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[Doctor Gollum]

Congratulations to the United States on the democratic election of the 47th President...


Donald J Trump.

[Varche]

Well at least the world knows now. Euro down 2% overnight reflects the impact on us in Europe. Expect a hit on UK exports to the US if/when tariffs increased. Let’s hope Europe steps up its spend on defence ( tax increase?)

Personally I don’t see much joy in the result apart from smiling at his comic ripostes .

Democracy at work? True. UK has its landslide Labour government. In Spain we have a Socialist government only by having the votes of “ETA”

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The BBC are in mourning. Its hilarious. 

[STEMO]

Congratulations to the United States on the democratic election of the 47th President...


Donald J Trump.

From the wanabee Yank 

[STEMO]

Please, please let me be a fly on the wall if he ever meets David Lammy. But I doubt he'd ever agree to be in the same room.

[STEMO]

The dollar, has surged, bitcoin is up.......and the Russian stock market has added over 2%

[ronnyd]

 Will Zelenskyy be shitting himself?

[Sir Tigger KC]

Please, please let me be a fly on the wall if he ever meets David Lammy. But I doubt he'd ever agree to be in the same room.

Starmer & Lammy had dinner with Trumpy a couple of months ago when they were Stateside for the UN General Assembly. 

Kemi stuck the knife in at her first PMQs today.     No holding back! 

[STEMO]

Please, please let me be a fly on the wall if he ever meets David Lammy. But I doubt he'd ever agree to be in the same room.

Starmer & Lammy had dinner with Trumpy a couple of months ago when they were Stateside for the UN General Assembly. 

Kemi stuck the knife in at her first PMQs today.     No holding back! 

Yes, but that was before he was president. He can now tell them to go fúck themselves 😂

[Sir Tigger KC]

Please, please let me be a fly on the wall if he ever meets David Lammy. But I doubt he'd ever agree to be in the same room.

Starmer & Lammy had dinner with Trumpy a couple of months ago when they were Stateside for the UN General Assembly. 

Kemi stuck the knife in at her first PMQs today.     No holding back! 

Yes, but that was before he was president. He can now tell them to go fúck themselves 😂

Yes.     Imagine the hysteria from the left if he does!     

[Sir Tigger KC]

The Dukes Of MAGA! 

[STEMO]

The US financial markets love it, European markets not so much, especially Germany, Italy and Spain.

[STEMO]

Tigger and Albs will love this. From the telegraph, posted rather than linked, because I got shouted at last time for it being behind a paywall.

"The Left-wing media has described Donald Trump’s victory as the “darkest dawn” for America in an outpouring of incredulity.

As the scale of Trump’s electoral triumph became clear, Left-leaning commentators began to vent their dismay on televison and social media.

Krishnan Guru-Murthy, the Channel 4 presenter, apologised for his guest Emily Maitlis’s on-air behaviour during election coverage as the inevitability of Kamala Harris’s defeat became clear.

He said he would “tell Emily off” as she had “started swearing” during the broadcast.

Writing in the i newspaper, commentator Ian Dunt declared that the election result was America’s “darkest dawn” and left a “taste of despair”.

Rory Stewart, who presents The Rest is Politics podcast, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that it was “heartbreaking” that Trump had been elected president.

The former Tory MP had proclaimed that Harris would win with ease and claimed to have bet heavily on that result, only to be left deflated during live coverage of the election.

A dejected Mr Stewart said that he “got it totally wrong” but claimed: “I think I was wrong because I’m [an] optimist. I hate the idea of being right pessimistically.”

The Guardian newspaper sent out a notification as the result was put beyond doubt, branding Trump’s victory as the “first for a convicted criminal”.

Katharine Viner, The Guardian’s editor-in-chief, sought to reassure readers following the news of Trump’s victory. In an editorial, she wrote that the paper would “stand up to four more years of Donald Trump”, and that the election was an “extraordinary, devastating moment in the history of the United States”."

