US Presidential Election 2020

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jimibt
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Euler wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:03 pm
Trump really going to go the whole hog on this and try to sue his way to a second term. Remarkable.

US making itself a basket case on the world stage.
next step, he'll call in the state troopers to *protect* democracy !! fact is stranger than fiction sometimes.
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Euler
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I can see that happening. You can see him calling for an uprising if he doesn't get his way.

I mean how on earth is he going to welcome the next president to the white house? Surely that just isn't going to happen, he will just refuse to leave.
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jimibt
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Euler wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:16 pm
I can see that happening. You can see him calling for an uprising if he doesn't get his way.

I mean how on earth is he going to welcome the next president to the white house? Surely that just isn't going to happen, he will just refuse to leave.
yup, don't airmail off the hobnobs just yet...
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Euler wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:16 pm
I can see that happening. You can see him calling for an uprising if he doesn't get his way.

I mean how on earth is he going to welcome the next president to the white house? Surely that just isn't going to happen, he will just refuse to leave.
If he loses Trump will take defeat as a humiliation so its going to be fascinating to watch what he'll do in his last few months in power.

He'll probably crap in the bed in his last night in the White House!
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Euler
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Trader Pat wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:35 pm
He'll probably crap in the bed in his last night in the White House!
Scorched earth policy activated.
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Euler wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:36 pm
Trader Pat wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:35 pm
He'll probably crap in the bed in his last night in the White House!
Scorched earth policy activated.
:D
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Derek27
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If Trump refuses to leave the Whitehouse wouldn't Biden get sworn in anyway and take command of the country and the military, should he need it? ;)
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Derek27
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It looks like Trump's delusions are spreading to his supporters. :lol:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54811410
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jimibt
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:24 pm
It looks like Trump's delusions are spreading to his supporters. :lol:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54811410
really!?! - gobsmacked -lol
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Derek27
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I take it Republicans don't have pens and can only use the ones given to them. Next they'll be claiming they were given invisible pens and invisible ballot papers and thought their vote would count. :lol:
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Euler wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:36 pm
Trader Pat wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:35 pm
He'll probably crap in the bed in his last night in the White House!
Scorched earth policy activated.
Skid row or Skid marks...what's the difference?...
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jimibt
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wearthefoxhat wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:53 pm
Euler wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:36 pm
Trader Pat wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 3:35 pm
He'll probably crap in the bed in his last night in the White House!
Scorched earth policy activated.
Skid row or Skid marks...what's the difference?...
i'd imagine the faketan residue will hide it nicely -as it always does!
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jimibt
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biden now 253 vs 214 Trump (not official yet, projected on BBC news)

hmm ;)
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:07 pm
If Trump refuses to leave the Whitehouse wouldn't Biden get sworn in anyway and take command of the country and the military, should he need it? ;)
Dont shoot the messenger:

"If a losing president still occupies the White House after his term expires in late January, the newly-elected President would likely have the power to direct the Secret Service to remove that individual from the premises, since any federal agents would no longer report to the old president. Even though former presidents retain a Secret Service detail, they are private citizens after their terms end and would no longer have presidential powers.

In the event of a dispute over some aspect of the elections, by law U.S. courts and the U.S. Congress are required to resolve any disputes, not the U.S. Military."

So, Biden could tell his Secret Service detail to remove Trump and Trump could tell his Secret Service detail to stop them. :lol:

Joking aside, that could end up being very tricky as Secret Service agents swear an oath to protect new and old presidents. I am not sure what would happen if one agent put a hand on Trump to remove him. In theory his own detail should protect him and are above prosecution when carrying out their duties.
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Euler
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Shoot out on the white house lawn, streamed live for the world to see.

Or Trump grabs an AK47 and goes on a rampage, that would be some way to go and very American.
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