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Old 29-12-2016, 16:08
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I don't understand why he should keep silent until the takeover is complete, if he sees something that he feels is wrong, is he not entitled to say so at the time??
Because he's having a right go at his own country and cosying up to a foreign nation. It doesn't seem like something a President Elect should be doing four weeks before his inauguration.
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Old 29-12-2016, 17:11
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Because he's having a right go at his own country and cosying up to a foreign nation. It doesn't seem like something a President Elect should be doing four weeks before his inauguration.
There isn't really a set of ideals in which a President elect becomes President, this transition period is always a mixture, with the old (or current President) being in charge still, but having zero real power to implement anything, and the future President, really just wanting to get on with the job asap.

When you throw someone like Trump into the mix, who just loves to talk, especially on Twitter, then obviously things will be different from what people classify as "the norm".

It will be interesting to see if he transfers to using the official Presidential twitter handle/account, or if he will keep his personal account, as no doubt that he will still be using that platform, I think we can all agree on that.
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Old 29-12-2016, 17:33
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with the old (or current President) being in charge still, but having zero real power to implement anything
Here's a couple of things Obama has done during his final weeks:
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ts-utah-nevada
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Old 29-12-2016, 17:37
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"The political press is trading in its historical role as antagonistic investigators for the retweet button, letting Trump himself dictate what news is covered (and what isn’t) and how, without any follow-up questions. Trump has essentially reduced political reporters on Twitter to play-by-play commentators who narrate his every tweet."

https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/1...delines/214871

We see this laziness often enough in the tabloid press, of course.

Too often, a story describing "outraged" response or "fury" is just a few pissed-off random people on Twitter.
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Old 29-12-2016, 17:48
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There isn't really a set of ideals in which a President elect becomes President, this transition period is always a mixture, with the old (or current President) being in charge still, but having zero real power to implement anything, and the future President, really just wanting to get on with the job asap.

When you throw someone like Trump into the mix, who just loves to talk, especially on Twitter, then obviously things will be different from what people classify as "the norm".

It will be interesting to see if he transfers to using the official Presidential twitter handle/account, or if he will keep his personal account, as no doubt that he will still be using that platform, I think we can all agree on that.
Just as well the one with ZERO power is attending daily security meetings etc. - the President in waiting seems to be swanning around shooting from the hip and playing Billy Big Boll**X without a care in the world. If he were paying a bit more attention to his security briefings he just might learn something - namely 'don't go shooting your mouth off until you have a full understanding of what's going on in the world'.

He's a prize idiot and megalomaniac who needs reigning in for his own good and the good of the country.
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Old 29-12-2016, 18:57
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Here's a couple of things Obama has done during his final weeks:
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ts-utah-nevada
Hopefully in a way that puts them beyond the reach of Republican morons.
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Old 30-12-2016, 09:44
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Looks like it's going to be a very low key inauguration with organisers still struggling to find any musicians to perform: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...ration-w457677
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Old 30-12-2016, 09:50
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Looks like it's going to be a very low key inauguration with organisers still struggling to find any musicians to perform: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...ration-w457677
but Trump doesn't want any celebrities there anyway
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Old 30-12-2016, 10:38
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Looks like it's going to be a very low key inauguration with organisers still struggling to find any musicians to perform: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...ration-w457677
Ah, but the tweeter-in-chief has secured the services of the Mormon tabernacle choir. It should be a blast.
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Old 30-12-2016, 17:23
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Was hoping to avoid posting another Jimmy Dore video but a quick search brought nothing up.

John Kerry "problem is young people don't want to die in another country"

https://youtu.be/KG76dPe4hRU

And people claim this lot are liberal? Neo cons to the core.
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Old 30-12-2016, 22:17
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Especially for posters in the US who may have missed this - and any UK ones too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmMUznSig3I
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Old 31-12-2016, 02:21
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Still find it hard to process Donald Trump will be the next US president. Perhaps I'll wake up on January 20th and find out some other guy is president! Yes, this is just the most vivid dream I'm having and I'll wake up and none of this stuff actually happened.

Wow - this is one heck of a real feeling dream, though. I'm even dreaming I'm typing on Digital Spy right now!
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Old 31-12-2016, 08:04
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I wonder if the first thing Comrade Trump does when he gets into office is to make it compulsory for all American school children to learn Russian?!
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:06
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Still find it hard to process Donald Trump will be the next US president. Perhaps I'll wake up on January 20th and find out some other guy is president! Yes, this is just the most vivid dream I'm having and I'll wake up and none of this stuff actually happened.

