Looks like Trump is gonna win. Aside from the usual "world is gonna end" "what happened to humanity" type of statements, what are some of the potential real threats? Interest rate hikes? End of globalization? Rise of new wave of racism?
What's your opinion?
Like how your priorities are set.
my man arent we all ;)
Not sure if Donald Trump or Pauline Hanson
Now we watch him find excuses not to follow up on his election promises.
And that would differentiate him from every single other elected political leader ever how, exactly???
It wont really, but his excuses should be more entertaining!
Now I should hand over my American citizenship..
Australia done backwards is America.
honestly this is the forest fire that USA needs in order to reset itself. it's a joke of a country.
It is a shame the fire is likely to leave a lot of people hurt along the way.
David Duke winning in the Senate is more important than Trump winning the Presidency IMO.
He may not be accepting the result.
Why? Robert Byrd served many years, and was so respected he was Hillary's mentor.
Him being a grand dragon of the KKK didn't seem to bother anyone
Disaster.
Welcome to the real life President Stillson.
More Like Biff Tannen in BTTF. Or a joke in The Simpsons. It's not meant to be real life.
I hope they rename the presidential vehicle the (profanity) Wagon.
beginning of the end.
im just kidding, or so i hope.
SOMEBODY'S GONNA GET HURT! INVADED
that's pretty much a certainty, but really, it depends on how much power the president actually has
He might just end up talking about stuff, and never doing it. Business as usual really.
Well, he will reduce his own taxes!
Great result. Slap in the face of establishment.
I like to see the elites get slapped as well, but this is going to end up hurting the people who elected him (if he carries out his stated policies).
Couldn't agree more. I will sleep well tonight.
Slap in the face of lefty identity politics. Aus should take note.
Yes go Trump!
With the miss universe ladies Trump knows, his bunga bunga parties should be great.
Not that any of the previous candidates were better
But the belief that Trump will revive the American economy is the same people that voted for Abbott and thought it would bring real change…
Crazy what this world has come to
Hillary is "Feeling the Burn"
Pauline Hanson will seize the opportunity to become PM of Australia seeing the US results
This is not even irony, she could actually do it.
Brexit, Trump and Hanson represent the power of the chav, redneck and bogan vote respectively.
If Hansons only chance of becoming PM is through the LNP, then she would need to become an elected leader of the LNP by winning more than 50% vote from LNP MP's. Over in the USA it's the party members and voters that elect a leader ?
i really don't see how she could do it. She'd need to find herself another 90+ candidates who are suitable for office, and she's struggled to find any non-crazys currently. I don't think she would be capable of putting together a team of candidates that would resonate with inner city voters, or National-party voters etc
Also i don't believe you can become PM by having a majority in the Senate
For mine it is as if Palmer had of become PM. Hope I'm wrong but I can't see anything good coming out of the election of a "me first" individual.
Fatso is surely better than that buffoon
Come to think about it, why isn't trump building a wall against the italians?
After all, its Mario who is breaking all the bricks :P
I just read his acceptance speech made me feel a lot better about the whole thing… Also three pints in…
And ib4, yes, I know he didn't write that speech.
Came across as slightly drunk during that speech in my opinion. Not that I have a problem with that.
What makes you say he didn't write it? It matches his vocabulary and the way he normally says things.
i only read the transcript. But it came across as polite? And he was polite towards Hillary. I thought he was going to put her in jail? Few deviations from the written word I picked up, mostly, "our infrastructure, by the way, will be second to none"- that sounds like a trumpism. And then when he would wax lyrical about his friends like Giulini and Huckabee etc and "greatest friends you could ever have"
I expected a different tone after the election, probably not this different or soon but it is welcome.
Not once he said, "we will make America great again"
I wonder what's going on at the I m f at the moment ?
Interesting times.
Anyone put some money on this election? I put a few bucks on donald at 4.80 to win this morning and got a nice suprise, iwonder what else is in atore.
Yeah it was $4.50 when I placed a bet. Figured it was going to be closer than those odds.
Hillary at paying at 1.10 was a sure thing that she should win but i wasnt convinced.
Then half way through i noticed that trump was 1.10.
In 2014 the odds of Trump winning were 150 to 1
io put 50 bucks when it it was 5.35 :D
Did aliens steal it?
NOPE i Used some of it for alcohol and the rest to buy some Versace for me and the bro(using the current sunglaases huti deal :D ) still got some left over XD
300 @ 5
thanks trump
I put $5 on Bernie and $5 on Trump in the primaries, figuring an outsider would go well. Trump paid 8/1. I also put $1 on Michael Bloomberg at 100/1 on the off chance the Republicans tore themselves apart at the convention!
Well i was thinking the same but that would have been a disaster for them so i guess they had no choice but to go with the flow.
I don't think there are any real threats.
Things will start getting made in America instead of China, this could affect production rates and maybe even quality but it doesn't have to.
Could affect prices since I imagine work practices will be more ethical.
The OP mentions racism. I honestly think racial tensions will be lessened.
With Obama there has been a lot of shaming and blaming without fixing anything, which I feel has only agitated situations further.
The whole racism thing with Trump is about his immigration and crime control plans, but really if there are less criminal ethnics then people have less reason to see minorities in a negative light.
He says the police already know who the illegal immigrants are and there won't be a big witch hunt about deporting them.
The OP mentions racism. I honestly think racial tensions will be lessened.
The whole racism thing with Trump is about his immigration and crime control plans, but really if there are less criminal ethnics then people have less reason to see minorities in a negative light.
