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It looks as if Trump will win now

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lemongrove Wed 04-Nov-20 08:05:28

Looking at the figures, it seems very likely that Trump has won a second term.How that will affect the world remains to be seen.?

pollyperkins Wed 04-Nov-20 13:43:50

Those big trump tallies with thousands yelling & cheering remind me a lot of Hitlers rallies

Whitewavemark2 Wed 04-Nov-20 13:46:51

rosecarmel

It ain't over till it's over ?

How’s it looking where you are?

Galaxy Wed 04-Nov-20 13:53:08

Biden has received more of the popular vote than Obama- is this right?

B9exchange Wed 04-Nov-20 14:12:19

I find it incredible that a country as technologically advanced as the USA is unable to count all its votes and declare a result within a few hours of the close of the election. This hanging on for days, with both sides claiming victory just fans the flames of uncertainty and builds resentment.

sparklingsilver28 Wed 04-Nov-20 14:23:14

Whitewavemark2 Join the club - I have been an alien in my country for the last 30 years.

It never ceases to puzzle me this obsession with the USA. Surely it is up to the American nation to decide who becomes P.

sparklingsilver28 Wed 04-Nov-20 14:26:18

Whitewavemark2 Join the club - I have been an alien in my country for the last 30 years.

It never ceases to puzzle me this obsession with the USA.

petra Wed 04-Nov-20 14:29:39

B9exchange
It might be the home of the tech giants but their average internet speed is slow. They rank 11th out of the top 25 countries. 35-36 Mbps. Not good. As Donald would say ?

suelld Wed 04-Nov-20 14:30:12

I just don't understand how anyone can think the orange misogynistic, racist, white supremacist, woman abusing LIAR is a fit President for anyone - let alone President of the United States. I am gutted if he wins again as it looks likely.

Debs551964 Wed 04-Nov-20 14:36:26

Kandinsky I totally agree with your comment. I like trump and garage...... Two politicians who speak their mind and I hope Trump wins. The younger of the two.... The other looks like he's almost at his death bed!! He makes me laugh.... Face full of botox I can only just about read his facial expressions ????

Lucca Wed 04-Nov-20 14:46:21

Garage indeed. Mostly full of junk.

Gwyneth Wed 04-Nov-20 14:47:07

I don’t think Trump can win looking at the latest figures.
Trump 213 and Biden 224.

grannyrebel7 Wed 04-Nov-20 14:59:52

We were on cruise a few years ago and had some lovely Americans on our table. Then we found out they absolutely worshipped Trump! We didn't know what to say to them. Being lefties it was unbelievable to us that they could think so much of this man! Don't like to say it but I think he will win.

Oldbat1 Wed 04-Nov-20 15:04:51

Please please don’t let Trump win! What a disgraceful man. Johnson and him make just the most awful awful pairing. Can’t understand how he has survived without someone or something drastic happening to him. I want to hide behind the sofa as it is so frightening.

Oopsminty Wed 04-Nov-20 15:11:44

I think Biden will win.

However there will be trouble ahead

Recounts and legal shenanigans

I also fail to understand how USA seem to be unable to count their votes in a timely fashion

The UK seem to be in a race to see who can declare first

Yes, USA is massive. But it has a massive population. I heard one state had sent its counters home for the evening! Another state has said they won't start to count until tomorrow, 5pm GMT. Why?

Why not have them working on a shift to enable constant counting?

This attitude leaves themselves open to calls of fraud and such like.

Baffling.

dorabelle100 Wed 04-Nov-20 15:13:43

I think Trump"s great......please please, for the UK and the world's peace he must win

Whitewavemark2 Wed 04-Nov-20 15:19:12

dorabelle100

I think Trump"s great......please please, for the UK and the world's peace he must win

????

Jane10 Wed 04-Nov-20 15:19:27

Trump can't 'win'. He can only seize victory thus making America no better than a banana republic.

oldgoat Wed 04-Nov-20 15:22:41

I worry that if Trump is elected Boris Johnson will opt for a no-deal Brexit and try to negotiate trade deals instead with the USA.
Remember Trump saying that 'nothing is off the table' in trade negotiations, including the NHS.

dorabelle100 Wed 04-Nov-20 15:24:10

im amazed anyone would vote for Biden - he's senile for a start and all that sniffing women and young girls hair - there's something really unpalatable about him

Tweedle24 Wed 04-Nov-20 15:29:05

Sparklingsilver28 Of course we are ‘obsessed’ with the USA’s election. As we keep being reminded, The US is the most powerful of the Western countries. What happens there affects all of us.

Hithere Wed 04-Nov-20 15:35:45

Dorabelle

Trump has assaulted multiple women over decades

How unpalatable does it make him?

Whitewavemark2 Wed 04-Nov-20 15:36:36

So at the moment it looks as if Biden in pulling ahead in at least a couple of the rust belt states. Wisconsin and Minnesota. That would give him 10. + 16 +238= 264.
Nevada looks as though it is going for Biden that’s another 6

Total 270!! Bingo!!

Grandma70s Wed 04-Nov-20 15:37:39

I missed who it was, but someone on television described it as a choice between bad and very bad. Sums it up nicely.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 04-Nov-20 15:39:18

Grandma70s

I missed who it was, but someone on television described it as a choice between bad and very bad. Sums it up nicely.

It is the damage that can be done by the very bad that you’ve got to think about though.

Tillybelle Wed 04-Nov-20 15:45:46

I've been listening live on ABC/Twitter all day and nobody yet knows!

From what they are saying this might drag on with court cases as well. The longer it takes the more harm it will do the USA and the rest of the world in fact. This is a very difficult time.