Meghan Markle for U.S. President.

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What do you reckon?

Better than Trump

I don't think "the children" take up too much of her time, so you never know ...

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Well she has another 40 years to get there if we go by Joe Biden's example.

I read that Bradley Cooper was going for it.

Giving up her title would be non negotiable, I'd think. 'President Princess Henry' is beyond odd even to imagine. Not sure about his, but can you imagine the optics of them wearing ducal coronets and robes at eg a Coronation and then re crossing the pond to engage in US governance? Can't see the most Anglophile American going for it (and neither should they)

I’d think she’d be great actually!

I reckon she fancies herself for it.

Probably wouldn't be any worse than Trump is the best I could say.

She would have to give up her title.

We in the U.K. might be a republic anyway in fourty years! Perhaps she won't have a title by then?

Omg

No, it would have to be 'First Gentleman' surely?

Not that she stands a chance but I think it will be a very long time before we see a female president in America sadly. Possibly never the way things are going.

Her mental health couldn't cope with being a Royal...

To be fair she has been involved in a few deals. Wasn't she a case opener on Deal or No Deal?

But she found being a member of the royal family - huge press interest, lots of boring functions, zero responsibility, too hard. President would be way harder!

Those who think she'd be great, this is genuine question, why? What has she done, what experience does she have that would indicate she could do that job and do it really well?

He was the Governor of California through the 60s and 70s though, so he didn't just come from nowhere.

Trump has changed the goalposts perhaps but even he was involved in politics numerous times. It was often suggested Oprah would run for president, so it's not likely.

Jesus wet 🤣

If the Democrats didn't put up such a wretched candidate as Hillary Clinton, Trump would never have won in 2016. Even a majority of white women voted against her.

Wept ffs

I don't know, I could get behind that.

Is that the bar? 360m people and the standard for one of the most powerful positions in the world is "better than Trump"? Oh dear.

Good point. She was literally contemplating suicide from comments in the newspapers making her feel like she was under a microscope. How on earth would she cope with criticism from the entire world? That's no shade on her. Presidents have to be almost narcissistic in confidence or they and their self-esteem would just never survive. Even more so in these days of social media.

I don't think either Meghan or Harry could cope with the forensic and unrelenting US media and press attention any political career would create. Harry in particularly has been vocal about the impact on his mental health of being in a high profile, institutional role that carries public scrutiny, duty and managed protocol.

They clearly already hate what they experienced with the UK press. It would be much much worse in the USA, particularly when the Republican (I assume she would be Democrat) media outlets and organisations start to dig into their personal lives and histories even further. Nothing would be off the table, including their children, families, ex-partners and so on.

I'm not suggesting that either of them have any dark skeletons that we know nothing of, but if there is anything that can be trawled up and used against them, it will be. Thomas Markle and Meghans half siblings, Harry's behaviour in the Army, all that type of stuff will be rehashed continually to discredit them.

I simply can't see either of them opening themselves up further to that type of scrutiny. I mean, it's why they left the UK in the first place, privacy and the need to step away from sense of public ownership of their lives by others.

It costs roughly $600 million to over a billion to run a Presidential campaign, they're not going to get the funds unless they've got serious backers, besides, Meghan has done diddly squat for Netflix and Spotify so I don't think she's got the work ethic or the money to pull it off..