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To ask whether you'll watch the inauguration?

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mumofoneAlonebutokay · 20/01/2025 14:26

Bit of a boring one I guess. I'm gonna get the snacks in for me and dd as the coverage starts at 3.30/4pm (UK obs)

I love to watch stuff like this, makes me feel connected to the world 😅🙈

Plus I wanna see if anyone slips up and let's their face show their real thoughts

Plus I'll be making comparisons between barron and Gary barlow's giant son

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IcedPurple · 20/01/2025 20:12

SomethingSScintillating · 20/01/2025 20:07

I'd love to know if Trump talks like this day to day.
Melania must have had enough!!
Does he speak normally at dinner parties? At home??

I suspect Melania only sees her husband on the same occasions as we do.

LoopyLoo1991 · 20/01/2025 20:12

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MyNameIsX · 20/01/2025 20:14

BoredZelda · 20/01/2025 20:03

Hearing him talk gives me a physical visceral reaction.

He is a dangerous man, the world is on a dangerous knife edge right now. The next 4 years (and beyond) will see many changes and few of them will be good.

I hope with every fibre of my being that I am wrong. Because the alternative doesn't bear thinking about.

What’s the alternative to which you refer?

SnidelyWhiplash · 20/01/2025 20:16

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I had texts from 2 friends saying that was why they were watching. 😮

I mean, I hate they guy but I don’t want to see anyone assassinated on TV.

SwedishEdith · 20/01/2025 20:16

IcedPurple · 20/01/2025 20:12

I suspect Melania only sees her husband on the same occasions as we do.

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Think he just watches Fox News all day and plays golf.

Paul2023 · 20/01/2025 20:17

BoredZelda · 20/01/2025 20:03

Hearing him talk gives me a physical visceral reaction.

He is a dangerous man, the world is on a dangerous knife edge right now. The next 4 years (and beyond) will see many changes and few of them will be good.

I hope with every fibre of my being that I am wrong. Because the alternative doesn't bear thinking about.

The world is more dangerous but that’s not down to Trump. War in Ukraine and the Middle Wast happened without Trump in power.
If he’s able to stop these wars that’s good in my book.

IcedPurple · 20/01/2025 20:18

SwedishEdith · 20/01/2025 20:16

Think he just watches Fox News all day and plays golf.

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I suspect this marriage has been an 'arrangement' for some time. She clearly can hardly stand to be close to him.

ByQuaintAzureWasp · 20/01/2025 20:19

No

Mrsgreen100 · 20/01/2025 20:25

Definitely not who wants to watch an orange aging, narcissist misogynist arsehole

Notaflippinclue · 20/01/2025 20:32

Highlights
All illegal entry halted
All existing illegals who are criminals deported
End green new deal
End electric car mandate
Drill baby drill while China continues to pollute
Rid of DEI
Only 2 sexes man and woman
End wokeness in schools
Bible only in schools
Can't remember the rest but it was worth watching to see Biden and Kamala squirming inches away

Justhere65 · 20/01/2025 20:43

rewilded · 20/01/2025 18:48

Starmer is weak. He may be a nice person but he is destablising our country. We are not safe with him at the helm. He doesn't know who he is or what he believes. I don't think Starmer or his peers are bright enough for the job.

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Starmer is definitely not up to the job and does not have the intelligence. It makes me so cross to see what a mess he is making and doing his best to run the country into the ground. Can’t wait until he is gone.

MyNameIsX · 20/01/2025 20:47

Justhere65 · 20/01/2025 20:43

Starmer is definitely not up to the job and does not have the intelligence. It makes me so cross to see what a mess he is making and doing his best to run the country into the ground. Can’t wait until he is gone.

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Agreed.

He’s also a liar, and simply wasn’t prepared for Government. I hope that for the remainder of his tenure, he is hamstrung, and cannot implement any more damaging policy.

justasking111 · 20/01/2025 20:56

Notaflippinclue · 20/01/2025 20:32

Highlights
All illegal entry halted
All existing illegals who are criminals deported
End green new deal
End electric car mandate
Drill baby drill while China continues to pollute
Rid of DEI
Only 2 sexes man and woman
End wokeness in schools
Bible only in schools
Can't remember the rest but it was worth watching to see Biden and Kamala squirming inches away

A lot of which mumsnetters have been calling for.

