Escape Goat
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Oh, so this is still happening, huh? Damn. I was hoping it was all a terrible dream...
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Donald J. Trump elected 45th President of the United States
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What is the issue with globalisation now?
Fox Mulder
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While his VP believes in conversion therapy.
This is worse than Brexit.
Hahaha... Who do you think will propose supreme court justices for him?
Robert J. Sullivan
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Greetings and congratulations to all of my American friends for this victory 
SchrodingerC
Member
Ginsburg unfortunately is the most likely SC justice to retire first. Beyer may be able to hold on for the 4 years.
Why didn't people on the left vote more when the Supreme Court is at stake? The fools basically ruined the one chance to build a more progressive SC.
Not sure if you noticed but Trump's possible cabinet member choices are all old and corrupt. Things won't really change.
Vastly worse than Brexit.
lemmykoopa
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Just a reminder for you Americans who say Trump is a racist piece of shit: Trump never came even close to saying what some extreme right wing politicians here in Europe have said about other ethnic groups.
kavanf1
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How can anyone believe a word the man says when he has just successfully lied his way into office? He's claiming America now needs to unite - for vast numbers of the population, this is the equivalent to having spent months being growled at by a vicious dog that's eager to tear your throat open, and then being told now you have to join it in its kennel.
We have a shitty right-wing government here too, so I wouldn't advise it.
What are you trying to say?
As always, he just says whatever is convenient at the moment. We really have no idea what he's actually going to do... Unless he gives the charge to Pence, in which case you can make some accurate assessments
Monocle
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Greetings and congratulations to all of my American friends for this victory
Just a racist sexist bully who approves of sexual assault, war crimes, and torture. Hurray!
P.S. His cabinet will be packed to the brim with corrupt heartless soulless politicians, so chew on that once you've emptied your mouth of vacuous comments.
Fox Mulder
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Obamacare sucks. So does rewarding the party that caused it to fail and never improve.
Well Trump hired on a buuuuunch of corrupt politicians. Amazing how that worked out, right?
TheOfficeMut
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How realistic is it that Roe v Wade gets overturned?
The justices Trump will appoint will likely sit for 30 years. Very likely.
ClosingADoor
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Saying Mexicans are criminals and rapist is pretty much in line with it.
You're correct that it's like Brexit in that sense, but not in a polling sense. Brexit was in a dead heat or ahead on the day of the vote and aside from that one Reuters exit poll, there is nothing indicating Trump was ahead.
His supporters are in for a rude awakening. The sort of policies, if you want to call them that, that he wants to enact will never get past congress, who has lobbyist and corporations to answer to.
Poetic.Injustice
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There's this:
https://twitter.com/mikeFAIL/status/796233153820012545
Not the video but the expressions on their faces tell a story.
YuriLowell
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I know that, but most people don't.
Whom_Gods_Annoy
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Reversal of the century.
Funky Papa
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It wasn't so long ago that I read a fairly prescient article in the WaPo (I think it was the WaPo) where they pointed that this is the most radically united the GOP has ever been, even if their candidate was an outsider.
It doesn't matter if they like Trump or not. They saw the opportunity to finally go nuts and they seized it. And unlike previous Republicans, the current batch has no sense of office nor public service.
At least they're not running the country...
intheinbetween
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Maybe I'm not reading it right, but wait, so, Trump isn't a corrupt businessman?
Do you really think Trump could be a honest politician? This question boggles my mind, just because he isn't even a politician, he's been a bussinesman, but whatever.
Not going anywhere, and neither is gay marriage. Anyone telling you otherwise is fear mongering.
9:30 ET, I think.
Exactly this.
The parallels to Brexit in terms of voting methodology should give the whole of Europe pause, particularly France and Germany with their forthcoming dates in the diary. Focusing on attacking the personality of Donald in relation to his win is futile, yet to many it's the easiest way to currently vent.
We were told Brexit couldnt happen - it happened.
We were told Donald couldn't win - he won.
Globally we've got a big immediate ideological problem that transcends politics of the day.
Wow, all the Trump supporters are coming in droves now.
How do you sin against republicans though. They've sown time and time again they can do whatever the fuck they want, and they'll gain votes.
Block Obama on whatever he does? Gain votes.
Have a shitbag racist candidate? Gain votes.
Be super socially behind the times? Gain votes.
It doesn't make sense, and I don't know where to even start to deal with it. Sure if we had an Obama-like candidate it would work, but Obama was one in a million ad far as presidential candidates go. It didn't help the house two years later, either.
I just don't know where to even start, not less where to work towards.
None of that has any bearing on Trump still being a racist piece of shit so what's your point.
Ray Wonder
Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
I guess I should start going to church n shit and believing in Christian values if I want to fit in for these four years
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Perfect Blue
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Can I get a link to Obama's statement?
Pai Pai Master
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That's basically the story of last night. Theyre all here now to tell us to deal with it.
Monocle
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Just look at the DISASTER he dumped in their laps. It's no exaggeration to say that every single bad outcome that results from their decisions over the next four years will be totally his fault!
Have you seen his campaign?
I'm sure he's scrambling to assemble the fairest most bipartisan cabinet possible, lol.
First-past-the-post is rubbish, especially when the results in many states were on a knife-edge, and that knife-edge now doesn't matter.
But at least now, the pent-up frustrations of half the electorate can now be relieved. If liberty is guillotined in the meanwhile, at least the left will have something to fight for next time rather than merely the refinement of good social systems and the maintenance of the status quo.
If Trump is everything that we fear, then he will do more to strengthen the left than anything the Democratic Party can do. Yet Trump's endemic inconsistency means we may not be as badly off as we can vent and shrilly declare we are. But it's a dear cost in the meantime, with four years and potentially three Supreme Court seats as tribute. This is an L if for nothing else but the Senate and the House, but with an enigma in the Oval Office, we can presume nothing of the future.
We can't take his words to mean anything. We can only wait and see what he'll do.
But at least now, the pent-up frustrations of half the electorate can now be relieved. If liberty is guillotined in the meanwhile, at least the left will have something to fight for next time rather than merely the refinement of good social systems and the maintenance of the status quo.
If Trump is everything that we fear, then he will do more to strengthen the left than anything the Democratic Party can do. Yet Trump's endemic inconsistency means we may not be as badly off as we can vent and shrilly declare we are. But it's a dear cost in the meantime, with four years and potentially three Supreme Court seats as tribute. This is an L if for nothing else but the Senate and the House, but with an enigma in the Oval Office, we can presume nothing of the future.
We can't take his words to mean anything. We can only wait and see what he'll do.
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