Wow - this is one heck of a real feeling dream, though. I'm even dreaming I'm typing on Digital Spy right now!
Nope, this is not a dream, this reality.

Obama is yesterday's news, and is a total irrelevance now, Trump is the future.
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:18
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Trump is the future.
and isn't that a bloody depressing thought to end the year on

who knew how prescient this advertising campaign was going to be

http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/t...s-orange-1.png
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:31
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and isn't that a bloody depressing thought to end the year on

who knew how prescient this advertising campaign was going to be

http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/t...s-orange-1.png
Not really that depressing, as I am the type of person to wait to judge how someone will do in a job before writing them off before they have it, so it isn't that depressing to me at the very least.
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Old 31-12-2016, 09:38
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Not really that depressing, as I am the type of person to wait to judge how someone will do in a job before writing them off before they have it, so it isn't that depressing to me at the very least.
so are you incapable of making a judgement based on character, temperament, previous behaviour, his alleged policies, his cabinet picks and the people he surrounds himself with ?

if thats the case and all you are capable of doing is waiting for events happening then whats the point even talking to you ?

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Old 31-12-2016, 09:45
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I wonder if the first thing Comrade Trump does when he gets into office is to make it compulsory for all American school children to learn Russian?!


What are you suggesting? Should America start war with Russia who is a nuclear super power? Even without the use of nukes, war with Russia would be a disaster. America overspent money and resources on waging wars in the past decades, and now they are running out of money because the wars did not go as planned and they are losing on all fronts. In Iraq, it did not go as planned. The country became more volatile and the government can't seem to be able to keep things under control.


In Afghanistan, America is losing against the Taliban and they failed to defeat them. They have made them go under the radar in some parts of the country, but in most of Afghanistan they are still strong and nothing can be decided without them.


In Syria, it is obvious that the so called moderate opposition backed by the West is losing the war and they don't have enough money and people to keep the war going. The moderate opposition being the islamists who want to turn Syria from secular to Islamic state similar to that of Saudi Arabia. They are backed by the West but also by Turkey and Saudi Arabia.


In Ukraine the West caused the turmoil hoping they would be able to draw Ukraine closer to the EU and to NATO. Russia would never allow NATO to expand military presence too close to their borders so they had created a Russian-controlled buffer zone in East Ukraine. Another blow to America there.


As we can see, waging wars around the world costs money and America is not that rich anymore. Globalisation has enabled developing countries to rise and develop their economies whereas Western countries had to bear the burden of globalisation for decades and see their economies shrink as most business moved where they could get cheaper labour and less strict laws.


Now America is making a U turn and slowing down. America will make peace with Russia temporarily and try to curb globalisation and strenghten the economy. Remember people, Donald Trump is just the executor. All this had been agreed upon long before Trump was elected president. That was the final step.
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:05
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so are you incapable of making a judgement based on character, temperament, previous behaviour, his alleged policies, his cabinet picks and the people he surrounds himself with ?

if thats the case and all you are capable of doing is waiting for events happening then whats the point even talking to you ?

/ignore
Bit harsh, yes he has plenty of character flaws, and it is of course a concern that he hasn't truly separated himself from all of his business interests just yet, but I am willing to give him a chance to be a successful President.

If he turns out to be rubbish, then of course I will say so at the time.

Do things point towards him being successful, probably not, but until such a time, then why not give him a chance to prove all of the critics wrong?
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:18
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Trump is the future.
*fart noise*
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Old 31-12-2016, 10:22
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Old 01-01-2017, 00:07
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Happy new year to everyone here, may the first year of Trump's Presidency be a good one!
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Old 01-01-2017, 02:15
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I think it's a bit tragic to be honest that some people are acting like the election of a man on record as saying he wants to make it harder for women to get abortions, has once called for a ban on people entering the country because of their religion and has a VP who has previously introduced measures to legalise shock 'treatment' for homosexuality and diverted funding away from AIDS to pay for it, as some kind of jolly laugh.

Maybe when the first woman dies through having to get a back alley abortion in a conservative state once Roe v Wade is overturned we can take this dangerous imbecile seriously and stop taking it as some kind of puerile game of 'ho ho ho, what a jolly time this will be'.
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Old 01-01-2017, 02:18
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I think it's a bit tragic to be honest that some people are acting like the election of a man on record as saying he wants to make it harder for women to get abortions, has once called for a ban on people entering the country because of their religion and has a VP who has previously introduced measures to legalise shock 'treatment' for homosexuality and diverted funding away from AIDS to pay for it, as some kind of jolly laugh.
Probably because we're talking about people who actually agree with these things, as abhorrent as they are.

This is Digitalspy after all.
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