Itsallgonesideways · 20/01/2025 21:00

SnidelyWhiplash · 20/01/2025 20:16

I had texts from 2 friends saying that was why they were watching. 😮

I mean, I hate they guy but I don’t want to see anyone assassinated on TV.

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I think the assassination attempt was the real reason they moved the ceremony indoors. They cited extreme cold weather as the official reason but they didn't want to take the risk of making him a martyr today.

LoopyLoo1991 · 20/01/2025 21:02

Was half expecting the Devil to pop up & claim Trump's darkened soul then & there ... 😈

Was sadly disappointed ... 😑

Livelovebehappy · 20/01/2025 21:03

Paul2023 · 20/01/2025 20:02

What do you mean shafted by the boomer generation?

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Don't bite. Poster wants a bun fight. Don't give them one.

Molly70 · 20/01/2025 21:07

Itsallgonesideways · 20/01/2025 21:00

I think the assassination attempt was the real reason they moved the ceremony indoors. They cited extreme cold weather as the official reason but they didn't want to take the risk of making him a martyr today.

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I live in Virginia and it is bloody freezing outside. It would be dangerous for old people like Biden and Sonia Sotomeyer to sit outside for hours in this weather. There is no other reason than that.

Livelovebehappy · 20/01/2025 21:10

fixingmylife · 20/01/2025 20:00

Just heard a live broadcast of Musk addressing rapturous crowd in Washington. He actually gives me chills. I think he's so dangerous.

In what way? He holds no power. He calls stuff out which he doesnt agree with, but a lot of famous people think they have more power than what they do and chat shit. Doesnt make them dangerous.

Livelovebehappy · 20/01/2025 21:13

IcedPurple · 20/01/2025 20:18

I suspect this marriage has been an 'arrangement' for some time. She clearly can hardly stand to be close to him.

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And you know this how? Today she was standing pretty close to him. The marriage may not be a passionate one, but there seems to be mutual respect there.

Heatherland77 · 20/01/2025 21:18

SomethingSScintillating · 20/01/2025 20:07

I'd love to know if Trump talks like this day to day.
Melania must have had enough!!
Does he speak normally at dinner parties? At home??

He's got ADHD! My dad was exactly the same. Mind numbingly boring and didn't know when to stop! It's word salad, the lot of it. About five words out of 500 actually mean anything to a neuro typical person.

MistressoftheDarkSide · 20/01/2025 21:20

Livelovebehappy · 20/01/2025 21:10

In what way? He holds no power. He calls stuff out which he doesnt agree with, but a lot of famous people think they have more power than what they do and chat shit. Doesnt make them dangerous.

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You need to watch the video of this speech. Especially the end when he - ahem - appears to wave in a very odd manner.

fixingmylife · 20/01/2025 21:21

Livelovebehappy · 20/01/2025 21:10

In what way? He holds no power. He calls stuff out which he doesnt agree with, but a lot of famous people think they have more power than what they do and chat shit. Doesnt make them dangerous.

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He holds influence and has power due to his wealth and reach. He appears to be unhinged. He seems to want to destabilise the UK. He uses divisive rhetoric against minority communities. Didn't he wade in on the riot situation and carelessly amplify misinformation around the Southport murder suspect? He is deeply dangerous in my view. He is a far right fascist.

Heatherland77 · 20/01/2025 21:23

Livelovebehappy · 20/01/2025 21:10

In what way? He holds no power. He calls stuff out which he doesnt agree with, but a lot of famous people think they have more power than what they do and chat shit. Doesnt make them dangerous.

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Musk is dangerous. He is the richest man in the world, has HF autism, therefore no theory of mind, can't read a room, is ideological to the INTJ max. He wants an unrelenting tax break to overtake NASA permanently and get to Mars. He's already left Earth mentally and we're all dead to him. If you haven't yet got that memo, watch some interviews with him. The orange D'ump is not in charge any more. He just doesn't know it yet.