Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

Reporting out that the Trump campaign is refusing to sign required documents for potential federal transition either in another sign that either Trump doesn't believe he will win (something the Russians don't believe either, or the Chinese, or the Iranians, they're all planning to use psyops to deny the outcome of the 2024 election), or in a sign that he will simply implement Project 2025, since the transition project requires pre-vetting of transition picks ahead of election day, playing ball with the transition efforts would notably force Trump to either have to appoint some throwaway stand-ins like he did in 2016 (he fired his transition team after he won and started anew) or for him to begin disclosure that would confirm he's just going to install Project 2025 personnel (and in 2020 as incumbent, Trump infamously suspended presidential transition efforts and attempted an autocoup instead). Signing the documents would mean Trump would gain access to millions of taxpayer dollars for a transition, however the catch is it would mean Trump isn't allowed to raise money from foreign entities or anyone exceeding $5,000 - and since Trump is behind on fundraising and leaning heavily into big plate spenders and foreign interests, it's hardly a shock he doesn't want to sign that agreement even for the carrot of a big lump sum of money (On Aug. 10 for example he held a fundraiser starting at $5,000/plate, up to $250,000; and in may he privately courted oil executives for at least $1 Bn for him to deregulate their industry). Trump has never turned down a free dollar without a deeply conceited reason to before, which suggests very conniving reasons for doing so here.

There is a doc on RTE right now "The Choice 2024" which is basically a load of biased talking heads taking up Harris.

The more they talk her up with black and white photos of her faking looking deep in thought on our screens, all they achieve is to show her up as the nobody special person she really is.

This is why she will loss. Even some democrats don't want her as the first ever Woman president because she'll just make a fool of herself if tries to be the female version of Obama. There is a bit of a Shara Phalin thing off her, and Walz looks like a Sesame Street puppet.

I'm calling it, she will loose because everyone can see by now she is not presidential material by a long way. Some would prefer 4 more years of Trump bashing that Harris win. It would have been better for everyone had Trump beaten Biden because it will be effectively 12 years of him now instead of 8.

Well he'll end the war in Ukraine for starters, that drops my energy costs which allows me to pump more money back into the economy which helps everyone. It should also free up some housing so our youth aren't faced with the bullet or the boat, the Governement should in turn have even more money for tax cuts, it'll also free up hospital beds as we won't need to be repairing foreign soldiers, the list is long but he can be a positive for Ireland very quickly even before January 20th.

Do you take any issue with Trump ending the war, is it not something you would vote for, you might dislike Putin but you'd need to dislike Ukranians more to vote for more of the same.

Europe should get ahead of him and end it now rather than give him all the credit. They won't though, why I don't know.

As for Americans, there going to vote for who's going to put more money in their pockets, it's that simple. Why a lot of people here think that's Kamala i'm still trying to get my head around. She's offering nothing different from Biden and it's nonsense posters claiming that's not to undermine Biden, they've already thrown him under the bus and hit reverse.

Agreed.

The same author, on the same website, for the same newspaper, also says Trump is "trailing badly" as of an hour ago. And no the article you're referring to doesn't say anywhere in it that she is 'likely to lose Pennsylvania' - in fact it points out she's leading in the Quinnipiac poll there, while going on to throw his hands up in the air, admit he has no idea what the electoral outcome will be and "it's truly anyone's ballgame."

I would perhaps be cautious of being bedazzled by the tabloids.

Even 60 minutes said on Sunday, 'the honeymoon period is over' it's just the phrase being used to narrate the moment. I wouldn't read too much into it, aside from a remark that the polls have tapered off and she's essentially back to the same favorability she had ahead of the 2020 election - and so does Trump (including being underwater on disapproval) - which, given she helped win that election, is still a good thing.

Don’t expect any credible answer that doesn’t involve giving land to a tyrant bully maniac who threatens the world daily with Nukes.

Post and ghost, I really love how this thread rolls at times.

One laughs a lot and has some wishy washy policies, while the other incited an attack on the Capitol after spreading a baseless conspiracy theory about the 2020 election.

To call Harris a poor candidate for the office of POTUS would be basically correct, imo. I don't see her as having much of any x-factor.

However, to call Trump a poor candidate for the same position would be a bit like saying that a man with a criminal record of indecent exposure to minors would therefore be a poor choice for the position of 4th class teacher at St Fintan's NS. 'Poor' wouldn't really cover it.

This isn't to say that Trump won't be elected. He well could be. But if he is elected, it'll be a signal that trying to topple a democratic vote is no longer a disqualifying factor for a western leader and this sets the West up for a particularly dark path in the decades to come.

The idea that its the left not the right that are obsessed with gender id 😂.

Just a weekly reminder that Trump was literally impeached for blackmailing Ukraine.

Also far from ending any conflict he will let Putin do whatever he wants, we know this because again he told us.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68266447

You really would not think you would have to say all this, would you? You'd think it would be self-evident.

You can read the poll results yourselves (it’s close obviously) but I thought this part was interesting - undecided voters are less likely to vote at all - so in SOME respects, the undecided can be discounted - many will never make up their minds for this election -

“The snapshot of the race in this report is based on all registered voters.

 Not all voters will turn out in the 2024 presidential election – and those who are undecided or unsure about their choice are far less motivated to vote than are those who express more certainty.”

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2024/10/10/the-harris-trump-matchup/