He has no respect for NATO and has suggested invading at least two NATO countries.
He doesn’t seem to get that the more allies he pisses off, the less access to distant bases he is going to have, the more logistical problems he is going to have.
And also, I think, the real story. All well and good for people to tell pollsters they disapprove of Trump, but it won't amount to much if they turn around and elect another congress full of MAGA Republicans willing to give him a blank cheque.
And also, I think, the real story. All well and good for people to tell pollsters they disapprove of Trump, but it won't amount to much if they turn around and elect another congress full of MAGA Republicans willing to give him a blank cheque.
We in Britain have, or more probably now had, a similar feature, the “Quiet Tory”. These would tell pollsters one thing, usually what they thought the pollsters wanted to hear, and then go into the polling booth and meekly vote Tory after all. From the outcome I think Brexit went the same way.
Yes. A fair few less 'quiet tory' votes, and we'd still be in the EU, and not suffering the fall-out of all that Brexit shite we were served up...
I suggest we are cursed with “Quiet Reformers” now. A bit of a stretch from the archetypal red-faced loon, frothing at the mouth, but I believe a lot of Reform voters are outwardly respectable despite being hooked by the “votes for boats”.
Yes. A fair few less 'quiet tory' votes, and we'd still be in the EU, and not suffering the fall-out of all that Brexit shite we were served up...
I suggest we are cursed with “Quiet Reformers” now. A bit of a stretch from the archetypal red-faced loon, frothing at the mouth, but I believe a lot of Reform voters are outwardly respectable despite being hooked by the “votes for boats”.
And also, I think, the real story. All well and good for people to tell pollsters they disapprove of Trump, but it won't amount to much if they turn around and elect another congress full of MAGA Republicans willing to give him a blank cheque.
Currently “generic ballot” polls—polls that ask simply “if the election for the US House of Representatives were held today, would you vote for a Democrat or a Republican?”—show Democrats with a 6–8 point lead over Republicans.
While that is usually a fairly reliable indicator of general mood, it doesn’t take into account that the actual election will actually be by districts and will involve actual candidates who may have specific advantages or disadvantages.
As for the so-called “shy Trump voter,” the voter unwilling to tell a pollster they plan to vote for Trump, there is debate as to how real or widespread a phenomenon that is. But even accepting it as a given, it doesn’t seem to have been a factor in past elections where Trump isn’t on the ballot.
As for the so-called “shy Trump voter,” the voter unwilling to tell a pollster they plan to vote for Trump, there is debate as to how real or widespread a phenomenon that is. But even accepting it as a given, it doesn’t seem to have been a factor in past elections where Trump isn’t on the ballot
Given the erratic behavior, the unnecessary war, the high fuel prices, the illegal tariffs, the loss of neighbors and fellow workers, I personally do not think there are many shy Trump voters in these parts.
It's possible that a black woman, an immigrant and their children considered it safer to leave the US at this time, otherwise they might find themselves picked off the street by masked thugs and whipped off to detention centres without access to lawyers and then overcrowded prisons in Central America.
He gets more insane (or maybe more desperate) by the day. I'm rather hoping - though I know one should be careful what one wishes for - that our new PM will take a tough line, and tell him to abandon the bases he has here in the UK.
That, no doubt, would lead to threats to bomb (or annex) England...
We are not praying for the death of any human being even inhumane orange ones.
I'm not praying for it, but just reminding us all that he is 80, possibly not in good health, and will not live for ever...Luke 12 vv16-21 is a slightly relevant passage, perhaps:
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
Comments
By "support", you mean approval ratings? Or willingness to vote for Republicans in November, or...?
The mid-terms are a whole different story.
He doesn’t seem to get that the more allies he pisses off, the less access to distant bases he is going to have, the more logistical problems he is going to have.
Thanks.
And also, I think, the real story. All well and good for people to tell pollsters they disapprove of Trump, but it won't amount to much if they turn around and elect another congress full of MAGA Republicans willing to give him a blank cheque.
We in Britain have, or more probably now had, a similar feature, the “Quiet Tory”. These would tell pollsters one thing, usually what they thought the pollsters wanted to hear, and then go into the polling booth and meekly vote Tory after all. From the outcome I think Brexit went the same way.
I suggest we are cursed with “Quiet Reformers” now. A bit of a stretch from the archetypal red-faced loon, frothing at the mouth, but I believe a lot of Reform voters are outwardly respectable despite being hooked by the “votes for boats”.
You are, alas! probably correct.
While that is usually a fairly reliable indicator of general mood, it doesn’t take into account that the actual election will actually be by districts and will involve actual candidates who may have specific advantages or disadvantages.
As for the so-called “shy Trump voter,” the voter unwilling to tell a pollster they plan to vote for Trump, there is debate as to how real or widespread a phenomenon that is. But even accepting it as a given, it doesn’t seem to have been a factor in past elections where Trump isn’t on the ballot.
Given the erratic behavior, the unnecessary war, the high fuel prices, the illegal tariffs, the loss of neighbors and fellow workers, I personally do not think there are many shy Trump voters in these parts.
Maybe Chuck can do it.
It always seemed to me that they were trying to set themselves up as the British monarchy's ambassadors to American popular culture.
IIRC, some time ago (maybe when Trump was threatening Greenland), there was a video on YouTube about the possibility of Norway buying the US.
You could do worse...
That, no doubt, would lead to threats to bomb (or annex) England...
I would say it is defended by a steam-driven buffoon.
There's actually a Wikipedia page about this!
I believe that no one who is not qualified to be President can run for Vice President, but I'm not sure.
I'm not praying for it, but just reminding us all that he is 80, possibly not in good health, and will not live for ever...Luke 12 vv16-21 is a slightly relevant passage, perhaps:
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.