YOU'VE GOT TO BE JOKING, USA!!

I'm not "down" about it, Pete, I find it really interesting and I'm sympathetic to the situation. But, Trump is a Republican that senior Republicans have rejected or disowned and the Senate and Congress while being controlled by the Republicans will not be brow beaten by him. There's a chance here that the USA might go into isolationism in many areas and that won't be good for the USA or the world. I admit that I'm not able to forget what Trump has said and done over the campaign, his whole bullying, ranting, and threatening behaviour but he's not going to be Prime Minister in the UK so I'm happy enough. I do think that the USA has their own kind of Mussolini

Are you talking about just in the USA, because a lower dollar translates on the world market as higher oil prices........check it out

 

Sorry, Anthony, it's a case of finger trouble.......it should read POTUS which means President of the United States. A number of the american security services refer to the President as POTUS..........they love abbreviations!!

 

Really??, Honestly??, pete?? ..............you really think that by only having two candidates of the calibre, character of Clinton and Trump that the american elections have successfully ended up with the right candidates??? There's million of Americans walking around the streets who would, given the political support, be better qualified educationally, morally, and character wise that would run the USA honestly and competently............but the Dollar comes before Democracy and has led to this sad situation where two highly undesirable characters are forced on the American Public

 

Maybe, just maybe, those fellow republicans have been getting it wrong though @longk? It is as plain as day that there is a hell of a lot of political unrest around the world at the moment - and to me, the underlying themes seem to be very similar - people have had enough of the smarm, the lies and the self-serving ways of the traditional politicians. It seems to me that the working classes are trying to send a very clear message, but for some reason those who can only be referred to as the more fortunate in society simply do not 'get it'.

What has to happen to get this message across? Does it need mass gatherings with pitchforks outside political establishments to convey the strength of feeling?

 

I doubt very much whether or not anyone can claim to be brainier than any other person, Anthony, and you have held your own in many past threads it's just maybe a matter of "experience" than anything else. I often get into "discussions" with the people I work for at the moment and have, several times been forced to retreat or had my point of view coldly and efficiently demolished by them........but there has been a few times when we agreed

Sorry, Anthony, are you meaning the USA electoral college and voting system? I think it's a bad system in that it gives the winning candidate all the electoral votes of that State where they're voting. I think it's fair that a winning candidate should keep just his votes but hijacking the votes of people who didn't vote for him/her just distorts the whole system.

 

I think Nigel has had an eye on the future after resigning as Leader of UKIP and is intent on forging new financial contacts and deals in the USA with the Republicans. He's a canny lad!!