Game Day US Election Day Thread - Trump 47th President of the United States

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[samFFC]

That is a lie. They did not endorse him.

Please do not blame Arabs for Trump winning across the nation.

Dems are going to have 10 million less votes nationwide.

1. There are 2m Arab Americans TOTAL.

2. The biggest numbers are in safe Blue states CA, NY.

3. Non-Christians voting strongly for her.

4. It was white people not voting for Harris that did it.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Will that crazy **** Elon Musk do a Trump and move from business to presidential candidacy?

I hope Elon gets a high profile role. The more public exposure he gets in terms of speaking and not just snipe-tweeting, the more the general public will realise that the guy is a total f***wit.

 

[LuvtheKangas]

Trump never said that.

He said disinfectant. Are you really going to run with semantics on this idiocy?

 

[bok_party]

Might be random, but quite profound, from a profound show



Ultimately it doesn’t matter if you’re “good” or “right” or “left”, you are what you do, the company you keep.

He constantly hosts conspiracy theorists (RFK, Terrence Howard, etc etc) and he doesn’t truly challenge guests when they say wrong things.

Whether he agrees or not, he gives those views massive mobilisation, views, shares on social media etc..

Similarly, he lightly pushes back on Trump re 2020 election, and then leaves that hanging, and endorses him a few days later.

Does it matter what his views “truly are”?
By his nature and audience size, he is giving endorsement to conspiracies, to bullshit right wing talking points, and says he doesn’t believe that peaceful transfer of power is important.
And that’s ok, he is allowed to do that. But to hide behind some vague idea of “just asking questions” is cowardly and BS.
There is no “deep down”.

Damn this is a great post.

I’ve felt a bit uncertain these days with family and friends who are pro-trump and whilst that isn’t bad in itself, it’s what his actions are and what he’s said and the fact these people don’t seem to have any issue or concern with it all.

Im a pretty chilled person and I can treat all kinds of people with respect but am I just as bad as them all if I still hang out with them even despite their support for a horrible human?

 

[samFFC]

Damn this is a great post.

I’ve felt a bit uncertain these days with family and friends who are pro-trump and whilst that isn’t bad in itself, it’s what his actions are and what he’s said and the fact these people don’t seem to have any issue or concern with it all.

Im a pretty chilled person and I can treat all kinds of people with respect but am I just as bad as them all if I still hang out with them even despite their support for a horrible human?

It’s so hard.
I definitely don’t think that you are, especially if you have raised some concerns to them.
And if there are specific topics or red lines, then you are entitled to those.
But I think it is natural to want to avoid friction in these circumstances, it’s just potentially getting more difficult.

The idea in the show is that he has definitely done terrible things, and he wants to be told he is still good deep down. He “needs to know I’m a good person” (noting of course he is a horse-man, not a person…. Side point!)
It’s a way of minimising things he has done, harm he has caused.

I assume you have other family and friends who you also spend time with.
And maybe that will become a bigger focus.
If you have kids, try to help them see why blind support for a wannabe dictator is bad. Try help protect vulnerable people you know, rather than deliberately expose them to harmful messages (like Rogan is doing).

 

[Suspense]

Have to hope people like Thiel and other businessmen can turn him from his more dangerous ideas, out of self-interest at the very least you'd think.

Thiel has been a supporter of the tariffs on China specifically.

I believe in free trade. I'm not in favor of tariffs, but I would make an exception for, you know, our one massive geopolitical and ideological rival.

Of course, when push comes to shove - it may be a different story. I can't see Trump walking them back though - it was probably the largest plank of his whole platform outside of immigration.

 

[Boxo004]

Won’t see out 2026. Will be the next presidential victim of the second amendment

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

That is a lie. They did not endorse him.

Please do not blame Arabs for Trump winning across the nation.

Dems are going to have 10 million less votes nationwide.

1. There are 2m Arab Americans TOTAL.

2. The biggest numbers are in safe Blue states CA, NY.

3. Non-Christians voting strongly for her.

4. It was white people not voting for Harris that did it.

It was the Latino vote that won it. Harris failed to shore up that base. It went up 50% for trump. And women vote went down for Harris as compared to trump.
Women and Latinos for trump .

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

I have a feeling trump will be assassinated and Vance will take over.

 

[Aristotle Pickett]

It's plain to see that the majority of Americans are racist and only out for themselves.