He seems to be teflon though, things that would normally embassy other people, do not embassy him, so whatever they brought to the public attention, how would it be any different from what has happened already??

Because we won't be talking about crude remarks. We'll be talking about his dodgy deals, his tax situation, people his lawyers have paid off to keep quiet, business relationships with certain people. The skeletons won't be that he mooned the dinner lady in 7th grade or even that he said something inappropriate on a bus.

Just look at how secretive he still is with his tax information alone. Then there's the ongoing disinvestment fiasco where it's clear he has too many fingers in too many pies and is unwilling to remove them all hence why we get announcement of an announcement on the subject but then no actual announcement.

Laughable isn't it.

We are hacking the Russians and this is why we can report this - no sense of irony there!

That Teflon can fall off pretty quickly when the promises fail and people end up worse off.

Take his promises to bring back manufacturing - well he might succeed in doing that, but he will not bring back the jobs - that boat has sailed and those jobs are largely automated. So that will be a lot of blue collar workers who voted for him, not at all happy. And when those blue-collar workers want there Toyota Pick-up and find it costs more because of the tariffs Trump wants to impose they will be even less happy.

The mid-term elections might be interesting as the Republicans only have a 3 seat majority in the senate. That gives Trump a two year window to stop posting on Twitter and make a positive change.

The thing is, I genuinely don't think anyone - apart his most ardent supporters and defenders - believed that he'd be taking the oath of office in two week's time. I really do believe that they thought the revelations about his misogyny, and the simple pointing out of the lies he continually told throughout the campaign would end in his defeat.

Now though, things that were no more than a mild embarrassment to him as a candidate, can now be far more deadly to him as a sitting President of the US. I also have a suspicion that they didn't intend to entirely destroy him, and treated him with misplaced deference - I know it sounds strange, but the whole 'pussy grabbing' thing was a long time ago, and could easily be washed over, once the damage was done (so they thought). But Trump's supporters defied expectation, and he got the EC votes he needed to win.

So now, they probably have a whole bunch of smoking guns - and, let's be honest, even if Trump tries to defer on his tax returns, I'm betting there are vast amounts of dodgy dealings in there, that the national intelligence agencies are perfectly aware of. It's just a case of an 'Edward Snowden' type getting the information out in the public domain. Sexual misconduct isn't the kind of thing that brings down a president - Bill Clinton proved that - I think they need something that entirely discredits Trump as a businessman, and shows everyone just how much he lied about it all. I strongly believe there's a lot of information out there that could easily destroy him completely - it's just a case of who and when.

All of this is very much believable, and I am sure that there is plenty that could come out, however he had filed for bankruptcy at least three times, and his business practices have never been how can we say the most acceptable way of doing them.

I think people know that he is just mostly shimmer, rather being actually a wholesome person.

You should never take what he says without a large dollop of salt, so whatever could come out, he could very well try to spin to his advantage as he has done on countless times in the past.

He will of course have a very hard time regarding automation jobs, that is for sure, but nothing much surprises me any more regarding him!

Well we don't actually know that do we? All we know is that the hacks chose to release the Democrat e mails that had been hacked - there may (or may not) have been a reason for this. It served a purpose - I wouldn't be at all surprised if they'd hacked Republicans too but it didn't serve their interests to release them.

We do actually - the Republicans were hacked, but those emails were not leaked.

see http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/12/1...leak-anything/


As the above link is not exactly independent there is this as well http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/l...211-story.html

Surely most people in the US government, and even the Democrats must be embarrased as hell and facepalming every time he opens his mouth now. Completely distrusting the US security agencies- against the view of literally everyone else- only a few days before he comes president isn't even funny now. They surely must be well advanced in their plots for how to get rid of him already. Surely they don't want a president that trusts Assange and Putin more than the CIA and FBI.

And as I pointed out look at the Ukrainian armed forces...

Also the Russians stired up racial tensions between Kiev and the local russian population

According to the WSJ trump and his companies owe $1bn with a significant part guaranteed personally by trump.

Wonder how many more scams he has to divert taxpayer money into his own pocket

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2...g-findings/#p3

Hence why he keeps saying he'll 'make an announcement' about his business interest divestment, and then never quite gets round to the announcement. He can't divest - because he's the one that has to stay inside the business to stop it all collapsing like a house of cards. All deeply, deeply dodgy stuff, especially when it's an open secret that the only banks that would lend this amount of money are the Russians and Chinese! The rest has been precariously secured on all kinds of Trump property - which was already in deep hock anyway.

Is it possible he won't be able to fully divest himself from his business interests in time to take the oath?

It's very likely - most probable in fact. That's why they're just hoping that other stuff (hacking, emails, sniping at national security services) will divert attention from this, until it's too late for the media to raise the massive concern about the conflicts of interest, contravening the emoluments clause etc.

Trouble is there is a constitutional issue here in that many of those business interests are paid by foreigners and foreign governments - which would cause major problems for Trump. It is known as the Emoluments Clause

“No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/21/us...rest.html?_r=0
http://www.heritage.org/constitution...luments-clause

Specifically this

“Corporations owned or controlled by a foreign government are presumptively foreign states under the Emoluments Clause.”

Given that some of trumps companies do business with entities controlled by foreign governments and people with ties to them. The ventures include multimillion-dollar real estate arrangements — with Mr. Trump’s companies either as a full owner or a “branding” partner — in Ireland and Uruguay. The Bank of China is a tenant in Trump Tower and a lender for another building in Midtown Manhattan where Mr. Trump has a significant partnership interest.

So Trump is tweeting about The Apprentice ratings. He's an exec producer, so I guess this is another thing at which he's failed.

What a nightmare these ignorant, small-minded people have given us by voting for this clown.

This is why we will get eight years of the clown.

Start engaging instead of sneering and things might actually start improving. Also help if the DNC picked a decent candidate.

We'll get eight years because people are small-minded and ignorant? Yes, if it happens that will be the reason. Clinton was a fine candidate, it didn't help that she was going against someone who had no issue telling lies every 5 minutes, catering to conservatives racism and misogyny, and promising people things that are impossible.

Also, don't assume I'm not engaged, and I'll sneer at people when they deserve it. Trump voters deserve ridicule.

BiB Well that pretty much sums why your opinion can be safely ignored.

Putin may have bigger Trump skeletons on file, and Trump has no shame , or the moral code to recognise the concept.

Thta just leaves his cabinet of fellow ideologues, to declare him mentally unfit, or the Republican Congress to risk its own right wing voters and impeach him. Both of which are unlikely. Its death or a debilitating illness, , a well placed banana skin , polonium , or 4 years of Congress trying to make him irrelevant - by ignoring his budget and policies .

So you won't be watching series 6 of Celebrity Apprentice USA starting on Sunday on BBC1 I take it?

oh no my feelings

"Republican Opposition To Repealing Obamacare Without A Replacement Grows":
https://www.buzzfeed.com/paulmcleod/...ithout-a-repla

Good, nothing they've proposed would even come close, and Trump's vague "getting rid of the lines" solution is just meaningless.

And he campaigned for having Mexico pay for his big wall, but now he's saying he'll ask Congress (taxpayers) to fund it.

What a liar.