Anti-Trump Demonstration Today

Oh I was under the impression that it was all about what came out of his mouth

your DH is right, and is a realist.It may have given all concerned a grand day out and felt good, but won't achieve a thing.
Most marches have a 'goal' which may or may not be achieved, but these anti Trump marches are just objecting to him being the President and as he is already the President,.....

after all she married one!

I expect Melania will be quite used to being goosed by old letches.

Good for you LondonMzFitz really wish I could have been with you

He's a tad tottery these days though. I think his mo-jo may be bit weak

Perhaps he'll try to goose Melania... Our Phil always did have an eye for the ladies...

I hope he does!

I hope her hubby doesn't say anything inappropriate!

Thank goodness for Her Majesty!
Now she has to plaster a smile on her face and greet him.
I wonder if she will have one of her apposite greetings ready?

Well, they must like each other and have things in common for the friendship to have continued - people don't necessarily become friends just because their dads know each other.
The Clintons and the Trumps (whichever Mrs Trump it was then ) have always been friendly haven't they? Until now

Let's face it, Bill and Don have quite a lot in common.

the founding fathers did do quite a reasonable job of curtailing the President's absolute power

They did try but it results in President belonging to the majority party in Congress has more power than President belonging to the minority party as the latter's policies can be more easily blocked.

They copied the British model apparently but their error was to make the Head of State the head of the Executive (government) whereas in the Brit model the Monarch was(supposedly) non political Head of State and appointed his Executive from the party in Parliament likely to command a Parliamentary majority.

Maybe Trump's daughter wouldn't have been a friend of Chelsea Clinton if Trump hadn't supported Bill Clinton in the late 1990s. He even played golf with him.

I was there too yesterday. There were people attending against climate change, pay equality, LGBT rights, but in the main against Trump.

I set out saying I don't know what it would achieve. I despise Trump and all he stands for. To spend a Saturday walking the streets of London to publicly show my distress at his being voted into one if not the most important political offices in the world seemed a small but important thing to do.

And is Hillary seen as an enabler over there?
No help to women?

It all seems a bit muddled. And muddied. Just like politics!

Is it like over here, in that essentially money comes first [trump is saying about making america great again], immigration second[building the wall], and everything else comes after that?

Well our lot in San Diego have been marching about women's rights etc. However, one of our nieces pointed out that 20% of Clintons funding came via Saudi Arabia so her lot can't be that principled about the rights of women imho.

It's all a mess but like here, People seem to be taking greater interest in political matters.

Little Englander = Little Britainer = racist and xenophobic if you are not british

Other than that, happy to answer your posts, but not on this thread which is about something else.

I don't know a great deal about the American Constitution, but from what I do know about it, the founding fathers did do quite a reasonable job of curtailing the President's absolute power - in theory, at least.

His DD is a friend of Chelsea Clinton. Trump has said he wished they were not friends, as it made his life more difficult!

Protest isn't going to stop.

action.hopenothate.org.uk/page/s/join-the-resistance

He has threatened to prosecute the media....

Is the media over there dishonest?

He does say it over and over again.

If they are, then perhaps he should prosecute them.

Anyone know of a USA[non biased - some hope, but thought I would ask!] chat forum in the USA?

It would be interesting to lurk on it.

Let's hope so, Jalima. And then there is the Senate and House of Representatives.

sorry, me too, Trump has been trumped temporarily.

Back to the OP.

People have let him know what they think of his views in no uncertain terms so perhaps his family will keep him on the straight and narrow morally and they will have to rely on Congress to steer him politically.

I understood his DD is was a friend of Chelsea Clinton.

Perhaps Ivanka could be the one to pull him up if he continues with his misogyny.

Let's go back to Trump and the original question on this OP.

Based on today's response from the White House re the size of crowds and the "lies" of the media, can the world assume that basic freedoms ( i.e.speech, freedom of the press, etc.) will not be curtailed by Trump? He has threatened to prosecute the media....

I hope we can and that the checks and balances incorporated in the American Constitution will guarantee that measured responses rule over tweeting rhetoric and emotional, spleenatic over-reaction. And that the rule of law prevails.

So, we keep on protesting, when we do not not agree with words spoken and actions taken. And we keep on reporting the truth, although this may have many interpretations....