 

[Sir Tigger KC]

The US financial markets love it, European markets not so much, especially Germany, Italy and Spain.

Yep Elon Musk is significantly richer today as Tesla is up 13%.   

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yes plenty of lefty meltdowns today. 

My lefty mate started on me, so I sent him the Dukes of MAGA vid.  I haven't heard back.                   

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

The US financial markets love it, European markets not so much, especially Germany, Italy and Spain.

Yep Elon Musk is significantly richer today as Tesla is up 13%.   

Apparently Musky is worth around £280 Billion.

......and we have Starmer moaning about a paltry £20 billion lost in some black hole in another universe.


Elon could probably find that much down the back of the sofa.

[Nick W]

The dollar, has surged, bitcoin is up.......and the Russian stock market has added over 2%

That might be enough for them to buy Alaska back for the $7million that America paid 160 years ago. After all, Trump is a master at making deals....

[Raeturbo]

 Well, at least you know pretty much where you are with Trump, love him or hate him, I’d rather his type than the lying, woke, corrupt, egoistic, self propagating mother fu@k;rs  we have.

[Raeturbo]

Lammy needs to go first he is an idiot, followed by some of the other fools who put our national interests at risk through their trolling. Trump likes us but Tw@&ts like him/them just wind him up you’ve got to play the game, after all why not?

[Doctor Gollum]

Three flights today...

First one, (D153 to R247) 7am from Germany to Lundun... "It's not going well" When we arrived in Lundun I did give him the R267 news. He took it well.

Second one, (D211 to R267) Lundun to Denmark... "I'm covering the election, I just need to send this email"
Actually, I need you to put your laptop away because you're sat by an exit.
"But it's really bad..."
Let me put it another way... When Alaska is counted, he's won. Everything else is gravy and delaying this flight for your email won't change that. The chap from Florida sat behind her had the decency not to laugh out loud

Third one... (D233 R274ish) Denmark back to Lundun. Twenty something boards in floods of tears.

Good afternoon madam, are you an anxious flyer?
"No, I ok, it's just that Kamalala has lost"
Worst case, tomorrow it might rain. But seriously, you've 155 ish million voters and the current tally is about 130 million votes cast... That's actually something to celebrate compared to the last UK election."

Off to the States on Friday... Could be entertaining.

[Raeturbo]

The result is overwhelming, it’s about time this guy got a chance/some support.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Well, at least you know pretty much where you are with Trump, love him or hate him, I’d rather his type than the lying, woke, corrupt, egoistic, self propagating mother fu@k;rs  we have.

That's the thing though no body ever really knows what he will do. Quite telling that neither Putin, Xi or the Mad Mullah have congratulated him. 

I doubt Little Rocket Man has either! 

[Raeturbo]

Ironically that’s what I’m getting at he’s a loose cannon 🤣

[STEMO]

Well, at least you know pretty much where you are with Trump, love him or hate him, I’d rather his type than the lying, woke, corrupt, egoistic, self propagating mother fu@k;rs  we have.

That's the thing though no body ever really knows what he will do. Quite telling that neither Putin, Xi or the Mad Mullah have congratulated him. 

I doubt Little Rocket Man has either! 

I believe Putin has, but privately.

[Raeturbo]

It is obviously going to be very interesting to see how he does with the mid east/ukraine problems
Let’s see…….

[Sir Tigger KC]

Meanwhile over in the Fatherland Olaf Scholz has sacked the Finance Minister and leader of the FDP Christian Lindner, ending Germanys so called 'traffic light' coalition. Elections will be held in the New Year and I'd imagine this will be a good opportunity for the AfD to gain ground in the Trump 2.0 'honeymoon period'? 

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/06/german-chancellor-olaf-scholz-fires-finance-minister-christian-lindner.html

[johnnydog]

Three flights today...

First one, (D153 to R247) 7am from Germany to Lundun... "It's not going well" When we arrived in Lundun I did give him the R267 news. He took it well.

