US Election & Presidency

What happened?

nothing much which is a good thing

Think a lot of Republicans now realise their leader is a liability. Got a feeling its the start of the slippery slope for Trumpy and his horrible family.

^^ not just trump the whole leadership and mitch mconnel he is getting pummelled by Andrew cuomo cos he told the blue states to file for bankruptcy instead of bail the blue states out

The only thing that needs to rear it's head again that might make things far more difficult for Trump would be a fresh investigation into his Russian connections, I get the feeling the original investigation didn't dig deep enough.

(25-04-2020 12:04 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  The only thing that needs to rear it's head again that might make things far more difficult for Trump would be a fresh investigation into his Russian connections, I get the feeling the original investigation didn't dig deep enough.

Nah thats over and it would galvanise his base just need to get him on coronavurus response and thats it

Is this election going to be looked at being an indictment of his response to his handling of thr virus threat?

(25-04-2020 11:47 )HannahsPet Wrote:  ^^ not just trump the whole leadership and mitch mconnel he is getting pummelled by Andrew cuomo cos he told the blue states to file for bankruptcy instead of bail the blue states out

This election is going to come too soon for the Democrats.
If it had been next year, Cuomo would have been a better bet to take down Trump.
Biden looks like death warmed up, some days

I think too many people are under the impression that the President of the United States has a significant and direct bearing on the economy and they vote accordingly. And that may have been true in the past, but I personally think it's a myth in the present.

A hyper-complex, globalised, multi-trillion dollar economy doesn't dance to the tune of any president. Clinton simply managed the Reagan/Bush economy; 'W' managed the Clinton economy; Obama manage the 'W' economy; and Trump is managing the Obama economy.

Trump inherited a strong economy and he managed to not fuck it up. He entertained his base and distracted the media with porn stars, gaffs, impeachments and investigations, while McConnell and Graham busied themselves with gutting health care, protecting gun rights, filling the benches with pro-life, anti-immigration judges, eliminating environmental regs and lowering taxes for rich people. And Trump was waltzing into re-election.

Then this happened.

This is when America needed a real president. It needed a 'tear down this wall' and 'touched the face of God' Ronald Reagan; it needed the post-9/11 Bush; the Obama we saw after Hurricane Sandy and every tragic school shooting. Someone to calm, console and inspire. Instead they have a nasty, dimwitted reality TV star. A crisis like this needs leadership and they have buffoon. (So do we, mind you, but that's a different post)

If the next election really is a referendum on his handling of covid-19, then I think he's toast. If it isn't, then he wins.

Sunny side up with butter??