To worry about a world where Donald Trump is America's president

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someone please reassure me that he is unlikely to be the Republican nominee, let alone become president.

Cannot believe that anyone would take anything he says seriously or agree with any of his beyond offensive vile opinions. Like having Nick Griffin en route to becoming PM .

True. He knows more than words.

Not too fond of Boris but at least he doesn't seem so much of an egomaniac.

Not too fond of Boris but at least he doesn't seem so much of an egomaniac.

That's about the size of it. Except I'll be in Ireland, not Canada

Scotland for me. I used to say Canada, but Canada is too close. I want to be on an island in the Hebrides with limited connection to the outside world.

I'm afraid that if anyone wanted to hit home at the man in question, that's exactly where they'd aim the missiles, Seneca.

I am glad they limit Presidents to two terms tbh.

They already elected Regan and Bush Jnr, so anything's possible.

Isn't Trump's mother from Orkney or somewhere? He'll definitely nab some of the Scottish Islands. Orkney will become Trumpney, Skye will become Trumpe, and the rest of them will just become Trump 1, Trump 2 etc.

Okay she was from Lewis. That will become Trump 47.

Trump Island
Trump Isle
Isle of Trump

We've already told him we don't want him!

Go somewhere with windfarms Seneca. He doesn't like them, something about hem being bad for bird's nesting in his hair

I read the 'Nicola Sturgeon strips Donald Trump' part of that headline and the most awful images popped into my head!

Maybe a Hebridean island is not the best choice. My Scottish ancestors came from one of them, but not the one where there is the possibility that I might share DNA with Trump.

And seriously, y'all have got to stop saying that we elected Dubya. We most certainly did not. (Florida Democrat here with a long memory of the 2000 election).

Brain bleach

Youse did in 2004 though Seneca. Not you personally obviously. Chad Jeb was at fault in 2000, but it wasn't him 4 years later.

But he would never have been elected in 2004 had he not been made president in 2000.

But he still got the majority of the popular vote.

Mind you, we can't speak. We returned this lot with a majority second time round!

Not if you mean Bush in 2000, PitPat - Gore got half a million more votes than Bush.

loving the Scottish Isles!

I expect many of you will have seen this probably cos I stole it from here in the first place.

No, I meant 2004 Father. First time in 16 years that a President got that. Last time it happened was for his dad.

I know. I can totally imagine him saying 'good news America. We. Are. Finally Going. To. War. With. Those Communists in Russia. To rabid applause.

All the clever, brilliant people out there and somehow only total buffoons seem qualify as world leaders

Apologies - I've spent so long reminding people about 2000 that I do it out of habit now!

04 was a special case: three years of GWOT scaremongering, in the middle of a war, an incumbent, and a dire Democrat opponent. What was surprising about 04, given all that, was that Bush won by such a small margin of electoral college votes -under the circumstances you'd have expected a landslide. But Republicans don't do very well in presidential elections these days: in the 7 presidential elections held in the last 30 years (i.e. from the 1988 election onwards) they've only actually managed to win twice.

It's going to be interesting to see what happens in the senate elections, too. Obviously a lot of GOP senators are very worried that Trump or Cruz would cost them their majority.

Isle of Trump has it for me, Lweji!

Trump does say exactly what he thinks and that appeals to many of the electorate - he is self funded so doesn't have to think about backers etc.

Rubio is now trying to play Trump at his own game and is looking ridiculous doing so, Trump does get way more leeway here because it is seen as genuine - Rubio is just seen as a politician who adjusts his style to where he thinks the votes are now which is a bad move, appearing desperate and false.

So Clinton may end up present as the lesser of two evils, hardly a great welcome for the first female president. Obama felt like a once in a generation politician to me.

Isle of Trump's main town is Trumpton.