Yes. I am sure that *this time* Trump saying something authoritarian and batshit insane will have a material effect on his popularity, unlike the previous eleventy billion times when him doing so was… (View Post)

The very best-case scenario, following a Trump victory and an end for US support to Ukraine, is that US aid keeps flowing, but only because the Europeans buy it from US arms manufacturers. Possibly u… (View Post)

You have a made-up image of who Trump is in your mind that doesn't match reality. Trump talks tough, but he's actually a big coward who has already talked about surrendering countries in Eu… (View Post)

Yes. I've been banging on about this for some time. Europe had time to prepare for the possibility of Trump returning, and Europe as a whole chose not to. This won't be a disaster just for … (View Post)

I think the US opinion polling is correct to make Harris and Trump the frontrunners for the Presidency. Given all the problems there are with opinion polling I am surprised it does as well as it does… (View Post)