Second one, (D211 to R267) Lundun to Denmark... "I'm covering the election, I just need to send this email"
Actually, I need you to put your laptop away because you're sat by an exit.
"But it's really bad..."
Let me put it another way... When Alaska is counted, he's won. Everything else is gravy and delaying this flight for your email won't change that. The chap from Florida sat behind her had the decency not to laugh out loud

Third one... (D233 R274ish) Denmark back to Lundun. Twenty something boards in floods of tears.

Good afternoon madam, are you an anxious flyer?
"No, I ok, it's just that Kamalala has lost"
Worst case, tomorrow it might rain. But seriously, you've 155 ish million voters and the current tally is about 130 million votes cast... That's actually something to celebrate compared to the last UK election."

Off to the States on Friday... Could be entertaining.

Zzzzzzz - oops sorry, was I snoring?

[Migalot]

Three flights today...

First one, (D153 to R247) 7am from Germany to Lundun... "It's not going well" When we arrived in Lundun I did give him the R267 news. He took it well.

Second one, (D211 to R267) Lundun to Denmark... "I'm covering the election, I just need to send this email"
Actually, I need you to put your laptop away because you're sat by an exit.
"But it's really bad..."
Let me put it another way... When Alaska is counted, he's won. Everything else is gravy and delaying this flight for your email won't change that. The chap from Florida sat behind her had the decency not to laugh out loud

Third one... (D233 R274ish) Denmark back to Lundun. Twenty something boards in floods of tears.

Good afternoon madam, are you an anxious flyer?
"No, I ok, it's just that Kamalala has lost"
Worst case, tomorrow it might rain. But seriously, you've 155 ish million voters and the current tally is about 130 million votes cast... That's actually something to celebrate compared to the last UK election."

Off to the States on Friday... Could be entertaining.

Zzzzzzz - oops sorry, was I snoring?

Disrespectful comment.

I found it an interesting post. 

[Doctor Gollum]

Meanwhile over in the Fatherland Olaf Scholz has sacked the Finance Minister and leader of the FDP Christian Lindner, ending Germanys so called 'traffic light' coalition. Elections will be held in the New Year and I'd imagine this will be a good opportunity for the AfD to gain ground in the Trump 2.0 'honeymoon period'? 

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/06/german-chancellor-olaf-scholz-fires-finance-minister-christian-lindner.html

My A Level German wasn't great to begin with, but what I watched on Tuesday evening was the usual roll out of one pro Trump to three anti and the left leaning host. The gist was that it could have implications for the German automotive industry and NATO as a whole, but they struggled with the comparison of Trump to that chap from Austria as they felt that it wasn't helpful rhetoric... Not least because it distracted form the various policy proposals, especially foreign trade.

Obviously Trumps remarks regarding tariffs were largely directed towards China and Mexico and the export of jobs by Ford and GM along with the import of substandard vehicles from China, but as ever things get reported out of context "because it's Trump" and the shift in narrative becomes the context rather than what was actually said or the intention behind it.

It would be nice to think that perhaps that behaviour was somewhat justified in 2015/16 but 8 years later? This election was a clearly defined result and so this presidency should be taken on merit rather than the previous nonsense.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yes plenty of lefty meltdowns today. 

My lefty mate started on me, so I sent him the Dukes of MAGA vid.  I haven't heard back.                   

Still haven't heard from my mate!   

I think I'll check in on him, and maybe direct him to his safe space. 

[STEMO]

Biden is going to speak soon. I've got a feeling it's going to be a cringefest.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Biden is going to speak soon. I've got a feeling it's going to be a cringefest.

He'll tell us he's ready to start his second term as POTUS.

[STEMO]

Biden is going to speak soon. I've got a feeling it's going to be a cringefest.

It could have been a lot worse.

[STEMO]

This just gets better and better/worse and worse 

Again, from the Telegraph:

"The Guardian is offering counselling to staff as it vowed to support its workforce after Donald Trump’s “upsetting” US election victory this week.

