Joe Biden is out - God bless him

[Mommybunny]

Put the country before himself - yes, finally, but he’s done it.

Please God let my country be ok.

Nailed it!

Unfortunately, in their system it doesn't mean anything really.

He’s a billionaire? I’m not seeing most of these people playing second fiddle to anyone actually. VP is a notoriously low power position.

I read that If Michelle Obama stood she would do very well?

She would probably do better than Kamala.

I didn't discuss or mention Trump. I talked about Joe Biden, whose political career spans decades and includes massive involvement in Ukraine since 2014 at least, him laughing about sending the order to bomb Belegrade and a number of other, very sticky wars and situations that his hands are crimson because of.

Not to mention his more recent gaffs, his State of the Union address last year where he went off script and started laying into Xi JingPing. Or more recently where he said his uncle was cannabalised in New Guinea. The man is a foreign policy nightmare. He has ties to pretty much every dodgy war in any of our lifetimes. Thank God he is gone and lets hope whoever comes next is less war hungry and more capable of diplomacy.

How is Kamala going to answer when asked about Biden’s mental capacity issues and the cover-up? I suspect that will be a big debate question.

Polling reports have Michelle Obama and surprisingly Hilary Clinton as the only two democrat possibilities that could beat Trump.

Harris and the male candidates would all lose.

As opposed to a convicted felon and rapist?

@RosieChardonnay

"It will have to be Harris because of the sponsors"

Perhaps but if they back Harris then she will lose. I'm sure that the sponsors would rather back someone with a chance of winning (if there is such a Democrat person).

Yes you did mention Trump. You said: Trump is no angel but my God he is better for international relations than Biden

I was responding solely to that.

It will have to be Harris because of the sponsors

I don’t know how the funding thing works, but does anyone know if the money could be accessed if Harris remained on the ticket but as VP? Or would she have to be running for president?

Well, Harris is certainly out of the gates:

Good for her.

But they never said they thought Trump was respected, only that Biden was worse.

There seem to be several posters here who bizarrely interpret criticism of Biden as thinking that means someone is saying Trump is good. They need to revisit their comprehension.

I was very impressed by Josh Shapiro when he spoke following the Trump shooting. I thought then that he had gravitas

He probably wants to keep his powder dry for the next presidential race.

Again I was responding solely and only to the suggestion that Trump is better for international relations than Biden. Nobody could be worse for international relations than Trump. Nobody.

Yes, and I think he's endorsed Harris now anyway.

I think KH could be Trump's nemesis
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They absolutely can be. Trump, for all his flaws, is not an interventionist. He is very much only for committing American troops for direct obvious (to him) American interests. Below is a quick reminder of what American’s intervention in Iran achieved:

Ah right.

That tweet about him being a predator is from 2019. https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1197243216132804608

I'll bite for this one. What American intervention exactly?

The Islamic Revolution was the result of a vote and civil unrest due to inflation, shortages, and the after effects of the 1973 oil crisis. Khomeini took control as the Western backed Pahlavi fled the country.

If you mean intervention that led to Pahlavi having control... then really we should shoulder the blame. Labour-led greed for oil from Atlee started the events that led to the 1953 Coup. Churchill and the Conservatives carried on that greed and we pretty much pressured the US and the Truman Administration in supporting our cause (Truman was willing to work with Mossadegh) that led to Pahlavi taking. TLDR. We threw our toys out the pram because Iran nationalised its oil

He committed to finishing his term when he ran. I think he has sincere goals for his state that he’d like to compete.