The Supreme Court Rules that Trump stays in the primary Ballot

@BohemianBoo I still see this as Trump being the Albatross around the Republicans neck as long as Biden has a pulse..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman Don't. Trump is winning in the polls, and it's going to be harder to beat him this time because the Republicans made a bunch of voter restriction laws in the past few years. If Trump wins, and they go through with Project 2025, Republicans won't need to win elections to hold office.

@BohemianBoo OK. My opinion actually goes way beyond the question I myself raised, But let me take you there. We disagree on th "Trump Effect" But the outcomes of all minor and special elections held so far (rather than the polls) is on my side. Next level. If Americans agree with you and enough of them vote Trump/Republican to get him elected in 2024 America as a whole will get everything it deserves...And will be pretty much shunned by the world in terms of influence and long term planning.. And kiss goodbye to the $US being the reserve trade currency..
Next Level..No matter who wins the next election, the American Economy is crumbling internationally and that effect will be felt internally in America over the next decade, no matter who governs. Its economics, not politics..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman How is the U.S. economy crumbling internationally? The U.S. has had the strongest economic recovery in the world post- Covid. And the departure of Trump.

@whowasthatmaskedman Yeah, gotta disagree with you there. America's economy is booming.

You are right that Republicans have been underperforming in local elections, which is good news. I'm more worried about Biden losing because people who voted for him last time won't vote for him this time, because of that whole genocide thing.

@BohemianBoo

@sunsporter1649 That's not how economics works.

@Ynotisay Sorry. The Emperor has no clothes. True, America looks good locally on the numbers. However those numbers are built on the back of four TRILLION dollars worth of new debt that is only invisible because the $US is still the world Trade currency. If any other country borrows such a sum and hasd to use its own currency to buy the $Us the currency would have halved in value over tht time. But the US just prints more.. That why the next big thing is going to be removing the $US as the trade currency. Because America has its thumb on the scales. The tipping point is past in that America is now borrowing to pay the interest on that debt every month..😷

@BohemianBoo of course there will be a few who wont vote Biden because of that. A few. And please dont treat me as a biden fan. I think he was too old the first time around, politics aside..And I think its an act of cowardice by Democrats running him again. In fact I think the best inscentive to vote Democrat it in fact Trump.., with the train wreck that is the Republican Party a distant second..😷

@whowasthatmaskedman I think the Democrats should have had a real primary, but I also think Biden would have won anyway. None of the other candidates had nearly enough name recognition to come close to beating Biden.

@BohemianBoo Well the Republicans have done all in their power to blacken Harris' name. But I think a racially diverse woman couldnt do any more harm than Trump😷

@BohemianBoo You have to be aware that every institution in our country wants to present the 2024 election as a horse race. Its not going to be. trimp is going to lose and he's going to lose hugely. The polls have largely been collected by voters in rural parts of the country.

@whowasthatmaskedman Removing the US dollar as trade currency? Really? Why would you say that? It's THE most traded currency in the world. BY FAR.
Come on now. You're free to have your emotional feelings but reality is another game.

@Vin53 It's true that the media wants to present this as neck and neck, because that makes for good ratings.
However, the 2020 race was [b]extremely[/b] close. Yes, Biden destroyed in the popular vote, but that's not what wins elections.
Since then, Biden lost support over Gaza, he doesn't have covid to run on, most Americans are worried that he's too old now, and Republicans enacted a bunch of voter restriction laws.
On the other hand, Democrats have been overperforming in local elections because the Republicans are trying to nationally ban abortion, the economy is booming under Biden, and Trump can't stop talking about how he wants to be a dictator.

So really, it's anyone's game at this point.

@BohemianBoo trump is a Titanic lifeboat with 91 holes in it. He doesn't survive the summer.

@Vin53 Trump is one of the most politically powerful people in the country. He's not going to prison. People like him are above the law. Hopefully that changes at some point, but it's not going to change in the next few months.

@BohemianBoo Don't confuse cult popularity for power, he's a failure and all of America, other than his very limited cult know as well. He's barely a viable threat at this point and he's only going southward.

His mind is failing fast. Srsly.

@Ynotisay I would say that because it is happening and it will continue. In fact China took an early run at it just as covid started. But the wholw thing was put on the backburner becayse the whole world went into freefall as trade ground to a halt.. So here is the background. After WW2 America basically ruled the western world, where all the money was. And all the redevelopment was happening. And the $US was pegged to the gold standard. So a dollar was literally as good as gold. Therefore the logical vehicle for all payments. They could have used the Pound Sterling as they did berore the war. But Britain was an economic basket case and had its industry either shattered or chained to war production and would take time to come back...
This ticked over nicely as rock and roll emerged and American global consumer influence grew.. Space race, Moon landings.. Its all America..Including setting up a western style puppet here and there where the place had oil of something America needed..But thats by the by..
So Nixon gets the nation into a budget crisis over Vietnam and decides to abandon the gold standard, because ther simply wasnt enough gold to cover the $ he needed. No one blinks. America was still the powerhouse it always was and the global Sheriff..So we get to Reagan and financial deregulation. The banks can get creative over how they mke money and in effect can deal seconds and hold an ace up their sleeve..And they do, Turning the futures exchange into a second financial market for speculating in money itself as if its a commodity. (Watch "Trading places" you will get it.) All the time, the thing that made America great, American industry, is falling behind because the share price and return is becoming more important than the actual product and growth.. At this point G.E started making more money out of its financial business than its products..
So the Europeans innovated and the Japanese mass produced quality and America lost market share. Overseas and then at home..
America did a deal with the OPEC arabs to create the "Petrodollar" because people were noticing he shine was off the value of the $ and questioning whether something else would be better.. And that helpe weather the first Global financial crisis where America tried and partly succeeded in selling its crap debt to other countries.. But since then the questions are being asked again, because American financial institutions havent learned a thing and are settling up for a second crisis.. And the Chinese and now the powerhouse America used to be. And they have created their own subnetwork that trades in their Yuan. Its amll, but it exists. And if you want for sell to China, the best deal is done in Yuan. And they are talking with the Saudis over this.. And about formally rdismantling the Petrodollar as a way of influencing US trade and policy..
So thats where I get it from..😷