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  • Election 2024: The Fate of Democracy

Mad_Cyril yeah, obvious, but good to have assumptions of his child-level zero sum game approach confirmed by an expert.

      Trump is a very simple man. It’s not difficult to figure out what motivates him and with the full support of the Supreme Court, it’s going to be a disaster for the US and everyone adjacent. If their democracy survives this, the next administration will have to begin a decades long rebuild.

      • Amps replied to this.

        Millsy good to have assumptions of his child-level zero sum game approach confirmed by an expert.

        Isn’t that what twitter is for??

          Millsy But the leaders on the other side of the table have not eschewed expertise, they have embraced it.

          Clearly Trump can’t have started any negotiations with the UK yet.

            • Amps

              • Post #1415

              Millsy The more he saves the more he wins.

              Have said this on here before; these fruit cakes view business like we view sport, if they made a penny more than their competitor they would hold it up the way we would the Jules Rimet having just scored a 40 yard screamer in a pair of Copa Mundials.

                • Amps

                  • Post #1416

                  303abuser If their democracy survives

                  Think they’ll make a full term, or it’ll fall apart at some point?

                      Amps I think it depends on whether or not the “guardrails” hold like they did last time. It’s possible that Mike Pence, as generally reprehensible as he is, was the only thing that stood in the way of the Jan 6th insurrection.

                      Now they have project 2025, replacing federal workers with people sympathetic to fascist ideals, the Supreme Court confirming the president as a king above the rule of law, controlling propaganda sources, eroding public faith in government institutions, and I’m sure countless other measures that are either hidden or yet to occur. Who knows how this ends. We do know now that the American system has traditionally relied on norms and not legislation, so that’s not good for democracy.

                        • Amps

                          • Post #1418

                          Might stick £50 on Californian secession in the next 4 years.

                          With the wildfires and potential flooding, California might be in proper trouble too. Insurance is becoming an issue.

                            alistair Uninsured, underinsured. And many of the homes in the nicer areas are owned by families who have had them for decades, making them house rich and cash poor. Looks like the rich will win again.

                              • erik

                                • Post #1422

                                Millsy nice 👌🏽

                                Good read

                                  What a have we done

                                  We’ve been bang out of order.

                                  The markets today will be amazing. Nice one Donald.

                                    LOL @ Amps and Dubman in this thread, looking like that:

                                    • VVR46

                                      • Post #1430
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                                      EU GDP is dead Starmer needs to strike a deal with US. No point siding with EU over tariffs they have been cunts to us the past 5 years. USD is now surging against every other currency which is tackling US inflation already and oil projected to drop to 65 dollars per barrel soon, people need to wake up to fact 5 or 6% gdp quarterly rises are very likely under trump, this is UK’s chance to see some benefit from brexit for once.

                                        VR46 I think the general direction of cuntage has been UK to EU. 50% of our exports are to the EU despite this horrible mess.