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I wonder what the chances are that Melania didn't vote for Trump. Apparently, The Donald is equally curious:
There's better chances that Bill didn't vote for Hillary
Show me the photo , Mr Wallet.
The Washington Post
Karen Tumulty, Philip Rucker, Anne Gearan 1 hr ago
Donald Trump wins the presidency in stunning upset over Clinton
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Donald Trump was elected the nation’s 45th president in the stunning culmination of a campaign that defied expectations and conventions at every turn and galvanized legions of aggrieved Americans in a loud repudiation of the status quo.
Hillary Clinton’s quest to make history as the first female president was thwarted by the Republican nominee’s breathtaking performance at the polls. He was carried to victory by voters fed up with the political system and mistrustful of Clinton, a former first lady, senator and secretary of state.
Trump, a 70-year-old celebrity businessman who had never before run for office, is poised to become the oldest president ever elected to a first term.
After running a divisive campaign, Trump sounded a magnanimous note of reconciliation as he claimed victory shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday.
“Hillary has worked very long and very hard over a long period of time and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country,” Trump said, minutes after Clinton called him to concede. “I mean that very sincerely. Now it’s time for America to bind the wounds of division. We have to get together. To all Republicans, Democrats and independents across this nation, I say it is time for us to come together as one united people.”
He had portrayed his opponent as the embodiment of a rigged system that had failed the everyday American. Her credentials through a quarter-century on the national stage, which in another electoral climate would have been an asset, pegged her in his supporters’ view as the ultimate establishment insider.
Trump said that under his administration, “America will no longer settle for anything less than the best.” And he promised foreign countries that “while we were always put America’s interests first, we will deal fairly with everyone,” adding: “We will seek common ground, not hostility.”
The real estate developer thanked his wife, Melania, and his children for their patience, saying: “This was tough. This was tough. This political stuff is nasty and it’s tough.”
With Trump’s ascension to the White House, the nationalist wave that has swept capitals around the world — including in Britain, which voted to break from the European Union this year — came crashing onto U.S. shores.
The prospect of an impulsive authoritarian in the Oval Office rattled investors around the world. On Wall Street, all three major stock index futures sank more than 3 percent. Japan’s Nikkei index plunged 5.4 percent; Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell by more than 2 percent. The Mexican peso — which had fallen when the Republican nominee rose in the polls during his campaign — nose-dived to an eight-year low, according to Bloomberg.
Across Europe, major markets all pointed downward.
The general election, which riveted the nation and produced a record television audience for a presidential debate, turned on the question of national identity. While Clinton assembled a diverse coalition that she said reflected the nation’s future, it was no match for the powerful and impassioned movement built by fanning resentments over gender, race and religion.
Trump’s promise to “Make America Great Again” inspired millions of Americans alienated by the forces of globalization and multiculturalism and deeply frustrated with the inability of Washington to address their needs.
Voters anxious about the economy, convinced that the system was stacked against them, fearful of terrorism and angry about the rising gap between rich and poor, gravitated toward Trump. In him, they saw a fearless champion who would re-create what they recalled as an America unchallenged in the world, unthreatened at home and unfettered by the elitist forces of “political correctness.”
“It’s a movement comprised of Americans from all races, religions, backgrounds and beliefs who want and expect our government to serve the people, and serve the people it will,” Trump said in his victory speech.
He vowed: “Every single American will have the opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.”
The presumption held by both campaigns, right up to the hours when polls began closing, was that Trump had a far narrower path to victory than Clinton. But he capitalized on nearly every opportunity across the electoral map.
One by one on Tuesday night, electoral prizes that for hours had been too close to call deep into the night fell into Trump’s win column. First, Florida and Ohio. Then North Carolina. And then Pennsylvania and, at 2:30 a.m., Wisconsin.
A few minutes after 2 a.m., Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta, told stunned supporters who had gathered in anticipation of celebrating her victory to go home because there would be no further statement as outstanding votes were counted. “We can wait a little longer, can’t we?” Podesta said.
Clinton claimed Colorado and Virginia as she thought she would, but she underperformed expectations in the traditionally Democratic-leaning Rust Belt states where Trump campaigned aggressively in the final weeks.
Clinton had so taken for granted a region thought of as her “blue wall” that she did not hold a single event in Wisconsin during the general election.
Control of Congress was on the line as well, with Republicans poised to maintain their majority in the House and a string of hotly competitive Senate contests going their way as well.
Trump’s feuds with Republican leaders created deep fissures in his party, and his victory has set the GOP on a new path. Whether he can achieve any of his grandiose ideas could hinge on his relationship with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), who had all but abandoned Trump in the campaign’s final weeks. In an early sign of detente, Ryan’s office let it be known that the speaker had placed a congratulatory call to Trump.
President Obama campaigned vigorously for his former secretary of state — going so far as to label her opponent temperamentally unfit to be commander in chief — but his resurgent popularity did not rub off on his legatee.
Trump had pledged to dismantle Obama’s achievements, starting with his signature law, the Affordable Care Act that became known as Obamacare. He also will be in position to fill the current vacancy on the Supreme Court.
A Trump presidency is certain to produce significant geopolitical repercussions. He has promised to transform U.S. foreign policy and take it in a more unilateralist direction.
He also has promised to build a wall on the border with Mexico and deport immigrants who are in this country illegally. Trump said he would “bomb the s---” out of the Islamic State and says he has a secret plan to annihilate the terrorist organization. He has also expressed admiration for strongmen such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he has promised to forge a closer relationship based on mutual respect.
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. He has also expressed admiration for strongmen such as Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he has promised to forge a closer relationship based on mutual respect.
I can't help thinking of just what happened. I mean is there a possibility that it didn't really happen ? How could so many intelligent and informed people be so wrong ? OK in the scenes of smoke and mirrors it looks undeniable but what if his ole buddy Vlad in the Kremlin and his hacker boys somehow fixed the election machines ?
