To be so disappointed in people - Trump voters especially

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I feel absolutely stunned that despite all that has been said and done Trump is likely to get the chance to make the world burn a little faster.

I am afraid for a future so full of anger and hate.

I wanted Kamala to win - and if I could have voted would have voted for her. In my opinion she’s a good role model for women.

but I think I knew trump would win.

I don't know why we in the UK think we know better than the actual country to decide who they want to run them.

I'm speechless. Genuinely. There are no words. 🤦

Lol at anti-vaxxer RFK Jr being health secretary.

I doubt the USA will much like the world they have created.

It's a wild statement to make that everyone who voted Trump is stupid. Sure, as with any election anywhere in the world some people vote for a candidate for questionable reasons, but people invariably vote for what matters to them the most even if it means compromising on other areas.

The cost of living is atrocious in some parts of the US, and there are other factors that affect a lot of people that were dismissed by the Democrats. I suspect understandably a lot of people's desire to be able to home and feed their families comes above most other issues and policies, and the ideological posturing just wasn't a big of a deal as the Democrats thought it was.

It is not his to handover 🤷‍♀️

I don't think it is about left is best and looking down on people voting otherwise it's about human decency at a very basic level. How many of the Trump voters would be happy with him if he was a teacher educating their children? Yet they're good with him being in charge of such a powerful nation...

I'm not at all surprised, though I am surprised he'll get in with such a majority.

Listening to his victory speech was just cringe. My 6 year old niece has a better repertoire of vocabulary, so that says it all.

Let's hope he does something good for the people of Gaza.

@orangegato

If not being Trump means that Putin doesn't get to start wars with any country within reach before moving onto bigger targets, that women can have safe abortions instead of trying to do it themselves with coat hangers, that black people/homosexual people/women can live in relative safety then I will take them.

How is voting for a rapist in a woman's best interest?

Similar to UK. You vote anything other than Labour or Lib Dem, you're a racist POS. The demonising started at Brexit and carried on.

BUT, people in the UK don't realise how lucky they have it regarding politics IMO. It's messy here for sure, but I don't envy the US and it's leaders as states can kinda do what they want in reality.

This too. I think this is why Kemi got the Tory leadership. People are absolutely sick to the back teeth of being compelled to lie.

No - a man cannot be a woman. No - all cultures are NOT equally valid. People want to be able to talk truthfully without being called a raving Nazi nut job.

What do you get when people are told they're Nazis for having the most moderate views? You get protest votes that lead towards actual right wing fascism.

I don’t think the UK as a whole think that. But MN definitely do. MN is not representative of the majority of people in real life fortunately, otherwise things like Brexit would have never happened. MN are in an echo chamber so obviously were pretty confident Harris would win. And are now shocked that she hasn’t….

They already have. It's one of Starmers strengths.

The Left hate him for it. By by

I am a northerner. Poor I live in an area you describe but guess what I am not stupid i don't blame the ills of my society on immigration i educate myself i realise it's the same old shit that right wing politicians have said for centuries the othering blaming the little people. The reason why uts crap in the uk is we have had neo liberalism which fuelled by the conservatives not giving a fucking fuck about the poor areas not wanting to level up as promised here we bloody are. Plus global shift of jobs etc . Life is more nuanced but unfortunately people read tye mail or turn on other stuff that is biased or give short soundbites

Spot on.

Trump is an awful human being. Imagine being married to him? And I think that misogyny played a significant part in this result.

But, i also think that Harris was a terrible candidate and the Democrats' focus and defense on identity politics is a massive vote loser. I'm not suprised to wake up to a Trump victory this morning.

Apparently Starmer and Trump have had lunch and it went well.

Does America have a 'left'? I was told by an American that they have two parties of the 'right' by different degrees when compared with the terms in Europe, even the Democrats dislike the term Socialist!

It's hard to believe, but then so is the utter uselessness of the democratic approach. Refusing to put forth reasonable candidates and shutting down sensible and nuanced debate on right to life and gender ideology issues. This is the result

Give me one example of a trans child being castrated by the Democrats.

Yes, and Brexit's been such a stunning success, hasn't it.

😂 Indeed, how quickly people forget!

I knew it. Been down the road of false hope too many times. I'm over being disappointed about it. Let's see what happens. It's my 50th birthday today too, a Harris win would have lifted my spirits but not to be. A guess a shopping spree might help😎