US Election November 5th

[Spectric]

There is probably a downside to Trump wining for woodworkers and that is there will be no happy relationship with Starmer and who knows what could happen to trade so if thinking of buying American products like a nice Jessem router table for xmas then don't hang around.

 

[John Brown]

There is probably a downside to Trump wining for woodworkers and that is there will be no happy relationship with Starmer and who knows what could happen to trade so if thinking of buying American products like a nice Jessem router table for xmas then don't hang around.

As has been pointed out elsewhere:

A) A grown up president would put the benefit to his country above some personal slight.

B) Trump has selected a man who once likened him to Hitler, as his running mate. So either he's a very forgiving person, a very forgetful person, or someone who changes his mind when subjected to a bit of flattery.

P.S. "whining" has an 'h' in it.

 

[Blackswanwood]

They did everything in their power to bring him down during his term in office.

Not sure if that is a criticism you are levelling at them. If it is it’s a touch ironic given some of your rants about the current PM?

 

[Croolis]

If you were hoping to offend me with your post then sadly you wasted your time as I don't value your opinion or those of others with your mindset enough to be offended by such nonsense, plus much more eloquent people have tried that without success..

It's got absolutely nothing to do with narcissism, you may not understand this but it's to do with me having the pride and a willingness to succeed where others have failed or can't be bothered and to achieve the goals I set myself as do many others with a similar determination and outlook. Failure was simply never an option for me.

However judging from your post I suspect that is something you just won't understand nor the motivation behind wanting to be a success at what I and other likeminded people do. It's to do with pride and principles something which I also suspect evades you.

Personally I couldn't give a monkey's what others achieve or what wealth they have as it doesn't interest me nor make me feel remotely envious of them which unfortunately is the true motivation behind most of the attacks on the wealthy.
I don't envy anyone's money or wealth as I don't have a socialist mentality! Money/wealth/materialism has never been that important to me throughout my life as long as I've earned enough for my needs. Others may look at things differently but for me there are far more important things in life other than wealth and money. I've never begrudged anyone doing better than me irrespective of how they achieved their wealth.

Envy is certainly not a virtue but if people fail to grasp opportunities when they arise which will improve their quality of life if they put in the effort then that isn't my problem. If they choose not to make an effort to improve their jobs opportunities/quality of life I certainly don't look down on them but I feel sorry that they are missing out but as the saying goes,' you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink'...

TL;DR.

I won't comment any more 'cos Noel will take me to my happy place and I won't get any guttering advice. You enjoy yourself.

 

[danst96]

America has a weak political system that allows vested interests to influence power.

The system favours the Republicans, so if it was destroyed it might result in a stronger political system.

The result is that ordinary working Americans have a worse standard of living than many other countries….don’t you want to change that?

Funny you say that when the democratic party is propped up by some of the most wealthy Americans who quite clearly have a fairly substantial say in what goes on even though they are not "directly" in politics. I.E Warren Buffett.

If you think all levels and all areas of government In US or UK or anywhere else for that matter are not massively influenced by a small select group of very wealthy people and governments, you are delusional. UK has the same issues, people are just more blind to it and have a "surely it can't happen in my back yard" mentality. Governments stopped governing purely for the people a long time ago.