Hahaha. Please.
iPhones won't be made in the USA just because Donald Trump wants them to. It bucks economic sense unless he pays out massive subsidies (can't afford it, just look at the cost of corn subsidies) and can suddenly create a Shenzhen-esque industrial complex domestically and overnight. Those manufacturing jobs aren't coming back, at least not on the scale that will lift a whole country, and the people who voted for him because he promised it, are in for a rude surprise.
It's not just about cost anymore. China is where all the skilled workers are now.
Vladimir Putin has a new allie and he also a winner :P
I'm surprised he wasn't thanked in Trump's acceptance speech! Or Julian Assange for that matter either…
Hey, thats not fair. How come my forum post banned when I tried to discuss politics?! (which guy vote who).
While this forum who talks about politics doesnt get banned
Your post was ignored, not banned.
Its banned. When I posted it, its obviously got reaaly quick response within seconds but quickly got banned. Guess Mod just too sensitive and dont want to take risk having open minded discussion, dissapointed
came across this in my news feed that covers the topic, though it's just an opinion piece.
Waking up to President Trump — what happens now?
also of funny interest.
It’s surreal to watch this 2011 video of Obama and Seth Meyers taunting Trump about a presidential run
Hillary definetely will be 'jailed' by special prosecutor with no privillege
No, she won't. Using your powers as president to chase after your political opponents will put you on the road to being impeached. Putin does those sorts of things.
doesn't need to use any presidential powers, fbi just won't be getting blocked by obamas justice dept now…
So same thing with the wall & mussies?
trump will get the ass like JFK did
You seem confused. Trump uses his brains, where as JFK just wore them :)
The big win here is Melania Trump, from what I saw of her she comports herself very well, she'll be a standout First Lady IMHO.
Can we see her birth certificate?
start a brick business and export them to emurikkka so trump can build his wall?
Funny how President Assaad is still in Power while Sarkozi, Blair, Clinton and now Obama have been kicked out of office hahahaha
Obama didn't get kicked out… But let's not get the facts in the way.
Funny how you're a middle-eastern person still living in Australia while insulting the western world. YOu're an ungrateful person.
So any ethnic, in this case a middle easterner, who has a political or social opinion which does not fit the mainstream narrative are not grateful? Should they pack their bags and leave for their supposed homeland even whilst born here?
Should we sit at the back of the bus and meekly accept our lot in life without complaint or simply making a statement?
I didn't realise we'd gotten to this low point here so quickly again.
Just be happy that the aborigines didn't have the same opinions or firepower to back those up when the europeans invaded their lands. Sadly for them they're mostly living in poverty in their own lands whilst the usurpers are those that call themselves "true blue".
I find it amusing how everyone from the local barista to the crack addict/junkie on the corner have turned into expert US political commentators/economists overnight…
They can't do worse than the professional commentators, all of whom have egg on their collective faces.
isnt that what happened with trump ?
If he attempts to deliver on his promises?
Stagflation
The delusional hordes who voted for him think they can have their cake (cheap imports) and eat it too (manufacturing).
The only manufacturing likely to ramp-up is making coffins.
Uncertain but I'm sure racists (you know who you are) are having a field day.
It was all an act, he went in with a different approach because obviously America wasn't doing so great.
Now that he's in, he will be good for the country.
I think the real Trump is how he addressed his victory speech.
He's good at winning, I don't see him being careless.
Time will tell, but do people actually read his policies? Or is everyone on social media screaming mad from ignorance?
Have you read his policies?
Yes.
Nice. Thought's?
I like them, they make sense, what I like:
What I don't like:
There's several more, who knows what he will really do, but judging by the policies, people are asking for his head because of what they perceived him to be, not what he will do for the country. I would be happy with this.
Stages of Dictator
1) Act normal
2) Build an ideology and gain support for the mass population, media, and most importantly military.
4) Put insiders (die hard ideology supporters) in all layers of government agencies
3) Get the country to commit in a long term responsibility / debt (usually a war)
4) Plan a controllable successor
Phew, thank God she didn't get in!
Trump failed at step 1
Well he was trying to act normal at the winning speech, did he?
ASX up nearly 2% in early trade…..
EDIT: make that 2.7% at 10:10AM
EDIT: BHP & RIO skyrocket. Assume this is due to the coming requirement for steel to build the wall. :)
People like Trump because he is a straightforward person. Speak from his mind without filtering or faking. People like that. Hillary on the other hand is full of mystery.
It has been pretty weird listening to North American entertainers the last 6 months, on podcasts and such. Even several Canadians I've heard poo-poo-ing the Mexican immigration issue. I mean I really struggle to understand why illegal immigration is considered a good thing. And hearing this from American resident Canadians, who had to jump through hoops to go and live in the US legally, I can't understand why they think that Mexico should be exempt. Just echoing liberal rhetoric? It does seem like a good portion of Americans are just sick of the BS though. They just don't have the audience…
People are reading too much into this election, trying to over-analyse it.
About a month ago, I read an article saying a professor developed a system to predict the next president to be elected based on 13 key factors. At the time, it was pointing to republican winning the presidential election. That was at a time where every poll was saying Hillary would win the election.
Hillary lost the election, but she could still end up receiving more total number of votes than Trump.
Keep in mind that swapping parties after two terms is pretty accurate :)
Now what? Back to bargain hunting of course. We are in his good books.
Hopefully Trump declares Cyber Monday & Black Friday Deals have free shipping to Australia :D
Never has there been a leader so fitting of the people they represent.
Very nicely put.
Americans don't care about the rights of minorities and women in general. They're going to set social policy from the stone age by appointing those radical, right-wing conservative judges to the supreme court.
I hope RBG lasts for many more years to come on the supreme court.
Yeah dude totally, i'm just sitting here, on Xe.com, till the AUD goes up then BOOM
Steam shopping spree BABY!