Current Affairs 2024 POTUS race

[GoldenToffee]

he's not running. he doesnt poll well, he knows that.
He's also 81 and probably doesnt need this crap. Enough on his plate being president.

Seems like he's been President in name only for a long time. He's clearly not physically and mentally capable of running the office and barely was in 2020.

Trump isn't as spritely as he was in 2016-2020 but he's still got plenty of energy to do multiple rallies a day, talk for hours at a time, etc, regardless of how much you disagree with him and what comes out of his mouth.

I guess I'm just surprised that the President of the USA has barely publicly supported his friend Harris in what genuinely could be the most important election in US history - it's certainly the last time anybody will need to come up against Trump.

 

[Kurt.]

So what’s the latest forecast from the USA ?…….

Rain in the south

 

[Ruairi77]

I wish. That would be something like fall. It’s the first week of November and it’s supposed to be nearly 80° every day this week.

haha, yeah, halloween was balmy mid 70's in New England!
It was a scary kind of lovely!
Looking at 78 degrees on Wednsday in Boston in November.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Pittsburgh Footy]

Yeah I know that, but you at least get a good flavour for it. And I love watching it unfold over the course of the night in the US. The drama is exceptional.

It’s all fun and games from afar Trump wins and his people get their way.

It’ll destabilize the world. That’s not hyperbole

 

[RAFUH]

If no changes are made, Texas will not have OB-GYN residency programs or only very sketchy graduates. No one will want to train or practice in Texas.
Meaning Texas maternal and infant mortality will rise even more.

 

[GoldenToffee]

It’s all fun and games from afar Trump wins and his people get their way.

It’ll destabilize the world. That’s not hyperbole

I guess people will wonder why the world didn't end during his first Presidency.

You are more informed on this than me, so I'd like to ask what you see as being different and more dangerous with him now versus before - in terms of world security as you mention?

 

[PSB1]

What's your gut feeling about the result?

 

[LinekersLegs]

What's your gut feeling about the result?

I am concerned that many people (as demonstrated in this thread) are complacent on the threat Trump is to democracy and rule of law itself, above and beyond his awful policies.

My head is telling me that enough people will be repulsed by him for Harris to squeak a win, unfortunately my gut says Trump - obviously I will be delighted to be wrong!

 

[TN Toffee]

I guess people will wonder why the world didn't end during his first Presidency.

You are more informed on this than me, so I'd like to ask what you see as being different and more dangerous with him now versus before - in terms of world security as you mention?

There was some semblance of sanity during his first term because, even though I didn’t agree with their politics, he largely appointed serious people to his administration who adhered to norms and allowed the guardrails to function as designed. That won’t be the case this time. None of those types of people will be around him this time. All that will matter is loyalty to Dear Leader. A second Trump administration will probably be the likes of RFKjr, Elon Musk, Don Jr, and the MyPillow guy.

 

[davek]

I am concerned that many people (as demonstrated in this thread) are complacent on the threat Trump is to democracy and rule of law itself, above and beyond his awful policies.

My head is telling me that enough people will be repulsed by him for Harris to squeak a win, unfortunately my gut says Trump - obviously I will be delighted to be wrong!

Reservations I have are that the much vaunted massive women turn out isn't as massive as suggested/predicted and /or that there's a shy Trump vote that will turn out on the day of the election just like they did in 2016 and 2020.

I do think she'll take Michigan and Pennsylvania though and that should place a huge roadblock across Trump's path to the WH.

 

[efcste97]

What about diseases like polio and measles?

 

[RAFUH]

I am concerned that many people (as demonstrated in this thread) are complacent on the threat Trump is to democracy and rule of law itself, above and beyond his awful policies.

My head is telling me that enough people will be repulsed by him for Harris to squeak a win, unfortunately my gut says Trump - obviously I will be delighted to be wrong!

Same feeling as before an Everton match, but with much more dire consequences

 

[LinekersLegs]

What about diseases like polio and measles?

RFK already had a huge role in a bad measles outbreak

RFK Jr., Whose Misinformation Helped Cause a Measles Outbreak That Killed 83 People, Says Trump Has Promised Him “Control” of “Public Health Agencies”

Doesn’t feel like a great idea.

www.vanityfair.com

 

[RAFUH]

that there's a shy Trump vote that will turn out

I fully believe "undecideds" are Trump voters who won't admit to it.