General Chat

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I hope so namelessone

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If Trump insists on opening up America will other countries refuse to allow Americans to enter as they may be bringing the virus with them?

"We're going to be the comeback kids"

no comment.
It would take too long and would likely be RR'd

Two voices of clarity that I admire at the moment:

Jacinta Ardern (New Zealand); and

Andrew Cuomo (New York).

The latter remained cool, calm and collected while he blew Trump out of the water.

Just love it. :-D

Island ......................

Trump and his lawyers might possibly try that, I don't put it past him!

But he is only a president, he does not control anything like the date of the election as does a Prime Minister. He is governed by the Constitution of the United States.

I think the rule in the UK, Canada and elsewhere says that a General Election should be held within 5 years of the date of the previous election. In practice, Canada and several other countries have gone to a set date that falls within a 4 year cycle. But the PM can set any date s/he likes during that period ...... all anyone knows until s/he announces it is that it must be held by (eg) October 15 every 4 years.

The US President does not have that power.

The Constitution says “The Congress may determine the Time of choosing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.”

That is an unambiguous statement that Congress, and not a potentially self-interested president, gets to decide when the leader of the United States shall be chosen.

Congress has exercised the authority that the Constitution gives it. They enacted a law in 1948 that says: "The electors of President and Vice President shall be appointed, in each State, on the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, in every fourth year succeeding every election of a President and Vice President."

That is actually the date of the popular vote which determines the number of members appointed to the Electoral College.


BTW ........ Congress is currently controlled by the Democrats ;-) :-D :-D

dem crows can be very intelligent,Kense..

Are the crows giving him bother then?

I don't think Trump believes in the checks-and-balances system any more than old Joe did.

Strange families, both of them.

Wasn't he going to get the Corvid problem sorted out by Easter?

Oh yes, Trump is madly trying to save himself in all this ........... re-election is the name of the game.

Problem is, his core supporters are still behind him, that's the people in the states running down the centre of the US. East and West coast states are mainly democratic. So he may still have sufficient numbers of them behind him.

But it is the peculiarity of the US elections that it is the Electoral College which determines who is the President. Read the Wikipedia article for what seems the most comprehensible explanation, if indeed there is a "comprehensible" explanation.

It all dates back to the Constitution of the US in 1787 when only white educated wealthy men were deemed knowledgeable enough to elect leaders. Plus of course, there were a lot of difficulty in traveling around anywhere.

It is a very clumsy and anachronistic way of electing the leader of such a large 1st world country.

Trump will call off the election citing 'a bad time' to win himself another 4 years.

TBH I'm amazed he is still walking.

In this election year Trump is insisting his name goes on the coved 19 relief cheques.

I suppose as we get closer to the election Trump will insist the Americans owe him their vote.

Thank god I’m not one of them.

For a while now, I've been watching a very funny comedian called Michael Spicer, who pretends he is in another room, advising politicians.
His latest one, on Trump, was actually shown on 'The Late Show' in the US.

It's worth a watch :-D Scroll down to find it.

https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/04/15/45878/michael_spicers_room_next_door_hits_america

How can Trump have control of the country when he doesn’t have control of himself?


Anyone remember the orange tango man adverts? That tubby little orange man running around waving his arms about.

maggie ......... it's the 3rd time he has threatened to withhold funding for WHO



Allan, I thought I had been pretty careful in how I said what I really thought :-D :-D :-D

It's heading for a big quarrel in the US

Trump says that as President he has total control over everything, and it is his right, and only his, to determine when businesses re-open.

State Governors are saying "Oh no, it isn't his right. WE are the ones who determine that".

Governor Cuomo, of NY, said kings have the right to total control, presidents do not ........... I think he should have said DICTATORS are the ones who have total right to do everything.

So, 5 states on the east coast and 3 on the west coast are banding together to form 2 groups that will determine together what is best for their states to act in unison.


BTW ................. the President of the USA does NOT have total control, according to even his own legal experts :-P

Oh - Trump has temporarily stopped US funding to the WHO.
Is this because they disagree with him about his vast medical knowledge (obviously the bestest ever) and the use of antibiotics being useless against viruses?

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Sylvia's not far off what many sane people think - though a lot more polite than many! :-D

Why don't you say what you really think, Sylvia ;-) :-D :-D