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US Politics

Eaglehamster said:
OK he was old but he left the economy of the US in reaonable health. He also had a considerable list of achievements during his term.

Anyway I do understand that all you have left to defend Trump is to denegrate his predecessor.
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Please give few examples of his achievements.

Kabul debacle, pardoning his family for anything and everything, waging lawfare?

I am not defending Trump who is flawed as is every politician, but, using his predecessor as an example of good governance is in my opinion not credible.

CNN said:

His legacy will also include higher national debt, a wider trade deficit and steeper costs for housing, health care, higher education and child care.

CNN!!!
 
Holywood has been awfully quiet about Trump adding tariffs to foreign made movies, I wonder why?

The studios will be upset as they love cheap foreign labour and tax subsidies for their films but are probably scared of upsetting The Donald.

As for the unions and the Hollywood workers they should be celebrating as this should mean more work for them however I doubt they can bring themselves to say anything nice about Trump hence the silence.

As for the UK film industry I suspect this could be a major hit as we rely on US film-makers using our facilities.
 
Badger11 said:
Holywood has been awfully quiet about Trump adding tariffs to foreign made movies, I wonder why?

The studios will be upset as they love cheap foreign labour and tax subsidies for their films but are probably scared of upsetting The Donald.

As for the unions and the Hollywood workers they should be celebrating as this should mean more work for them however I doubt they can bring themselves to say anything nice about Trump hence the silence.

As for the UK film industry I suspect this could be a major hit as we rely on US film-makers using our facilities.
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Still a lot of confusion around exactly how this works.

Personally, if it's all at face value, while I acknowledge that there will be transitional economic difficulties for us - in other words downsizing - longer term I regard this as quite a good thing for the British consumer market insomuch as we will get British movies made that aren't designed for the US slop culture market but something uniquely British in nature that reflects what we are.

On second thoughts....that might have been good forty years ago....but not now.....So...Oh feck.
 
HKOwen said:
Please give few examples of his achievements.

Kabul debacle, pardoning his family for anything and everything, waging lawfare?

I am not defending Trump who is flawed as is every politician, but, using his predecessor as an example of good governance is in my opinion not credible.

CNN said:

His legacy will also include higher national debt, a wider trade deficit and steeper costs for housing, health care, higher education and child care.

CNN!!!
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What the hell is that?!

What, do you mean putting Trump in court to answer his charges?

The only unfair thing about all of his legal wranglings is that he's had the money to be exempt, to be able to buy immunity. He got away scot-free for inciting, yes inciting the attack, of January 6th because he is now president. Then he pardons all those law - breakers for their crimes. Not bad for someone espousing 'law and order'.

Lawfare. haha.

I see a local burglar, caught red-handed, was freed by the courts, who accused the police of lawfare. Haha. You people with your right-wing goggles. Haha.
 
PalazioVecchio said:
Universities are now a hot-bed of leftie woke dogma.

And Trump has frozen the money from Harvard.

nice.

Watch all the purple-haired bolt-nosed loons running around in an apoplexy. Now that the real World has rattled their Ivory Towers. Had they moderated their views, for the last twenty years, maybe they wouldnt have suffered a Conservative backlash.
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Yeah, agree.

It's the nose rings and purple hair that are the problems.

The rabid right strikes again Haha.

Nice one Crystalo.
 
Teddy Eagle said:
Americans may not be so convinced of Trump's collapse.

nypost.com

Trump would still beat Harris in 2024 revote, survey finds — despite president’s flagging polls

According to the Emerson College poll of registered voters, 94% of Trump voters said they would do so again if they were given the chance to go back in time to Nov. 5 knowing what they know now.
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Trump is literally doing what he said he would. It's absolutely no surprise to many of his voters. He is literally fulfilling his mandate.
 
Teddy Eagle said:
Americans may not be so convinced of Trump's collapse.

nypost.com

Trump would still beat Harris in 2024 revote, survey finds — despite president’s flagging polls

According to the Emerson College poll of registered voters, 94% of Trump voters said they would do so again if they were given the chance to go back in time to Nov. 5 knowing what they know now.
nypost.com nypost.com
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The devil being in the detail, as ever. This poll only surveyed registered voters. Which excludes over 30% of the total. A high number of whom are likely to be independents.

It’s unsurprising that neither the die hard MAGA base nor Democrats will have changed their minds. It would be much more likely, in my opinion, for the independents to have done so.

Thus the apparent discrepancy between this poll and those that look at the voters as a whole is laid bare. It’s yet another distortion by the right. Trump is slipping.
 
Wisbech Eagle said:
The devil being in the detail, as ever. This poll only surveyed registered voters. Which excludes over 30% of the total. A high number of whom are likely to be independents.

It’s unsurprising that neither the die hard MAGA base nor Democrats will have changed their minds. It would be much more likely, in my opinion, for the independents to have done so.

Thus the apparent discrepancy between this poll and those that look at the voters as a whole is laid bare. It’s yet another distortion by the right. Trump is slipping.
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So they should have surveyed unregistered voters?
 
Teddy Eagle said:
They did. Since the intention was to discover how many might have changed their mind what was the point in asking people who hadn't voted in the first place?
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Perhaps because as they are impacted as everyone else by the policies being followed their opinions matter. Not voting in 2024 doesn’t mean no vote in 2025. The polling that shows his approval rating sliding doesn’t come out of thin air.

The very fact that 6% of those who did vote for him now admit they won’t is more than a straw in the wind. Asking people if they approve of policies and getting them to admit they were wrong are two very different questions. It’s too early for many to admit a mistake. They will confirm disapproval of policies but still want to “give him a chance”. Only when they feel some pain will the pendulum really start to swing.
 
Wisbech Eagle said:
Perhaps because as they are impacted as everyone else by the policies being followed their opinions matter. Not voting in 2024 doesn’t mean no vote in 2025. The polling that shows his approval rating sliding doesn’t come out of thin air.

The very fact that 6% of those who did vote for him now admit they won’t is more than a straw in the wind. Asking people if they approve of policies and getting them to admit they were wrong are two very different questions. It’s too early for many to admit a mistake. They will confirm disapproval of policies but still want to “give him a chance”. Only when they feel some pain will the pendulum really start to swing.
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There are any number of opinion polls to track his popularity. This one was specifically to assess how many voters have changed their mind. That some don't like the outcome because it doesn't fit their preconceptions is neither here nor there.
 
HKOwen said:
Please give few examples of his achievements.

Kabul debacle, pardoning his family for anything and everything, waging lawfare?

I am not defending Trump who is flawed as is every politician, but, using his predecessor as an example of good governance is in my opinion not credible.

CNN said:

His legacy will also include higher national debt, a wider trade deficit and steeper costs for housing, health care, higher education and child care.

CNN!!!
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Maybe just one?
 
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