General Chat

Yep,

he pays more than that to the ex's so dont need it.

I think this was more a power thing than a real desire of care about the man on the street with holes in his shoes,,,,,,,,he cant get much bigger than he is so a novel way to spend his time walking round the WH....

I wonder how hes going to devote to his buisnesses..........although hes trained his daughter well who looks after many things........but he still has his hand on the button.

anyway didnt the Electoral College have the final say who went forward ?...they chose him.

Billionaire U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Thursday he does not want the $400,000 annual salary that comes with the White House job and would turn it down if elected.

Anybody believe him ???? ;-) ;-) ;-)

A case against Trump goes to trial on Nov 28

Donald Trump is scheduled to go on trial this month in a class-action lawsuit against him and his now-defunct Trump University, potentially taking the witness stand weeks before his inauguration as president of the United States.

The judge is U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the Indiana-born jurist who was accused of bias by Trump during the campaign for his Mexican heritage.

There is a hearing today to give jury instructions and determine evidence to be allowed at the trial.

Among the requests for evidence to be heard or not (from both sides) is a highly unusual petition by Trump's attorneys to exclude any statements made by or about their client during the presidential campaign. The request would apply to Trump's tweets, a video of Trump making sexually predatory comments about women, his tax history, revelations about his private charitable foundation, and public criticisms about the judge in the case.


In addition, there is apparently a new lawsuit about to be filed .............. Remember the photo tweeted by Donald Trump Jr showing a bowl of Skittles and comparing it to Syrian refugees??

The man who took that photo is suing Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., and vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence for copyright infringement.

David Kittos, an expert photographer and former Cypriot refugee, says he never gave permission and never would give permission for his photo to be used in the ad. He lives in Surrey, England

I am not saying he is the perfect candidate to run the US but the people have chosen him and that's that!

All my family and friends are aghast but they aren't within the demographic groups who favoured Trump.

However, the majority also dislike Clinton and know that any more digging into her financial backers and *cough* charitable foundations may prove extremely inconvenient.

I'm more interested to see if the usual suspects can force Trump into supporting their foreign policy agendas. I saw earlier that an Israeli spokesman said it will be the end of the 2 state solution, well I hope not!

Sue ..... that is definitely true!!

When you have been a businessman with a reputation for wheeling dealing and suspicious deals, and are a man accused of sexually assaulting and verbally demeaning women, then it is always possible that someone will get up the courage to file a legal case against you.

In Trump's case, it seems that other millionaires and billionaires who do business with him almost never repeat the experience.

In the case of the women, those who have so far come forward have been subject to more derogatory remarks. I wonder if any will want to go further?


He is reported as having a vile temper, and can change from genial to vile in an instant if someone upsets him, asks him the wrong question, does not do what he wants, etc.

Wonder when that will happen in the White House, and who will be the first recipient?

It was very obvious who they were. I'm not naïve and don't need lessons on what the media can be like, thanks. It was a UK TV crew, not American.

When people volunteer the information that they will arm themselves and take over if Hillary wins, I tend to believe that's the type of cretin they are. Wild eyed and frothing at the mouth but very dangerous in a country where anyone can get a gun.

And stupid enough to say it when they are being recorded.

Stupidity and guns are not a good mix, especially at a Trump rally.

As my son tells me, do not believe anyone you see on US TV is genuine unless they show the interviewer their a) Social Security Number b) drivers license c) tax return lolol and scarily he may be right.

Okay well what I meant was if the TV crews had asked the right people they would have got that answer too....like the BBC etc the US news is very bias when it wants to be and you as the viewer only see what they want you to see. Yes you have friends in the US but again they only see what they see. There is no way there isn't some supporter of Hillary who is a nutter too. Reporters/pollsters/whom ever can pick and choose who they want to show/report on.

I'm not. I haven't seen or heard them say so, and I think it would have been reported if they had made the same sort of threats at the Trumpers.

And I have seen and heard the Trumpers issue threats on the news, several times.

Well I'm sure some of her supporters would say the same thing too !!

But it was Trump supporters who said they'd storm the White House armed, not Hillary's.

Again.....there are plenty of people with guns that support Hillary......it's always dangerous times in the US as far as guns go.

I'm a bit concerned about how the gun crazies will react when he doesn't keep his promises. They were threatening to storm the White House if Hillary won.

Dangerous times.

Yes, I believe something like 49.6 % didn't vote and in all honestly mostly because they liked neither person...sad because usually you can support someone enough to bother voting.

Regarding the turnout, according to this link, the percentage who voted in 2012 was 58.6%
http://www.electproject.org/2012g

A different site says 54.87%
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/turnout.php

If that rate*has* fallen, perhaps a number of people decided they couldn't support either candidate?

Compare it to the UK General Elections in the last decade
2015 - 66.1%
2010 - 65.1%
2005 - 61.4%
http://www.ukpolitical.info/2010.htm

Mrs Clinton got a real good 'trashing' on BBC TV last week.

There's still a chance he'll be on trial soon, my US friends tell me.

There have been marches against Trump already under - not my president.

California - reports say looking at Calexit:-0

http://www.businessinsider.com/calexit-explainer-california-plans-to-secede-2016-11

Sad but true Dermot....one day maybe they'll wake up vote and it might matter !

"The single most serious illness infecting the body politic in the UK, or elsewhere, is the philosophy – if one can call it that – which says "Why bother voting. We can't change anything".