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Trump:
What?
http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/donald-trump-wants-to-be-called-mr-brexit-now-he-knows-what-it-means--bygvWNACtvb?utm_source=indy&utm_medium=top5&utm_campaign=i100
No seriously...what in God's name is he talking about now?
Who is he talking to? How many of his supporters will a) understand the Brexit reference and b) be able to see how this has anything to do with U.S. domestic and foreign policy initiatives?
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No seriously...what in God's name is he talking about now?
Who is he talking to? How many of his supporters will a) understand the Brexit reference and b) be able to see how this has anything to do with U.S. domestic and foreign policy initiatives?
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He is clearly an idiot, but what I suspect he means is that hardly anyone and scarcely a single poll suggested that the Brexit side would win in the UK. As American polls go on showing his own downward slide, Trump imagines he is going to pull the same trick out of the bag in America...hence, "Mr Brexit". However, I can't imagine more than 1% of the USA electorate...
08:04 Fri 19th Aug 2016
Chilldoubt
I think that the biggest non-story is Jeremy Corbyn not recognising Ant & Dec, but each to his own.
Jackdaw33 - I'm genuinely interested to find out what you think he means, especially in the context of the U.S. elections.
Do you think his followers will put two and two together? I ask, because I saw a report on TV in June, where an ITV reporter asked a number of U.S. citizens what they think of Brexit, and most of them didn't know what it was.
I would summarise Brexit as UK citizens being given the chance to exercise their democratic right to opt or out of the EU.
What are American voters opting in or out of?
After polling day, they will still be governed exactly the same as they always have been...it's the same pudding with custard rather than cream surely?
I think that the biggest non-story is Jeremy Corbyn not recognising Ant & Dec, but each to his own.
Jackdaw33 - I'm genuinely interested to find out what you think he means, especially in the context of the U.S. elections.
Do you think his followers will put two and two together? I ask, because I saw a report on TV in June, where an ITV reporter asked a number of U.S. citizens what they think of Brexit, and most of them didn't know what it was.
I would summarise Brexit as UK citizens being given the chance to exercise their democratic right to opt or out of the EU.
What are American voters opting in or out of?
After polling day, they will still be governed exactly the same as they always have been...it's the same pudding with custard rather than cream surely?
He is clearly an idiot, but what I suspect he means is that hardly anyone and scarcely a single poll suggested that the Brexit side would win in the UK. As American polls go on showing his own downward slide, Trump imagines he is going to pull the same trick out of the bag in America...hence, "Mr Brexit". However, I can't imagine more than 1% of the USA electorate will have a clue what he's talking about!
Sure there are parallels, although less acute now than, say, a month or two ago. For example, Leave might not have been expected to win, but for much of the lead-up to the vote the two sides were within margin of error of each other so only a stats novice (like, I suppose, David Cameron) would have been confident of a victory for Remain based on polling. Right now, in the polls, Trump is trailing by an ever-increasing margin, although with three months left there is still time for these trends to reverse.
The success of Brexit here has, I think, given any Trump supporters who were paying attention some hope. His opponents would do equally well to notice. They have the time to react, at least.
The success of Brexit here has, I think, given any Trump supporters who were paying attention some hope. His opponents would do equally well to notice. They have the time to react, at least.