Now I am not saying they did but it is an outside possibility. Just in the key states would be enough to tip the balance. Perhaps the Coney island man would like to have a look or maybe not unless he is paid enough. Politics is a dirty business as everyone knows. The machines are probably antiquated too and able to be fixed.
Just a thought guys but no proof I regret to say. The conspiracy theorists could run with this one and Hillary might yet win.
I can't help thinking of just what happened. I mean is there a possibility that it didn't really happen ? How could so many intelligent and informed people be so wrong ? OK in the scenes of smoke and mirrors it looks undeniable but what if his ole buddy Vlad in the Kremlin and his hacker boys somehow fixed the election machines ?
Now I am not saying they did but it is an outside possibility. Just in the key states would be enough to tip the balance. Perhaps the Coney island man would like to have a look or maybe not unless he is paid enough. Politics is a dirty business as everyone knows. The machines are probably antiquated too and able to be fixed.
Just a thought guys but no proof I regret to say. The conspiracy theorists could run with this one and Hillary might yet win.
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Trump has the possibility to be one of the best presidents we have had in modern times. Hope he doesn't screw it up.
The bar is pretty low....
Super happy to have someone in the WH that does not owe too many political favors. My wish is for him to tackle tort reform head on, and focus on fixing health care costs BEFORE going universal.
The bar is pretty low....
Super happy to have someone in the WH that does not owe too many political favors. My wish is for him to tackle tort reform head on, and focus on fixing health care costs BEFORE going universal.
Many other countries must be worried about their trade deals. Trump has a record of screwing his partners and letting them take the rap.
What he forgets is that everyone needs friends , even countries.
Thanks to previous administrations he is also lumbered with the past. Countries like Syria, Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Iran etc, may not forget the past. Will he think on it before ditching NATO etc. just maybe.
There are many potentially explosive bust ups around the globe with some very angry people itching for revenge. The first big test will likely be sooner rather than later. Agreed a new approach should be found and it isn't hiding under the blankets either.
What he forgets is that everyone needs friends , even countries.
Thanks to previous administrations he is also lumbered with the past. Countries like Syria, Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba, Iran etc, may not forget the past. Will he think on it before ditching NATO etc. just maybe.
There are many potentially explosive bust ups around the globe with some very angry people itching for revenge. The first big test will likely be sooner rather than later. Agreed a new approach should be found and it isn't hiding under the blankets either.
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Trump is there to finish the job.
The countries to be destroyed were :
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Iran.
Trump job will be to destroy Iran.
Now, Trump was campaining of how great Putin was, and how bad China was ( taking back the
jobs from china, etc) :
I wonder how this is going to play out, knowing that Iran and China are the main
business, cultural and al partners of Russia and Putin.
So what I am very curious to find out how all of this will play out.
The countries to be destroyed were :
Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Iran.
Trump job will be to destroy Iran.
Now, Trump was campaining of how great Putin was, and how bad China was ( taking back the
jobs from china, etc) :
I wonder how this is going to play out, knowing that Iran and China are the main
business, cultural and al partners of Russia and Putin.
So what I am very curious to find out how all of this will play out.
Trump offered gifts to influence coverage - Megyn Kelly
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BBC News
45 mins ago
© AP In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Moderator Megyn Kelly waits for the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa.The Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly has claimed Donald Trump tried to influence her to cover him positively by offering gifts including free hotel stays.
She said she was not the only journalist who had been offered gifts, saying this was "one of the untold stories of the 2016 campaign".
The claims are in her memoir, to be released on Tuesday.
Ms Kelly and Mr Trump clashed after a debate she moderated in August last year.
Her first question to him asked about him calling women "fat pigs, slobs and disgusting animals".
After that debate, Mr Trump tweeted that she had "bombed" and he later said: "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever..."
This year, she said publicly that she did not want "any sort of war" with him, and the pair had a one-on-one interview, which aired in May.
'Egos need stroking'
In her memoir, Ms Kelly alleges that Mr Trump offered to fly her and her husband to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, or let her and her friends stay at his New York City hotel for free for the weekend. She said she did not accept his offers.
She said Mr Trump had attempted to influence journalists by praising them.
"This is smart," she writes, "because the media is full of people whose egos need stroking."
Publication of Ms Kelly's memoir was originally planned for November 2015, but it was delayed. It is called Settle for More.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ce-coverage-megyn-kelly/ar-AAkfmgR?li=BBnbcA1
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BBC News
45 mins ago
© AP In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Moderator Megyn Kelly waits for the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa.The Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly has claimed Donald Trump tried to influence her to cover him positively by offering gifts including free hotel stays.
She said she was not the only journalist who had been offered gifts, saying this was "one of the untold stories of the 2016 campaign".
The claims are in her memoir, to be released on Tuesday.
Ms Kelly and Mr Trump clashed after a debate she moderated in August last year.
Her first question to him asked about him calling women "fat pigs, slobs and disgusting animals".
After that debate, Mr Trump tweeted that she had "bombed" and he later said: "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever..."
This year, she said publicly that she did not want "any sort of war" with him, and the pair had a one-on-one interview, which aired in May.
'Egos need stroking'
In her memoir, Ms Kelly alleges that Mr Trump offered to fly her and her husband to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, or let her and her friends stay at his New York City hotel for free for the weekend. She said she did not accept his offers.
She said Mr Trump had attempted to influence journalists by praising them.
"This is smart," she writes, "because the media is full of people whose egos need stroking."
Publication of Ms Kelly's memoir was originally planned for November 2015, but it was delayed. It is called Settle for More.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ce-coverage-megyn-kelly/ar-AAkfmgR?li=BBnbcA1