2016 US Presidential Elections | Trump Wins

Status
Not open for further replies.

Water Melon

Guest
Unbelievable, any conspiracy theories about Putin playing part in Trump's win yet?
 

Mozza

It’s Carrick you know
Joined
Jul 13, 2002
Messages
23,353
Location
Let Rooney be Rooney
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.
I'm sure its been said that if he stuck his inheritance in an Index Tracker he'd have been wealthier than he is now (at least that was until he got elected)
 

B20

HEY EVERYONE I IGNORE SOMEONE LOOK AT ME
Joined
Aug 23, 2003
Messages
27,609
Location
Disney Land
Supports
Liverpool
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.
Sean Hannity seems to think so.

Trump is an utterly vindictive person. I could see him having "settle my scores" on his private list for the first 100 days of presidency.
 

hobbers

Full Member
Joined
Jun 24, 2013
Messages
28,352
She conceded on the phone but wouldn't go out to face her supporters who have been waiting on her in tears for the last 3 hours?

Ugh
 

Wowi

Rød grød med fløde
Joined
May 24, 2009
Messages
8,406
Location
Denmark
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.
No, the libertarians might actually get more than 5% of the popular vote, which will give them some public funding next election.
 

Pogue Mahone

The caf's Camus.
Joined
Feb 22, 2006
Messages
134,029
Location
"like a man in silk pyjamas shooting pigeons
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.
By making one of the monied elite an elected leader?
 

Cassidy

No longer at risk of being mistaken for a Scouser
Joined
Oct 2, 2013
Messages
31,492
Just makes you think, are people writing off Corbyn too quickly?
 

Someone

Something
Joined
Oct 21, 2007
Messages
7,961
Location
Somewhere
I think eventually he's going to be just another republican president. He said whatever he needed to say to win and it worked, but at the end of the day i doubt he'd do anything that ted cruz wouldn't.
 

Raoul

Admin
Staff
Joined
Aug 14, 1999
Messages
130,298
Location
Hollywood CA
This is a massive moment. Trump has to be gracious and tamp down all the campaign BS about lock her up.
 

Keeps It tidy

Hates Messi
Joined
Jun 6, 2013
Messages
17,638
Location
New York
I think eventually he's going to be just another republican president. He said whatever he needed to say to win and it worked, but at the end of the day i doubt he'd do anything that ted cruz wouldn't.
That is what I have felt the whole type what is freaking me out is I just realized the Republicans now control everything.
 

do.ob

Full Member
Joined
Jun 19, 2010
Messages
15,626
Location
Germany
Supports
Borussia Dortmund
Yeah Hill, just give it up. A bloke in Germany reckons it's done.
I really don't know what you're on about.
The data on CNN painted a very clear picture, the press pretty much unanimously called it and the fact is she ended up conceding half an hour after sending her supporters home. :houllier:
 

RexHamilton

Gumshoe for hire
Joined
Feb 13, 2012
Messages
4,422
If he opens his speech with "Grab her by the Pussy" and the crowd cheers, I'll love America forever.
 

B20

HEY EVERYONE I IGNORE SOMEONE LOOK AT ME
Joined
Aug 23, 2003
Messages
27,609
Location
Disney Land
Supports
Liverpool
Not her finest hour.
She will be remembered as one of the most spectacular failures in the history of the democratic party. McGovern could have won this election.

Don't think anyone has managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in quite so spectacular fashion.
 

Cal?

CR7 fan
Joined
Mar 18, 2002
Messages
34,976
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
I feel sorry for her, a lot of people think it's her destiny to be the first women president. :(
 

okLaptop1

Full Member
Joined
Jun 27, 2013
Messages
4,594
Supports
Minnesota Vikings
I think eventually he's going to be just another republican president. He said whatever he needed to say to win and it worked, but at the end of the day i doubt he'd do anything that ted cruz wouldn't.
If Trump wants 8 years instead of 4 he won't be able to do that. His whole platform is basically feck Democrats and feck Republicans, I'm changing everything. That's where all his rabid support comes from. He might not be as insane as everyone is expecting, but I highly doubt he'd just be a standard GOP president.
 

Hal9000

Full Member
Joined
May 24, 2010
Messages
6,317
Feels weird seeing black folks rejoicing at the Trump win
Not surprising considering Bill Clinton's crime bill and welfare bill with minority's being jailed at a larger rate than ever and unemployment and poverty in black community's sky rocketing.
 

Jacob

Full Member
Joined
Oct 22, 2005
Messages
25,577
Good. I big feck you to career politicians. I hope he can shakes things up. He is a lot smarter than he comes across.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.