So Trump wins. Now the slide downhill starts.

@moonbus said
The immigration issue in America is totally different to the immigration issue in Europe.

The immigration crisis in Europe was triggered by one head of state, Merkel, unilaterally changing the border policy for the whole of Europe, in response to a flood of refugees from IS terror in Syria. This led to a sudden mass migration of unexpected proportions, chiefly from Muslim ...[text shortened]... ng in Arabic before slashing some school girl's throat because she's dancing to a Taylor Swift tune.

You’re taking about the cause rather than the issue for some reason.

@moonbus said
Reduction of pesticide use in farming, rejection of a 13th month pension payment (a 13th month salary is quite common in Switzerland, for those in full-time employment), rejection of invasive govt measures to monitor COVID-infected people, and rejection of a national digital/virtual ID implementation (since there is already a machine-readable ID card anyway).

We’re these issues which you voted for more strongly represented by the party on the left or the right?

@wildgrass said
People disagree that the earth is a sphere.

I wrote something like "the deficit doubled while Trump was president last time."

You write back "people disagree".

This is a dumb debate point because of course people disagree but these people are wrong. The truth is that Trump's profligate spending of tax dollars doubled the deficit.

Tell me when the deficit has not been raised??? They raise the debt ceiling like every year.. that is congress.

@boonon said
Tell me when the deficit has not been raised??? They raise the debt ceiling like every year.. that is congress.

Debt is cumulative. Deficits are the spending overages every year.

In 2015 obama deficit was ~442 billion dollars

In 2019 trump deficit was 984 billion dollars

In a booming economy, no wars, low inflation and great job growth, trump doubled federal deficit spending.

@boonon said
No debate needed. The American people disagree with the way you think. So many of them that your candidate lost. LOST

It's all about the con, and who needs to be comforted by bedtime stories and tales of retribution.

@boonon said
you are really out there, I will check back with you in 4 years and see which one of your predictions comes true.

Hahahaha.

By then the curtain will have come down.

@Torunn said
Tell me Suzie what you expect will happen. I want your view on this.

Trump normalized racism; just days after he’s elected, children in multiple states start receiving hate messages on their smart phones.

In one case, a child received a text which not only used the child's name, but directed her to report to a “plantation” in North Carolina; others received notification they had been selected to pick cotton.

quote:

It points to a well-organized and resourced group that has decided to target Americans on our home soil based on the color of people's skin.

end quote


https://apnews.com/article/text-messages-slavery-racism-black-americans-fbi-708973521d2974bec7514b8622877290

This will get worse; welcome to Trump's Amerika. So far removed from LBJ's Great Society, or MLK's 'I have a dream' ....

@Torunn said
Tell me Suzie what you expect will happen. I want your view on this.

Soon after Trump assumes office, and Republicans control both House and Senate, expect a constitutional amendment extending the limit on the number of terms a president can serve from two to indefinite.

@boonon said
Tell me when the deficit has not been raised??? They raise the debt ceiling like every year.. that is congress.

Bill Clinton left office with a balanced budget.

@moonbus said
Soon after Trump assumes office, and Republicans control both House and Senate, expect a constitutional amendment extending the limit on the number of terms a president can serve from two to indefinite.

Hypothetically, if this happens, why would it be a problem. It would apply to both parties.

In the UK there is no limit to how long a Prime Minister can serve.

@divegeester said
We’re these issues which you voted for more strongly represented by the party on the left or the right?

@moonbus?

@divegeester said
Hypothetically, if this happens, why would it be a problem. It would apply to both parties.

In the UK there is no limit to how long a Prime Minister can serve.

A President has more power than a Prime Minister?

@Torunn said
A President has more power than a Prime Minister?

Have you tried Google?

@boonon said
Tell me when the deficit has not been raised??? They raise the debt ceiling like every year.. that is congress.

Wildgrass et al will make mtns out of molehills. It is apparently quite normal to have such increases in each administration.
Having said that, the great Musk may surprise hell out of us. He has never failed at anything, he says he can trim $2T. Let us see.