US Election & Presidency

Mandelson goes into full brown-nose mode.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8pp56552zo

Maybe he's the right man for the job after all

Much hilarity in News reports today with Trump supporters travelling from the arse end of America for the inauguration, only to discover that it's been moved indoors because of the expected bad weather and they'll now have to watch it on TV like all the other morons

Wasting petrol/diesel/electric as usual

The weather forecast for Washington tomorrow is sunny but very cold with a 1% chance of snow.
Could it be a security issue that forced him into having the inauguration inside.

There is said to be a risk of hypothermia in Washington tomorrow and even frostbite if you stay outside for a long time.

Why do I get the feeling that some of the Trump supporters, you know the ones, the ones who's villages are missing them, will still risk it.
Hopefully the majority of people will be sensible, but I think there will be a few needing medical attention at the end of the day tomorrow.

They can always comfort themselves that their tickets have now been described as "commemorative" by the organisers (I think that's code for you won't be getting a refund)

i think its more to do so that all the elderly senate members dont die so they need re elections

The weather will be bad for sure, but probably not as bad as for President Kennedy's inauguration which was still held outside, and no worse than for President Obama's first inauguration which was also held outside. So Trump could easily hold this inauguration outside if he wanted to. People just have to be sensible and wrap up well.

Did he fear that the crowd would be embarrassingly small? The crowd at his first inauguration was nowhere near Obama's crowds, so maybe just move this one indoors. But then again Trump pulled out of a commemoration ceremony for US soldiers killed in the first world war because it was raining that day, so perhaps he just doesn't like being out in bad weather.

Probably has a fear of getting his tan ruined

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(19-01-2025 16:45 )SecretAgent Wrote:  They can always comfort themselves that their tickets have now been described as "commemorative" by the organisers (I think that's code for you won't be getting a refund)

Another code for a few million dollars saved for the US Budget.