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Trump wins White House in astonishing victory
Topic Started: Nov 9 2016, 04:11 AM (1,054 Views)
Hughmac

I think that Trump-President will be a very different beast to Trump-Candidate, so I think it is best to reserve further judgement until his first 100 days have transpired.

Cheers
Hughmac
H4T wrote: lobal] nuclear annihilation is preferable to the pre-Trump immigration/refugee policies.
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Nov 9 2016, 04:17 AM
His triumph over Hillary Clinton will end eight years of Democratic dominance of the White House and threatens to undo major achievements of President Barack Obama. He's pledged to act quickly to repeal Obama's landmark health care law, revoke the nuclear agreement with Iran and rewrite important trade deals with other countries, particularly Mexico and Canada.

There are so many landmark outcomes of this victory. The supreme court will now have generations of Republican influence to guide our country. Hopefully our military will rebuild and snuff ISIS from existence. Eight years of Republican influence backed by a majority senate and house. Everything should flow smoothly as a result of no opposition. VP Pence looks good for another eight years following President Trump taking the nation into 2033.
Good luck with most of this:

The military is not weak and a major investment will have budgetary impacts. He will find it hard to spend much more on the military and balance the budget. My guess is that deficits will continue at their pace.

ISIS is being snuffed out as we speak. Obama's policy on Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan (and ISIS in general) will continue as is but will be "repackaged" as Trump's new policy. What Obama has been doing is pretty much what Trump said he would do. That is unless Pence and the Republicans get to him and we re-invade with significant ground forces.

Trump differs greatly on Republican policies like trade. He will not have an easy time in Congress going after policies favored by Republican Congressmen.

He will have to get his Supreme Court nominees through the Democrats in the Senate. He needs 9 Democrats to vote with all 51 Republicans to get anything through Congress.
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Once again we have an election in which more people voted for the loser than voted for the winner. Clinton won the popular vote, not by a landslide, but she won. Trump won the Electoral College decisively. That is how the American system works and, as common sense will tell you, it is a system in which some voters have more power than others. This is the second Republican victory in a row in which the winner had fewer citizens' votes. Who are those more powerful voters? Well, they are white guys and they don't live in big cities or on the coast. Go figure.
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I say that big talk's worth doodly-squat
Hughmac
Nov 9 2016, 04:18 PM
I think that Trump-President will be a very different beast to Trump-Candidate, so I think it is best to reserve further judgement until his first 100 days have transpired.

Cheers
Hughmac
Thank Gawd yur still with us Mac, I wuz gettin worried aboutcha!!!

I thought you wuz gonna eat a buncha haggis and drown yurself with cheap scotch inna sorta brexit self immolation, just at the thought of a Trump Presidency!!!

Cheers!!!

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Endeavor to Persevere!!!
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I say that big talk's worth doodly-squat
George Aligator
Nov 9 2016, 07:38 PM
Once again we have an election in which more people voted for the loser than voted for the winner. Clinton won the popular vote, not by a landslide, but she won. Trump won the Electoral College decisively. That is how the American system works and, as common sense will tell you, it is a system in which some voters have more power than others. This is the second Republican victory in a row in which the winner had fewer citizens' votes. Who are those more powerful voters? Well, they are white guys and they don't live in big cities or on the coast. Go figure.
I feel yur pain thar Peabody!!! It must be hard, this come ta jeebus realization of the yankee ivy league blueblood insignificance!!!
Endeavor to Persevere!!!
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CautionaryTales
Nov 9 2016, 04:37 AM
Opinionated
Nov 9 2016, 04:31 AM
Demagogue
Nov 9 2016, 04:28 AM
Now we just wait to see if Obama tries to declare Martial Law.
He will not. The election results are not unclear.
The people have decided what they want.
The people decided and they get the opposite of what they wanted.

Only in the US does the person who gets more votes lose an election.

Murica!
Ever notice the only 2 people Trump refuses to speak ill of are Stormy Daniels and Vladimir Putin?
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Two a.m.
Nov 9 2016, 04:16 PM
peewee
Nov 9 2016, 10:40 AM
Two a.m.
Nov 9 2016, 04:44 AM
peewee
Nov 9 2016, 04:25 AM
Opinionated
Nov 9 2016, 04:15 AM
Truly, it is mind blowing. I did not see this one coming.
How about that old professor who had predicted every president since 1984 and everyone laughed at him? How about my favorite poll...LA Times who was the only poll to favor Trump? They had it right for Obama and now were once again correct for Trump. I want you to remember the LA Times poll four years from now because if I am able I will be quoting them again.

You shouldn't. The LA Times poll got it wrong. It had Trump up by three points. In fact, Hillary is only down by about a half a percent and she's likely to actually win the popular vote when all is said and done. California is only half counted. The Times poll was way off.

If you look at the poll as a prediction of a winner then it was the only poll that did that. Every other poll got embarrassed.

Not really. A poll showing her winning by one would be significantly more accurate than a poll showing her losing by three. The LA Times was definitely not the most accurate poll. The IBD/TIPP two-way poll that showed her up by one was probably about the most accurate.
Seems pointless to bicker about it now. Polls, like light poles are for support, not illumination.
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Hughmac
Nov 9 2016, 04:18 PM
I think that Trump-President will be a very different beast to Trump-Candidate, so I think it is best to reserve further judgement until his first 100 days have transpired.

Cheers
Hughmac
Indeed Hughmac. We really have little other choice. Trump's divisive campaign rhetoric has been the focus of media attack as well as the spark behind the angry right voter upheaval. Boring campaign policy speeches don't get the voter's juices flowing. Sensational and outrageous promises do. Any good cowboy knows ya gotta stir the ashes to get a flame.

I don't think any of Trump's bombastic claims, as stated, will come to fruition. Instead something quite less crazy may evolve.

Hughmac > The most interesting man in the world. He speaks Russian..In French. :biggrin:
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Nov 9 2016, 05:26 PM
To Mexico – Check’s due at the end of the month. Make it out to the United States of America. DON’T make us come down there.
To Mexico:

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George Aligator
Nov 9 2016, 07:38 PM
Once again we have an election in which more people voted for the loser than voted for the winner. Clinton won the popular vote, not by a landslide, but she won. Trump won the Electoral College decisively. That is how the American system works and, as common sense will tell you, it is a system in which some voters have more power than others. This is the second Republican victory in a row in which the winner had fewer citizens' votes. Who are those more powerful voters? Well, they are white guys and they don't live in big cities or on the coast. Go figure.

Never underestimate angry white guys or overestimate social justice warriors, in northern New Hampshire.......... :)
Edited by Robert Stout, Nov 10 2016, 04:59 AM.
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