Trump

[Mr Nimbus]

Good post.

It's a nice position to take but I'm not sure it tallies with reality anymore.

We like to believe in goodness and that if you act the right way then good will prevail, but it's increasingly not the case. Trump is a convicted felon, a sex offender, he even incited an insurrection against the democratic process and yet people still voted for him. 

Even in this country you have morons who think Farage is the answer, the hard of thinking who take part in race riots and support "Our Tommeh" and think that getting rid of non-white people will solve all the world's problems. Just look at the Tories, even after years of incompetence, entitlement, contempt for normal normal and flagrant corruption people still yearn for them back. I'm no longer convinced this couldn't happen over here.

The only rational conclusion is that we share this planet with a lot of utter cunts.

Trump offered people who've seen their groceries increase by 22% something. Harris campaigned on the fact that Trump = bad. We've seen it here as well. Offer people something, rather than just saying the other side are criminals because when people are struggling to make ends meet they've proven once again that they couldn't give a shit about the moral positions of those in charge.

Not totally true, her policies were far better detailed than anything put out by Trump, Trump always campaigns on sound bites, insulting people, just ranting with no real messages at all. Problem.is, people, and the media seem to want to just have a mud slinging match so that's what's always reported. And Trump gets away with a lot, he's been mostly incoherent last few weeks, but mentions of dementia, compared to Biden for example. 

Trump would have had the exact same inflation had he won in 2020, it takes almost no reading to work that out, this is what I mean by frustration, people just don't seem to actually use the brains that have. 

Trump hasn't offered anything, he did nothing on the border, in fact, he opposed the bill agreed by all parts of the senate to fix it because he wanted to use the border in his election campaign. He tells people, in clear language, he just talks nonsense knowing people lap it up, and people do. I don't understand it. 

The supposed patriots in the US, now love Russia, and Putin, literally their mortal enemy only a few years ago, and don't see it's just been because of ridiculous propaganda. It just frustrates me so much.

MAGA has destroyed so much of America, where they had civilised discourse between opposing sides, where there was a grown up, responsible democracy, is now hatred and grown adults shouting moronic phrases at each other. Intelligence is now disliked, the stupidest get the loudest voice.

It's not so much I hate Trump, I can't stand him, hates a very strong term, but I do hate what he represents and what he has caused and built.

But did she actually communicate the content of those policies?

No.

All that cut through was Orange Man Bad and that's not going to do much, when people have already been through a Trump presidency and plenty clearly didn't think it was that bad in terms of their day-to-day lives. How things look to us, clearly isn't the daily lived experience of many Americans and not just white Americans either. 


I'm seeing far too much finger-pointing at the American electorate here and elsewhere and far too little acknowledgement that the Democrats ran a truly appalling campaign. From letting a man with significant neurological decline stand to not holding a primary, meaning that a perennially unpopular politician led an utterly tin-eared campaign. 

You cannot shame and insult people into voting for you. As for people acting shocked when people vote based on what they feel suits their pockets, it's rarely been different.

Yep.  What I said.  I just arrived from a different perspective and used more flowery, wanky language.

Think I'll have a break for a bit.  Where's the bucket to put myed in.