In an email to staff, The Guardian’s editor Katharine Viner said the election had “exposed alarming fault lines on many fronts” and urged journalists based in the UK to contact colleagues in the US “to offer your support”.

Ms Viner said that the result would be “upsetting for many others”, according to the memo seen by Guido Fawkes, adding: “If you want to talk about it, your manager and members of the leadership team are all available, as the People team. There is also free access to free support services, which I’ve outlined at the end of this email.”

[Varche]

I cannot watch anything now on TV without “ if you have been affected by the issues in this film, series, interview, advert then please ring this number” They are always engaged when I ring. I cannot wait to get back to Spain , where we don’t have such helplines or nonsense yet.

Watched a mini series yesterday and it featured a scary giant. Mrs V tried to explain it was just a Christmas ad for a big supermarket. The man on the helpline was very helpful, no nightmares last night.

[STEMO]

I cannot watch anything now on TV without “ if you have been affected by the issues in this film, series, interview, advert then please ring this number” They are always engaged when I ring. I cannot wait to get back to Spain , where we don’t have such helplines or nonsense yet.

Watched a mini series yesterday and it featured a scary giant. Mrs V tried to explain it was just a Christmas ad for a big supermarket. The man on the helpline was very helpful, no nightmares last night.

Ah, yes, that big eared bastid BFG (Big Fuķin Giant)

[STEMO]

My guts won't take much more of this:

"In the US, some colleges have given students time off, an extension on deadlines, art therapy classes and access to a therapy duck in response to Trump’s win."

A therapy duck! 😂😂

[Doctor Gollum]

My guts won't take much more of this:

"In the US, some colleges have given students time off, an extension on deadlines, art therapy classes and access to a therapy duck in response to Trump’s win."

A therapy duck! 😂😂

Hopefully they won't eat it 

[STEMO]

"The University of Oregon told students this week that to “promote well-being and lessen anxiety during election week, University Health Services is bringing Quacktavious the Therapy Duck to campus”.

Stop it, please 😂😂😂😂😂

[Sir Tigger KC]

My guts won't take much more of this:

"In the US, some colleges have given students time off, an extension on deadlines, art therapy classes and access to a therapy duck in response to Trump’s win."

A therapy duck! 😂😂

Hopefully they won't eat it 

Don't be stupid, they're all vegans! 

[ronnyd]

I cannot watch anything now on TV without “ if you have been affected by the issues in this film, series, interview, advert then please ring this number” They are always engaged when I ring. I cannot wait to get back to Spain , where we don’t have such helplines or nonsense yet.

Watched a mini series yesterday and it featured a scary giant. Mrs V tried to explain it was just a Christmas ad for a big supermarket. The man on the helpline was very helpful, no nightmares last night.

Steady on Varchie, just make sure that you don't get chased by Kevin, Aldi's giant Christmas carrot. 

[countrywoman]

About time Kevin got roasted!!! Defo some dodgy ads around------ And how long before someone else takes a pot shot at pumpkin head?

[Varche]

Oh no, now I have been affected by the issues covered in this thread. I will have to have some of that quack therapy on the nhs.

[STEMO]

Oh no, now I have been affected by the issues covered in this thread. I will have to have some of that quack therapy on the nhs.

There's a waiting list of seven years. The duck they will use for you hasn't even been born yet.

[redelitev6]

My guts won't take much more of this:

"In the US, some colleges have given students time off, an extension on deadlines, art therapy classes and access to a therapy duck in response to Trump’s win."

A therapy duck! 😂😂

Surely therapy duck is a spelling mistake ? 

[Raeturbo]

No, there’s no F in duck Ron🤣

[Varche]

 

[ronnyd]

No, there’s no F in duck Ron🤣

That's just F in Quackers Rae. 

[Raeturbo]

Yes it is indeed a bit daffy🙈🦆