Trump was never going to "walk" an election, that's a preposterous remark from someone with seemingly zero knowledge of American politics.

The country fundamentally skews Democratic, only one Republican has won a majority of voters in three decades. Trump without pandemic may have won a close election but saying he would coast it is ridiculous, as is this bizarre listing of authoritarian dictators and somehow comparing them to the terminally centrist Democratic party.

I will raise you British Imperialism
29 million in famines in India alone,
1 million in Ireland.
20,000 in boer concentration camps
Wiping out of Tasmanian aborigines ( the only successful extermination in modern history)


Slavery promoted by Britain.
1 million in the African /Atlantic slave trade

Wars promoted by Britain in pursuit of empire
Millions

Capitalism
Untold millions / billions directly and indirectly and still continuing

Britain supporting sanctions on Iraq ( particularly Tony Blair)
500,000 minimum

Never mind wars of religion
195,000,000 is a reasoned estimate crusades, wars between catholics and Protestants,inquisition etc


Colonisation of America’s

10 million mainly Spanish and English responsible


Hitler pol pot and Stalin were small fry compared to the above


Mind you only the ones who killed in England’s names get statues and buildings named after them

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He was 100% interested in culture and disharmony because that is what convinced his power base to vote for him Fear ! racism narrow interests.

Illegal Mexicans, South American’s stealing their jobs, black criminals.
Anyone who opposed him was a communist.

He 100% used culture to convince people to support him .

Deal with crime but not at the expense of privacy which is what you seemed pleased about.(and still no retraction of your smarmy comment)

Are you deliberately trying to trigger them?

This speech on the floor of the house by Jim Jordan is an epic conservative snowflake rant of how hard-done to they've been and how unfair it all is. These the people who have controlled the USA for decades and decades.
Utterly pathetic.

Parler enabled phones just before the capitol siege https://twitter.com/evanchill/status/13 ... _&ref_url=

Parler enabled phones just before the capitol siege https://twitter.com/evanchill/status/13 ... _&ref_url=

I'm not arguing the number of votes that Trump achieved, it was a huge number and I'm sure you remember that Hilary Clinton polled more votes than Trump when he gained power.

Their electoral system seems flawed and is certainly different to our own but, that's up to them.
Quite honestly, I'm not bothered what system they use but, Trump, from the outset, has looked a dangerous man and so, it proved.
We should perhaps be happy that a handful of deaths in a riot, directly provoked by him, was the reminder of what can happen.

As for the Brexit comment, certainly not deflection tactics, why would I want to deflect from the idiot leader ?
However, Zoo Zoo has been rather slow to respond on the subject, so, whilst replying to his post ,I took the opportunity to give him a nudge, hope that's ok with you ?

It amazes me that despite everything he has done and said over the last 4 years, that there are still people that support him.

People are willing to support anyone if you give them a fig leaf to cling to.
Of his support a chunk are just stupid, a chunk are genuine fascists/authoritarians/racists, a large proportion have been fed so many years of misinformation that they are well and truly radicalised, an increasingly small number still tolerate him because he advanced their very right wing (but not anti-democratic) agenda and a good lump of them have made triggering the other side such a huge part of their identity that a "hard man" (in their version of the world) like Trump really stimulates them.

Well summed up.

I should probably have said "It amazes me that anyone with any form of intelligence"

I suspect if it wasn't for COVID damaging the economy and job market in the US it would be Trump being inaugurated next week.

Leaders who have dealt with the pandemic well have seen bounces in their approval ratings. Trump's fundamental weakness as a leader meant he saw the opposite happen.
Being bad at your job tends to have consequences.