Donald J Trump

I take your point pompa.
Trying to think of a printable word to describe him now.

What a poisonous and obnoxious character Trump is. How I hope to see the wonderful, intelligent and thoughtful Hillary Rodham Clinton as first female president of the USA! She respects her electorate, as Obama does; Trump respects nobody and especially not women...

There was an article by someone who used to work for him, who says that he never expected to do this well. It was just supposed to be a wakeup call to the establishment. He only expected to get about 20%, which would have been enough, according to them, to make them think again.

I hope that I wake up tomorrow and find that it was an April Fool!

His views may be idiotic, but I fear he is no idiot, he knows exactly what he is trying to achieve.

We can express an opinion on the man's views surely. They're idiotic.
As for him, he's an idiot.

man! not men

Lazigirl DH just read that out to me in astonishment.
I did ask about what punishment should be meted out to the men for getting the woman pregnant in the first place.

Surely he couldn't become ... can't even say the word, it is an insult to the office to associate his name with it.

None of us have lived in America for 10 years as far as I know. Let alone more years than that.

If we flipped it over, are there any of us here that think that Americans would be better qualified than us to say they can say our politics more clearly? What would we say if they told us how to vote about Jeremy Corbyn?

I see he said that women should be "punished" for having abortions but when challenged couldn't say how. He didn't think the men involved should be, but I believe he has back tracked now he realises what an outrage it has caused. Sadly as far as he is concerned all publicity is good publicity. I suppose it is encouraging that it caused an outrage.

ajenela Saying "with all due respect" before saying "you don't know what you're talking about" does not indicate respect. I think your friend has got a cheek to talk to you like that. It is sometimes people "on the outside" of a situation who can see it more clearly.

I honestly don't understand how anyone can support Trump - however disenchanted they are with more mainstream politicians. He is an arrogant, rude bully who isn't, as he purports, a "self made man " and who is setting up people to hate one another.

It may well be an act to get elected, but if it isn't and he is elected, I think it's a very frightening prospect.

I don't want to even imagine that Elegran

That would make it a gamble what disastrous decisions he would take to stay in power for a second term.

Doesn't say much for the mentality of the average Anerican voter though , does it?

Though - I don't imagine there's any difference between them and us and the rest of the world.

It may be that Trump is merely doing What It Takes To Get Elected. Cynical - but the first job is always to GET elected.

I have an English friends, who are now American citizens and they are fully supporting Trump. How they can speak about immigrates as that is what they ate, and being born in the 50's they had the full benifit of the UK welfare state which gave them good health care and a good education to get good employment.

They live in the Bible Belt and have become very active members in their church, which looking at the photos seems to be very white .

She says to me "With all due respect, you don't know what you are talking about."
And I admit I am not living in their situation but ......

I also have many Americans friends living in Europe and they are horrified by Trump. Unfortunately Trump is saying a lot of things people in the US want to hear.

It is scary.

I think the President can press the button without consulting anyone. After all if the president thought they were under attack he would have no time to call a meeting.

The way people seem to vote for him seems very much like the way so many are voting for the exploration ship to be called Boaty Boatface - as though they think "He appears iconoclastic and a change from the rather stick-in-the-mud snobbish establishment so I'll go for that!"

But making him president of the most powerful country in the world is a far cry from giving a cheerful and irreverent name to a working boat!

Who compared them just because of their outspokenness and looks? Not me.

I would just hate a world where either of them are in charge of their respective countries; both in charge is very frightening.

www.fullfact.org.uk has lots of factchecks on Boris. He doesn't come out very well in them.
Boris has difficulty stating his case to a committee of MPs. He even tries bluster there. He's been incompetent in running London. What chance for the country?

I saw the most apt comment/meme on Trump,
'American citizens you think this is an election, it's actually an IQ test'
Lets hope they see sense before it's too late

I just think Donald Trump is a joke, and could be a very dangerous president. He uses his personality to whip up a sense of euphoria and well being among his captive electorate. I feel for the future of our grandkids if this idiot is elected. He and Putin are of the same belief. (Communists)

Trump is just too scary. What is even more scary is that he has hoodwinked so many and has 'got away with'/been applauded for his truly dreadful behaviour. I think megalomania is indeed what he suffers from.

Good article on Can Trump be stopped

I think it is lazy thinking to compare Trump and Johnson just because both are outspoken and look similar.

Trump is a danger to us all. He is not a political thinker just a fool who opens his mouth and it all pours out. Boris is not such a twit as he would have you believe. Not that I am that keen on him either.

Boris has been less than complementary about him...

Just seen a newspaper headline saying that Boris is on target to replace Cameron.

Just imagine, Boris and Donald!