2016 US Presidential Elections | Trump Wins
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik and Imran hold a long overdue conversation about United's awful league form with 1 win in 7. They discuss a disappointing draw at Bournemouth, a not so disappointing draw against Liverpool and a crushing defeat at Chelsea - Is time nearly over for Erik Ten Hag?
Then in a special second half of the pod, Nik welcomes Natalie ( https://twitter.com/natalie_17) to discuss the fortunes of Manchester United Women as they booked a place in the FA Cup Final after a historic first ever win vs. Chelsea.
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trump wins wisconsin - now at 276.
donald trump. president of the united states.
donald trump. president of the united states.
Seriously, this is comedy (horror?) movie stuff. You couldn't make it up.
Yeah Hill, just give it up. A bloke in Germany reckons it's done.
That is a given.
Melania Trump the ultimate golddigger now? She is actually gonna be first lady.
Ah man i just woke up to confirmation
Any tipp's as to which company may get the contract to build that wall?
Wait and see? Take one of my particular concerns, climate change (a concern which should be a key issue at every election). Unless Trump does a complete 180, the second largest emitter of greenhouse gases has just elected a climate change denier. Honestly this one election result is enough to torpedo any attempts to limit climate change to "safe" levels. We don't have 4 years to spare. Carbon budgets are rapidly being consumed. We were well on track to locking in 4°+ of warming before a Trump presidency. This feels like the nail in the coffin. What that means for the future of the planet, our food production, unprecedented movement of people etc is pretty terrifying. On the plus side, just maybe it is far enough in the future that we will be dead.
He inherited an enormous amount of capital at a time when it was almost impossible not to spectacularly grow that capital, with just a modicum of good advice. And he's been voted in by people who feel angry about wealth accumulating upwards. The mind boggles.
It's not just trump.
It's trump with a majority in the senate and congress.
adios, Paul Ryan?
It's trump with a majority in the senate and congress.
adios, Paul Ryan?
Trump literally made all the mistakes a candidate can make and he did them over and over again.
As a non us citizen
The election show me that
It's ok to be bigoted
It's ok to demeaning women
It's ok to be racist
It's ok to not pay taxes
Well done USA
The election show me that
It's ok to be bigoted
It's ok to demeaning women
It's ok to be racist
It's ok to not pay taxes
Well done USA
@Randall Flagg has kids. And finds this "funny".
But in the end you have to vote for democrats or republicans as they're the only elected parties, right? It's a shit system that needs to be reviewed.
Its clear people are tired of how politicians try to stick to a script and not just act like themselves tbh.
Not that I back Trump btw, just an observation. Better people know who you are and what you really think than the usual crap politicians say and do.
But it's Randall, not exactly a role model.
They will patch it up.
Wow. Second time this year I've woken up thinking wtf just happened.
Hillary concedes over phone call with Trump
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Just let that sink in.trump wins wisconsin - now at 276.
donald trump. president of the united states.
He has already called Trump to congratulate. Don't think Trump will blow up the GOP now. He won't favor those who were against him but he will let the establishment pass the stuff they want to.
Any live streams?
This fvcking country is going backwards.
Hillary has conceded at last. Now grab your ass and hold on!
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Hillary has conceded apparently. Called trump.
The rest of the world seems to be shaking their heads disapprovingly and looking down on the Americans for this. I might have joined in, except here in NZ we left National and John Key in power by a way bigger margin.
CNN is free to watch on their site.
Does Trump own a construction firm?
I know I'm open to accusations of naivety, even stupidity, but at the moment I'm going with what I feel. I couldn't be happy with a Hillary victory and, loath though I am to say I'm happy with President Trump, I can't deny it feels good to see Hillary and her ilk be rejected so starkly by the people. As you say with elected politicians it's a question of degrees; and if this seismic event means we start to see even an incremental shift towards substance over style, an unpicking of career politics and a re-establishing of what is an acceptable proximity between elected leaders and monied elites then that would be a huge positive from what is a pretty shocking result.
Again if you're worried for yourself and your family over the next few years I'm sorry and I'm not looking to rub your noses in it, I'm just trying to see the positives in Hillary's worldview getting turned upside down in such a way.
Maybe you can stop being snarky to "a bloke in Germany" now
Nope you can vote for whoever you choose to no matter what party they are.
Hilary conceded privately, but couldn't be asked to face her supporters....
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It's what the DNC gets for rigging their primaries and running a smear against Sanders. Honestly don't think Trump would of beaten Sanders.
Stunning!
What a night. This is real history being made...the beginning of the end of the world!
Hilary has been working towards this moment for two decades. She lost out in a previous primary race when she was a comfortable favorite, she almost lost this primary process, but got through it and all the numbers were pointing to a comfortable victory. Obama's approval rating has been soaring and she must have been so convinced she was winning. She won the debates comfortably, her campaign was extremely well run and her entire party supported her, yet she lost out to a lunatic reality tv star who headed a divided party and whose campaign seemed to be in ruins at times
She probably already planned out the first year of her presidency.
But now comes that moment when you realize that people just don't like you and politics on a national scale isn't really your thing
She probably already planned out the first year of her presidency.
But now comes that moment when you realize that people just don't like you and politics on a national scale isn't really your thing
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