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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #725 on: December 05, 2016, 10:05:18 PM »
Well let's see who he appoints as SoS and if they can rein him in or better handle Chinese response. Likely to be  a very rough ride.

A difficulty with the president of the United States is that - unlike the UK prime minister - he isn't first-among-equals, he is on his own. His "cabinet" members, constitutionally, are only advisers or assistants. They have no executive power of their own, they can only act with the authority of the president. The president's chief of staff may be more influential.

My fear is that something close to absolute power may go to Donald Trump's head. We shall see.

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« Reply #726 on: December 06, 2016, 08:29:16 AM »
A difficulty with the president of the United States is that - unlike the UK prime minister - he isn't first-among-equals, he is on his own. His "cabinet" members, constitutionally, are only advisers or assistants. They have no executive power of their own, they can only act with the authority of the president. The president's chief of staff may be more influential.

My fear is that something close to absolute power may go to Donald Trump's head. We shall see.

He is certainly giving the impression that it will.  :o

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #727 on: December 06, 2016, 04:02:24 PM »

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #729 on: December 07, 2016, 06:29:14 AM »
Article from May by Robert Kagan. I hope it is not too prophetic



https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-is-how-fascism-comes-to-america/2016/05/17/c4e32c58-1c47-11e6-8c7b-6931e66333e7_story.html?utm_term=.4d0a2e632f7a

I cannot read this article because, it would appear, I have an ad-blocker installed. Ant chance of a precis?
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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #731 on: December 10, 2016, 08:21:58 AM »

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #732 on: December 10, 2016, 08:44:25 AM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38273933


It's a difficult one this as I wouldn't trust many of the participants as far as I could overthrow them.

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #733 on: December 10, 2016, 10:15:58 AM »
Perhaps Trump is the new 'Manchurian Candidate'.  :)

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« Reply #734 on: December 10, 2016, 11:14:28 AM »
Perhaps Trump is the new 'Manchurian Candidate'.  :)

Could be, everything about Trump is surreal!

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« Reply #735 on: December 10, 2016, 01:55:50 PM »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38273933

Even if it is true then it's no worse than what the Yanks have done in other countries. Wiffs of double standards.
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« Reply #736 on: December 10, 2016, 03:02:48 PM »
For once I agree with you.

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« Reply #737 on: December 10, 2016, 03:11:12 PM »
Even if it is true then it's no worse than what the Yanks have done in other countries. Wiffs of double standards.
That doesn't make it OK though.
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« Reply #738 on: December 10, 2016, 04:00:10 PM »
That doesn't make it OK though.

No it doesn't.

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #739 on: January 09, 2017, 09:25:10 PM »
Trump's nepotism but it's OK of course


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38564469

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« Reply #740 on: January 12, 2017, 08:56:53 AM »
I suspect Trump will try to use his presidency as a means of adding a few more billions to his coffers.

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #741 on: January 13, 2017, 06:19:47 PM »
I suspect Trump will try to use his presidency as a means of adding a few more billions to his coffers.
I think he's on record as saying he expects to make money out of the presidency. It hasn't started and it's already viewed as the most corrupt presidency ever.
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« Reply #742 on: January 15, 2017, 10:26:47 AM »
I think he's on record as saying he expects to make money out of the presidency. It hasn't started and it's already viewed as the most corrupt presidency ever.

It is very scary indeed, especially if Putin has a hold over him!

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #743 on: January 16, 2017, 10:56:01 AM »

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #745 on: January 16, 2017, 06:18:14 PM »
A cuckoo in the nest. And they never play by the rules.

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #746 on: January 17, 2017, 03:11:13 PM »

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #747 on: January 17, 2017, 11:23:47 PM »
I am, more and more often sitting in front of the news saying WTF.

The two most powerful leaders (arguably) of the World in a tawdry debate about prostitutes. Putin practically extolling the qualities of Russian prossies.

I give up. I don't even care about the rights and wrongs of it. Just stop already. Seriously. We are all fucked.
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« Reply #748 on: January 18, 2017, 10:33:54 AM »
Putin seems to be having fun. For all we know he could have planted those stories about Trump as disinformation so he could deny them, and seem to be supporting Trump, when it suited him.

The Russians have probably hacked Democrat servers, but wouldn't they also have hacked into the Republicans and Trump's business systems?
Ah, but I was so much older then ... I'm younger than that now

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Re: More US election stuff
« Reply #749 on: January 18, 2017, 11:21:24 AM »