world that are not democratic or transparent.

People with no skin in the game belly aching about the workings of foreign countries should worry less about the democratic ones.

Maybe in their hearts they want less democracy?

 

[drew]

What a lot of people forget is that relatively speaking the US is a young country so in a way it is still finding itself but I am genuinely worried that this could damage it beyond repair.

What a bizarre comment!

As nations go, it is pretty well established. Look around the world and see how many countries are pretty much now as they were 250 years ago. Russia as it is now has only been in existence since 1980s, China has a new 'commercial' communist regime, Germany was a bunch of separate states up until 1871 as was Italy up to 1848.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Has anyone ever got so wound up they exploded or spontaneously combusted ? Now thats TV I would watch like a grenade going off in a Truck full of Tango

Apologies, I tried to delete that but for some reason attached gifs don't delete. Calling [MENTION=616]Guinness Boy[/MENTION] or other mods to delete.

 

[Klaas]

Maybe in their hearts they want less democracy?

by 'their' I assume you mean the Republican party?

 

[A1X]

What a bizarre comment!

As nations go, it is pretty well established. Look around the world and see how many countries are pretty much now as they were 250 years ago. Russia as it is now has only been in existence since 1980s, China has a new 'commercial' communist regime, Germany was a bunch of separate states up until 1871 as was Italy up to 1848.

And you could argue didn't come into it's current existence until 1991. TBH if you want to go the whole hog the US is older than the UK given Irish partition in 1921.

 

[Mellotron]

Melania Trump has just confirmed her plans to decorate the White House for Christmas as "2020 marks the final holiday season for the Trump White House".

Yeah, she's definitely divorcing him ASAP.

 

[NooBHA]

You can't say 'There is no way he can remain in power now' and THEN describe how he can stay in power! Yes, I get that it is extremely unlikely and there is only about a 0.001% chance of it happening, but it COULD happen.

The trouble is, he's gone on about this so much for so long that people believe him and therefore won't accept the result of the election, because TRUMPO doesn't accept the result. His legacy, in my eyes, will be of someone who has done pretty much everything he can to carve out deeper divisions between Americans than were already there. Personally I don't understand why you'd want to do that, but I assume he has his reasons. His fans will blindly follow him wherever he goes and continue to hang off his every word. He's not going to go away quietly, whatever happens...

Don't worry

Bernie Madoff will be inviting him round for Dinner soon

 

[Madafwo]

Mugabe? He didn't have any facial hair. Nor did Mao, Amin or Mobutu. And currently Orban and Bolsonaro are clean-shaven.

As we can see on the Peter Sutcliffe thread, it should be a guide to a wrong 'un but it's often not

I've been shot down in flames about the US being a relatively young country but I have found my hill to die on. Mugabe's fuzz was the worst of the lot.

 

[Swansman]

I've been shot down in flames about the US being a relatively young country but I have found my hill to die on. Mugabe's fuzz was the worst of the lot.

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This beard would have made him look much wiser. He would have won the election, as well as our hearts.

 

[schmunk]

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This beard would have made him look much wiser. He would have won the election, as well as our hearts.

No - too big and bushy, and so gray!*

This would be much better:

*(sic)

 

[knocky1]

FFS. He is mad.

 

[Birdie Boy]

FFS. He is mad.

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Words fail me, literally.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Nothing to add. Just wanted the 3000th reply. (Yes I know it is post 3001)

 

[LlcoolJ]

Words fail me, literally.

It's as if he's eating his own brain and tweeting at the same time.