Apraxin posted:

Also, what the hell is gonna happen to the GOP if he actually tries to follow through on his promises? Even most of the congresspeople who openly supported him are still super duper into neoliberalism and free trade. What're Ryan and McConnell gonna do if Trump really does start demanding to rip up trade agreements, slap tariffs on everything, and purge lobbyists from DC?

Acid Haze posted:

My state went for Trump. Outside the normal strongholds: Madison, Milwaukee, and Janesville, It was overwhelmingly red. I don't feel at home here anymore. I don't live in the big cities, so I now know I'm basically living with big pockets of people who are diametrically opposed to me in political views at the very least. I don't feel I have a future here anymore. And really, my sentiment extends to the country as a whole at this moment. gently caress this country, how the gently caress did we let this happen?

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individuals familiar with the Trump campaign’s thinking tell Foreign Policy the real estate tycoon’s cabinet is likely to include a mix of outside-the-box iconoclasts and establishment Republican allies, including even Bush-era foreign policy hawks.

Trump’s preference for political outsiders, especially those with private sector experience, has been reflected in his reported consideration of Forrest Lucas, co-founder of the oil products company Lucas Oil, as Interior secretary, and Steven Mnuchin, a Goldman Sachs alum, for Treasury secretary.

For secretary of state, a variety of names are under consideration, including Newt Gingrich, who loyally defended Trump through a range of controversies and gaffes during the campaign.

JawKnee posted:

how do you feel they should have been more considered?

Cigar Aficionado posted:

So just to get this straight, your new President is going to constantly, brazenly lie to the American people about what he's said, what he's done, etc, and that's just going to be mostly considered "whatevs", for the next 4-8 years?

Lol.

Cigar Aficionado posted:

Bush didn't lie constantly in real time.

Doctor Butts posted:

Country goes to poo poo the second Democratic voters stop participating in elections.

Aaron Burr posted:

Vice-president elect Pence, we welcome you and we truly thank you for joining us at Hamilton: An American Musical. We really do.

We, sir, are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents — or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir.

But we truly hope that this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and work on behalf of all of us. All of us.

We truly thank you for sharing this show — this wonderful American story told by a diverse group of men, women of different colors, creeds, and orientations.

TheBigAristotle posted:

We're not going to use nukes, but this guy really is going to gently caress everything up, isn't he?

Fragrag posted:

He's the president-elect, of course he cares a lot whether the theatre is a safe place.

Spacebump posted:

If faithless electors did that, the country would be in chaos.

SunAndSpring posted:

The art style of these reminds me of that lovely Neo-Nazi web comic where a white Christian kid gets adopted by an evil Jewish family.

speng31b posted:

You mean the one where all the people Trump is hiring now burn everything to the ground and salt the earth behind them, and all we can do is watch?

Arrgytehpirate posted:

Isn't Manifest Destiny like a super duper loving racist thing? Why would he suggest that or use that phrase

Anime Schoolgirl posted:

trump spent half a billion dollars of other peoples' money instead

mdemone posted: