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Jeßus[_56_]

On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 21:34:52 -0300, wrote:

>On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 09:28:27 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 25 Jun 2016 18:22:53 -0300, wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 26 Jun 2016 07:08:07 +1000, Jeßus > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Trump can only be bad. The only question would be just how bad. The
>>>>U.S desperately needs a maverick leader (ie, one not part of the
>>>>corporate program), but Trump sure isn't the answer. Of course, he
>>>>only got to where he is through his wealth funding his media campaign.
>>>>Imagine if he was just a nobody... no one would give him the time of
>>>>day.
>>>
>>>He is a dangerous wild card - the whole scenario currently makes me
>>>think of a Chinese expression, 'may you live in interesting times' -
>>>we are I think but the expression is not suggesting they will be nice
>>>times
>>
>>Certainly the most dangerous wild card (in a western country at least)
>>in my lifetime. By a long way. That said, I really can't see how he
>>could possibly get many of his lunatic ideas implemented, even if he
>>did become Prez.
>
>Well for starters, if you are Prez (or any country leader) first thing
>you must learn to do is hold your tongue - he's incapable of that.
>Diplomacy is there to avoid worse types of disputes.

Yes, it's not domestic U.S politics that concerns me the most, it's
foreign relations that's a real worry. You could hardly come up with a
more unsuited person for the role, imagine other nations trying to
engage with that peanut...

Anyway, I've said all along that I expect the democrats to win this
election and my opinion hasn't changed on that score.