To be worried about Trump getting a 2nd term

[Gemm83]

Anyone else?

I actually think that he will and quite frankly it scares me.

He actually said that America was respected again, under his presidency. It frightens me that they are a number of individuals in America that will believe this dross.

I thought after 4 years, people would of had enough..now its closer I'm starting to think otherwise 🙄

Thoughts?

mrsBtheparker Because Trump - re-elected - is a global concern. He upsets the allies of the US and panders to its enemies. He brings issues to the brink of war. This may not concern you where you live; but where I live, it would impact me greatly. My DH, too, works in a job associated with the military, so we see impact there every single time Trump makes a threat. Every time. Trump has created global fracture lines and that is why I’m more than uneasy about his re-election.

It took George W two terms to bring about one of the worst economic crisis in history. And not only in the US.
He sunk the US military in Iraq for no good reason.

Just because Trump's first term hasn't had a much visible effect yet, mostly because of throwing money at the problems created, it doesn't mean it won't have.

I sincerely hoped he'd grow into the job but he hasn't. He's surrounded himself with acolytes and incompetents.

Wow, that is a quick four years.

Wow, that is a quick four years.

Yes! It seems like it's been only 3.

actually 40

Of course he's going to get another term.

And any suggestion that he's a competent leader seem extraordinary. He's an exceptionally corrupt, amoral and weak TV personality, but he will make pro forced birth statements, cut headline taxes and pack the judiciary which a lot of people like. Agree with Maduixa that the strength both of the US constitution and economy protect America at least to some extent from a terrible President. That's what the Constitution was built to do. There are no such protections here. All our institutions look hollow now. Only the strange protections of a class based hierarchy sometimes kick in, but that is an unintended side effect rather than a plan.

Unfortunately, thanks to gerrymandering, the Senate is likely to stay in the hands of Republicans, who offer no guarantees of balance checks at all.

It's now a country run by a non-representative oligarchy.

Unfortunately, thanks to gerrymandering, the Senate is likely to stay in the hands of Republicans

Just to pick a nit here, Senators are elected at state level and not district level, so gerrymandering has no impact on and does not apply to the Senate. Each state gets two.

I am resigned to him getting back in just I was resigned to the Lie Minister in the December election over here. Finding a heavy dose of detachment helpful in getting through the Brump Era and knowing it will eventually pass.