Off Topic US General Election

Berlusconi once called himself the ‘Jesus Christ of politics’.

 

Obama’s rate of deportations per month was 4 times more than Trump’s. Don’t recall him being compared to Hitler.

 

Haven’t lived there but had business dealing with and went to Eastern European states when they were communist. Also went to Spain when Franco was in power. Know which was preferable. Franco didn’t have to shoot people trying to leave to stop them, they were free to do so if they didn’t like it.

 

I don't remember Berlusconi attempting to act on his statements in the way that Trump certainly has. His last attempt was just a softening up though.

 

You impressively made it to 7 pages before Nazis, Communists, the USSR, the Labour party, podcasts and Mein Kampf kicked in.

 

Because that’s not why Trump is compared to Hitler.

It’s because he keeps using Hitler’s rhetoric and openly discusses wanting his party to be more like Hitler’s was.

 

Let's hope no one mentions the other N word.

 

Netzero?

 

Let's leave it there and go back to the USA.

 

Do you think FDR was an authoritarian dictator?

 

Meloni has made the far right in Italy far more respectable than Berlusconi did, this is what the Republican Party need to do post-Trump.

 

Why were france in power of spain?

 

Yes predictive texting needs checking. Presumably you have it switched off otherwise associate would have been spelt correctly.

 

Depends on what you regard as far right. Some people regard anyone not as far left as Mao as far right.

 

You do wonder why certain posters don’t go on the appropriate forums to discuss their political views instead of trying to shoehorn them into this board

 

Looking at it all, I think whoever takes Pennsylvania takes the white house

 

There was less conflict under Neville Chamberlin than Winston Churchill but I know who I'd rather have by my side in scrap.

 

Basically, yep. Though some of the early signs are that some solid red states aren’t as solid as they were before. Iowa, Texas and Florida being three. It’s not going to impact the election too heavily for whoever doesn’t win and I don’t think all three will turn blue, but the fact they are in play should be a worry for Trump.

 

What an apt comparison.

“okay you have this bit of Ukraine but you’d better not…alright you can have that bit as well but no more. No, you can’t have Moldova. Alright you can have Moldova, but no, not Georgia, that’s too far.”

 

I'd be very surprised if Texas and Florida turn blue... Iowa, I'm not sure