What happens if Trump wins?

Just read this, and thought it rather amusing...

Trump is a man with a vision for America, not a specific vision, a great vision...the best vision...Trump has a plan to make this country great again....What plan??....a great plan...a plan that will work because it's the best plan.....Why???... because Trump knows good people...which people???....the best people....people that are not stupid like other people....people who know how to get deals done...what deals???...great deals...the biggest deals... because I know words... What words???...I have the best words... I get my information from watching TV... I consult with myself because I have a great brain... A great brain???...the best brain...Trump will also build a big wall to keep Mexicans out and he will make Mexico pay for it!...How....??? its all part of the great plan!...ISIS will be gone very, very quickly...How???... I won't tell you.. It's a secret !!!...

(This guy is a “one-man circle jerk” and he is only about entertaining the uneducated who love him and his great plan. He's all air - no substance. And he is their “Champion”).

Yep.

^^

Excellent.

So you've sat in an airport and sat on a plane, newshoes. Big deal. If you can't handle people with different opinions from yours discussing this very important issue, why come on the thread at all?

My heard?

This is a blog?

You should RTFT.
The kid was in the swimming pool.

Wot, you couldn't find WiFi in LA? Or even in the airports? Gosh, unlucky.

And on the same paper

Trump the bad bad businessman

And
Donald Trump and a C.I.A. Officer Walk Into a Room

This New York Times editorial is brilliant.

www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/opinion/trump-reflects-white-male-fragility.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=Trending&version=Full&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article

The thing with Trump (besides being a total idiot) is that he's never heard the word 'No' with regards to his hair brained schemes and offensive opinions. He's been surrounded by YesMen for so long that he believes his own publicity. And his 'publicity' has always been loud bombast. That's fine when you're a businessman and all your risking is your own money, quite another when you're running a country! The problem is that we live in a bit of a bombastic society and people unfortunately tend to think that the one who shouts loudest is the one to listen to. And that 'if he says it loudly, it must be true' without realizing that he has a very good reason to lie about his opponents; he want to win the election.

All this 'wait until I tell you what I know' bullshit is an example. He does 'damage' merely by saying "I know something you don't know and I'll be 'telling all' at a 'later date'" and then never actually revealing anything. Luckily, he's starting to be called on some of it (like the Iran money transfer film), but there are some who will believe it despite him making a half-assed clarification. He didn't say 'there is no such tape' he said 'the tape on TV is the hostages coming home'. Still leaves that 'lingering doubt' in the minds of his sheeple supporters.

I agree with PP who have said that if Trump does win*, it will be complacency on the part of democratic voters that gives him the victory. I'm making sure that everyone I know who supports Hillary is registered to vote, that the Bernie supporters understand how vital it is to support her, and I'll be driving my 7 passenger van to and from the polls on election day.

*Just typing those words gave me chills so I am doing the old childhood 'whammy reverse'; I have spun on the spot 3 times and spit on the ground and stomped on it.

Ha! Interesting to see him admitting a lie rather than blustering for once. Perhaps he was convinced that owning up to a lie would be less of a problem that being thought to have leaked classified material.

To give some perspective, the day that Michael Moore published that article, this 538 poll stood at 53% likely that Trump would win.

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=mobilebar&v=1#now

Bloody hell:

Trump admits he didn't see nonexistent Iran money video

Next thing he'll admit he has no clue what he'd do in the WH.
Or that he has no evidence on Hillary.

What MM is paraphrasing is the old "For Evil to win all that is required is for good people to do nothing" - Brexit won because the Remain campaign was negative and shit and nobody believed (me included) they could lose.
Complacency.
And that could catch us out again….

They all love a celeb endorser

www.independent.co.uk/news/people/eu-referendum-brexit-remain-who-do-celebrities-support-david-beckham-jk-rowling-a7094751.html

But Leave had Buck's Fizz.

Because that's what will win this for Trump. Not that the majority actually want him. But that his supporters are more likely to go out and vote.

Same with Brexit.

Michael Moore is quite clearly poking Democrats and Cruz supporters out of their complacent bubble - to ensure they get out and vote in November!

Indeed, Lweji. That was something of an understatement on my part!

Trump went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for example, and this happened.

www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-harrisburg-war-zone-226591

Thanks for the links Claig and Dowagess that I failed to deliver

Yes, claig, we can read the article, thanks. It's been linked twice already.

Yes, SwedishEdith, Eddie Izzard was car crash which shows how far the people have come and how much they have changed. The old tricks of the teams and Labour and the luvvies and Sir Bob Gumdrop etc no longer work. As we have seen with Corbyn, the Establishment are completely powerless to convince the people any more.

Trump is not doing brilliantly at expanding his support to the point he needs.
Quite the opposite. Some commentators have argued he'd have done better to turn off his phone and go to the moon or something. (Maybe the next project for NASA)

Interesting, SalemsLott. Michael Moore does not live in this media BBC Guardian bubble and understands the mood of the people.

"Friends:

I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I gave it to you straight last summer when I told you that Donald Trump would be the Republican nominee for president. And now I have even more awful, depressing news for you: Donald J. Trump is going to win in November.
...
I can see what you’re doing right now. You’re shaking your head wildly – “No, Mike, this won’t happen!” Unfortunately, you are living in a bubble that comes with an adjoining echo chamber where you and your friends are convinced the American people are not going to elect an idiot for president.
...
Well, folks, this isn’t an accident. It is happening. And if you believe Hillary Clinton is going to beat Trump with facts and smarts and logic, then you obviously missed the past year of 56 primaries and caucuses where 16 Republican candidates tried that and every kitchen sink they could throw at Trump and nothing could stop his juggernaut.

michaelmoore.com/trumpwillwin/

I posted the link above!

The positives are that he wrote it a couple of weeks ago. Right now the polls in those four swing states are all looking very good for Hillary. Trump is not doing brilliantly at expanding his support to the point he needs. It could all change of course.