US Presidential Election 2020

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jimibt wrote:
Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:27 pm
trump has been VERY quiet recently..i kinda like this quote -maybe sums things up at present:

When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.
Paul Brown
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He could just be letting the dems dig their own grave. Why be vocal when you are confident of winning the legal battles and your opposition is pushing forward prematurely and setting themselves up for a fall? I'm not saying that's what's actually going, it's just an alternative way to look at it. Besides, even if he was trying to speak out the media would cut him off, like they did last time he spoke and like they've done with just about every other republican when they speak on the matter.

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” – Sun Tzu
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'Caravans' of Trump supporters and Proud Boys are planning to descend on DC this weekend for 'Million MAGA March' in protest of president's election loss

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... South.html
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abgespaced wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:45 am
jimibt wrote:
Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:27 pm
trump has been VERY quiet recently..i kinda like this quote -maybe sums things up at present:

When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less.
Paul Brown
;)
He could just be letting the dems dig their own grave. Why be vocal when you are confident of winning the legal battles and your opposition is pushing forward and setting themselves up for a fall? I'm not saying that's what's actually going, it's just an alternative way to look at it. Besides, even if he was trying to speak out the media would cut him off, like they did last time he spoke and like they've done with just about every other republican speaker when they speak on the matter.
Em...shouldn't he be running the country, getting on top of the Covid-19 crisis, that's the president's job isn't it?

He can let his team deal with challenging the election result. He's going to me removed from office on 70 days time and like his defeated predecessors he should be doing what's best for the American people instead of leaving the nation in the sheer chaos that will endure when Biden takes over without any essential briefing!
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:56 am
Em...shouldn't he be running the country, getting on top of the Covid-19 crisis, that's the president's job isn't it?
From a trading perspective it doesn't matter what he "should" be doing, but what he is doing. And right now, he is trying to win.
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abgespaced wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:45 am
He could just be letting the dems dig their own grave. Why be vocal when you are confident of winning the legal battles and your opposition is pushing forward prematurely and setting themselves up for a fall? I'm not saying that's what's actually going, it's just an alternative way to look at it. Besides, even if he was trying to speak out the media would cut him off, like they did last time he spoke and like they've done with just about every other republican when they speak on the matter.

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.” – Sun Tzu

Very apt that your quoting a person who a lot of scholars now don't believe existed in the first place
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Trader Pat wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 2:12 am
Very apt that your quoting a person who a lot of scholars now don't believe existed in the first place
Only some scholars. Besides, that doesn't negate the ideas in the book, nor it's value to military and business leaders around the world.
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Nancy could be the next president if the deadlock grinds on.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ident-coup
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I think they'll use Georgia as a test-case, find any severe irregularities there and it'll have a lot of knock on affects for the others.
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As the UK wakes from slumber...


Only £12 million matched in one day.... :shock:


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The largest law firm representing the Trump campaign or its allies in post-election litigation challenging votes in key states has withdrawn from an election lawsuit in Maricopa County, Arizona.

https://www.reuters.com/article/snell-m ... SL1N2HY005
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After been schooled on this forum about this market, ie its not named correctly, it should be named who will be the next president elect not president I got out of it. If the market ended when the president was inaugurated I would have kepted my longshots till the end.

To answear a Q? someone posted after my previous post, Ie I had pence to win at 1000, yes and I cashed out at 810 to leave a bit of green and a free bet for 37k return which is never goung to happen, Kemala I greened up at 260.
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If you're that worried about it just post a screenshot of your market that'll shut them up.
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spreadbetting wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:16 am
If you're that worried about it just post a screenshot of your market that'll shut them up.
I wasn't doubting him, I just didn't realise Pence dropped below 1000.
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Derek27 wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 12:08 pm
spreadbetting wrote:
Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:16 am
If you're that worried about it just post a screenshot of your market that'll shut them up.
I wasn't doubting him, I just didn't realise Pence dropped below 1000.
i think you're *misreading* SB's message
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LeTiss wrote:
Wed Nov 11, 2020 1:00 pm
It's quite amusing when you look at the lowest prices some of the selections were matched at
Hillery Clinton 3.0!! People I've never heard of in or near single figures!

I'll remember this next time. I realise it was no ordinary election but blindly laying the big two at 1.5, the VPs and primary candidates at 10, anybody else at 20 would have been quite fruitfull.
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