Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already (5 Viewers)
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chiefdave
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Guess the difference is Trumps supporters see nothing wrong with dropping bombs on Gaza
skybluetony176
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Hard to say. The difference is I guess Trump has a loyalty base based on empty rhetoric, the people who are going to vote for him are going to vote for him. The votes Biden needs are from voters capable of independent thinking based on the evidence of their own eyes rather than just toe the line regardless of the evidence of their own eyes. Don’t think this is a case of swapping votes, more a case of can’t vote Trump but can’t vote for Biden either based on his Israel/Gaza stance.
shmmeee
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Where are you getting these economic facts from?
Wages for the lowest paid are rising faster than any other group:
Inflation is at 3.4% which is fairly normal for developed economies right now.
US inflation at 3.4% in April, dropping slightly from previous month | Business | The Guardian
Policymakers have been surprised by stubborn price growth, which they hoped to bring down to 2%, in recent months
House prices are high like all the anglophone nations, but the US economy generally is in a much better place than most developed economies post covid.
Where are you getting these economic facts from?
Wages for the lowest paid are rising faster than any other group:
Inflation is at 3.4% which is fairly normal for developed economies right now.
US inflation at 3.4% in April, dropping slightly from previous month | Business | The Guardian
Policymakers have been surprised by stubborn price growth, which they hoped to bring down to 2%, in recent monthsamp.theguardian.com
House prices are high like all the anglophone nations, but the US economy generally is in a much better place than most developed economies post covid.
The article highlights the fact that they still don’t earn enough to meet basic needs and in such a tight/hot labour market wages should’ve therefore risen even higher but haven’t. I probably worded my post wrong in that respect and shouldn’t have just said poorest. It’s worth bearing in mind though that there’s a massive discrepancy amongst states in the US which would’ve skewed the overall figures and federal mandated mIn wage hasn’t changed in years
Wage growth vs inflation U.S. 2024 | Statista
The rate of inflation overtook the growth of wages in April 2021. High rates of inflation means that consumers are seeing a decrease in purchasing power
www.statista.com
The above and your article is based on CPI inflation but in reality the poorest/lower income earners get hit by certain elements of inflation a lot harder ie food, shelter etc. These have been running very high and food in particular has only just started to cool a bit in the recent months. In addition true inflation numbers likely far exceed CPI. In the last 3-4 years the compounded inflation is estimated around 25% (truflation)
Biden has obviously done a lot more to try to help working people than trump would but due to inflation many aren’t seeing or feeling it and the ‘real terms’ increase probably just hasn’t been reflected by the reality. For an economy that has performed so well on the surface and considering the level of government expenditure, he should be pissing it in the polls but he’s not. That suggests there’s a disconnect somewhere
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Flying Fokker
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clint van damme
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Why he went to speak to that bunch is beyond me, they're bigger crackpots than he is.
Otis
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Yeah. It needs all 12 jurors to agree and I don't think they will. The key witness, Michael Cohen, is not exactly the sort of key witness you need is he, a convicted felon.
Flying Fokker
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I think he will be convicted on more than half the counts. Trump didn’t take the stand and the paper evidence is strong. As you suggest, the jury may not all agree.
clint van damme
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He was an associate of Trumps, not many of them aren't.
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Wow!
David O'Day
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never in doubt
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Haha. Everyone's an expert !
skybluetony176
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WITCH-HUNT!!!
chiefdave
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close, "this was a rigged trial"
David O'Day
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He's taken it really badly, lovely stuff really.
Liquid Gold
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Breaking News: Donald Trump selected as Labour candidate for Islington North and will serve as Justice secretary in a Starmer government
David O'Day
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Get over it
Otis
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What else is he going to say?
Anything and everything, that ever goes against him, or has gone against him, he says is rigged/corrupt/pointless/lies and a disgrace.
He's the only honest dude in the world. Well, him and his yes men, until they are no longer his yes men and they they too become a disgrace and are liars and corrupt too.
Sick Boy
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The most innocent man the world has ever seen.Oh, I see he's not an innocent man, he's a VERY innocent man.
The guy is insane.
David O'Day
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It's bad for his campaign though, yes it will fire up his base but the actual people he needs to vote for him are independent moderates and this is likely to turn a large number off of that.
People forget he needs normal people to vote for him as well.
fernandopartridge
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The traffic from all those pick up trucks must be awful so can't blame the lads to be fair