For Trump truth is effectively whatever it takes to use
the moment, moment by moment, battle by battle. He's the
episodic man shorn of any long-term story to make sense
of his life. He has to win the moment.

His supporters don't hold him to the same standards they
do everyone else.

Interesting times ahead.

mhaze,

Is that like the data you used of some poor demented woman in Canto Ohio eating a cat the you claimed proved "Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating peoples pets" 174 miles from Canton! Is that how you formed your view, hummm, no you were caught out reading off the Trumster song sheet again, what a Wally!

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Dear ttbn,

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You wrote :

« Voting corruption is rife in America. Americans know it, but not ignorant Australians, who should be more concerned about their own country, not America »
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There were over 60 court cases regarding the results of the 2020 presidential elections where judges, including judges appointed by President Trump and other Republican presidents, after examining what little evidence was submitted, and often in the absence of evidence, concluded that there was not widespread fraud.

I was quite surprised and admirative on learning of this result. Naturally, there must always be the odd case of fraud of some sort, but, thanks to Trump and his “friends” (or should I say “disciples”?), the process has been tested and found remarkably satisfactory.

I see no reason to believe it would be any different in Australia.

Of course, we Australians are more concerned about our own country than America. We are concerned that Trump will implement his isolationist policy if elected. He has adamantly insisted on numerous occasions that every country should look after itself and not rely on America for its defence.

The risk factor for Australia is greater for a Trump election than it is for a Harris election.

Trump proclaims he stands for peace, not war and that he will quickly make peace deals with the world’s autocratic leaders, Putin, Xi, Kim and Khamenei.

Just what that means for countries under menace or attack is anybody’s guess, but it probably involves concessions unacceptable to them that they would be forced to accept following the withdrawal of American protection.

Trump has shown himself to be unstable, unpredictable, uncontrollable and unreliable. The risk for us is that without America’s protection, Australia would be a sitting duck, up for grabs by any voracious predator.

Harris, on the other hand, has sought closer ties with American allies in the Indo-Pacific, including Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea. In April 2024, she hosted the first-ever trilateral summit between the United States, Japan, and the Philippines.

Unfortunately, we have no say in who is elected.

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Dear mhaze,

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You wrote :

« That's right Banjo - not rape but sexual abuse. Glad you caught up »
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You’re welcome, mhaze, but I’m afraid you’ve got it the wrong way round. The judge decided “It’s not sexual abuse, but rape”.

The federal appeals court already held a hearing on Trump's appeal on the 6th September 2024 in lower Manhattan but a decision is not expected until after the 2024 Election Day.

That’s the way it is and that’s the way it will remain until the court of appeal decides otherwise, or if Trump is elected president and somehow manages to wrangle his way out of it.

For the time being, a US president has the power to overrule his federal convictions, he does not have the power to overrule his State convictions.

He might have to smash the US judiciary system to get what he wants.

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Dear Foxy,

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One thing you can count on is that Trump will declare that he won the election irrespective of the vote count.

Since the chaos in the aftermath of the 2020 election, officials have spent the past four years preparing for increased threats of violence, and Congress has updated the Electoral Count Act to block the certification of a legitimate election result.

At least, this time, we all know what to expect.

So, on with the show !

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I'm over playing this game of wack-a-mole about Trump's supposed lies. I get that the press you rely on have told you to concentrate on these lies in preference to thinking about policy because it suits their purpose. But its all smoke and mirrors.

Sure I could also talk about Harris's lies about working at Maccas, being raised in a middle class family, her lies about the border debacle, her lies about the Afghan withdrawal debacle etc etc etc.

But most of it would go over your heads and just isn't my schtick.

Clearly you are incapable of understanding or following issues of policy and the plans for the future after 20/1/25 even if you had the inclination to do so.

As Elon Musk has pointed out, if Harris, as the figurehead for the US ruling elite, wins this one, there will never be another free and fair federal election in the US. The US will continue its slow decline to irrelevance even while the elite feast on the carcass.

This of coarse would be a disaster for Australia and the western world and a victory for China/Russia/Iran which is why they are cheering for Harris.

But no say the clueless - let's concentrate on trumped up rape charges or (as per Foxy's silly WaPo list of 'lies') claims that he said he'd playing golf in Scotland on some British election day when it was actually the day after.

IF you want to talk about lies, talk about consequential ones like the lies from the US bureaucracy over Hunter's laptop. Lies that swung an election and which Jordan Peterson and others say were worse than Watergate by orders of magnitude. But I won't hold my breathe because those you rely on have told you to memory-hole that one.

The election is close. Trump leads but not by enough to offset the cheating that is already taking place with rigged voter lists, voter suppression efforts in red districts and MSM efforts to hide the truth. Harris will win an illegitimate election and the world will unravel.