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That's Senator Fetterman Sir to you. I am confident that if it turns out that he can't perform the job because of his stroke that he will eventually resign to be replaced by a pick by his democratic Governor. That is unlikely to happen but Fetterman did flip the seat regardless.

I would qualify that in my experience more traditional conservatives are reasonably humane towards people with health challenges (while usually resisting spending public money to help enough) but more modern MAGA types being an obviously fascist movement have a greater tendency towards mockery, bullying, cruelty, intolerance, and downright nastiness.

He'll literally just say anything, won't he? Could be he's laying the foundation for an insanity defense. Could be a strong case. But how would reflect on the country that put him into power and the party that caved into his every bizarre whim?

An interesting story. Is it possible (I don't know as I and the vast majority of expats use Thai baht accounts for visa qualification) that immigration uses only the FX on the day of application and applies it to the entire year? It was still over 800K at the application, correct? Did he tell you he saw that you did not comply at some points in the year because of FX changes but he will let that go? Of course if it was policy to use the application date rate and you were over 800K at that time, then the rule would have been applied correctly. If anyone can speak definitively to their policy on FX, please post. Back to more usual BAHT accounts, I recall that there have been reported cases when an expat fixes an error on the same day where that is allowed. I don't go to bars.

Because unfortunately it doesn't work in the American systems. It spoils things for either of the two other parties.

Well it looks fairly likely now thar the democrats will win control of the senate soon so in that case they wouldn't even need Georgia. They only need 50 because of the VP. It's been leaked that Trump is afraid delaying his running announcement after November 15 shows weakness. Amazing. He's right about that. But he is weakened and that's a fact. So it now looks like he will probably go ahead on the 15th. The Super Maga cult bless their dear insurrectionist hearts must be in a frenzy.

Change your hotel bookings. Buy a RT air ticket to a nearby country before your first 45 days. Show that ticket your airline in the US will let you board. Why not make a great side trip of it like to Siam Reap Penang, or Singapore, etc.? My understanding is that currently land visa runs should be booked through a specialist company on places like Pattaya and Chiang Mai. I can't address your existential worries. There are pros and cons to any approach. I was actually looking for feedback from a seasoned expat on my idea. I personally have had no need for a visa run in over a decade. Good luck.

Why not just fly in get your 45 days at the airport and then do a visa run out and in air or land? Another 45 days. That's 90 days. Am I missing something? To me it's totally bonkers to bother with a 90 day O from the US unless you intend to convert that to an annual retirement extension in Thailand from that, which you don't even need to do because you can usually get the initial 90 day O IN Thailand when you want to do that (bank account method 800K baht).

On regular liquid savings accounts there is trivial interest. There is protection up to only one million baht including all Best to use multiple banks if much more than one million.

We won't know when Trump is over for sure until the fat lady sings. Many thought he was over after his Jan 6 failed coup attempt including Republicans. People forget that a candidate with 25 percent support can win the republican primary in a crowded field.. Things do indeed look grimmer for Trump now but arguably risk of indictments may end up being more permanently fatal than DeSantis. Or health reasons real or staged.

That applies to all the balance rules throughout the year. If you haven't complied then best not to even show up for your next extension. Then your options may be using an agent or leaving Thailand and starting over.

Which office? My comment was really about Jomtien. I should have clarified.

You can safely ignore a 90 day show money report. But do not ignore 90 day address reports!!!!

Jack is indeed correct but I don’t think its reasonable to expect people to always post any oddball regional outliers.

They do but none have the great advantage of any incumbent including unpopular ones.

Not Hillary and she's finished with that.

Not yet dumped by the Super MAGAs.

Yeah and it turns out Pennsylvanians are smart enough to know you can fix strokes but you can't fix quack carpetbaggers.

Better for the American people that he boards a very slow boat to Russia. They bought him they should keep him.

Yes. There is word now that he may delay the announcement. The incoherent curiosly fertile serial absent father anti abortion Georgia football player in the senate runoff might be a factor. An interesting question is whether Trump will even be welcome in Georgia for the campaign. He's the kiss of death. That said I do still expect him to run to maybe help him dodge prison. He'll still probably have his 30 percent Super MAGA deplorables no matter what. What else is he gonna do? Flee to Sochi?

Again with the threats. Melania, time to divorce lawyer up?

DeSantis is a Trumpist with a slicker presentation.

Well as a man that likes his steak very well done with ketchup prison chow won't be so much of a downgrade.

Even Republicans can smell the blood now. What a loser!

I agree Harris can't win but if Biden doesn't run the democrats have many other strong options. Some you haven't heard of but a fresh face can have a lot of appeal. Particularly democrats that are winners in red and purple states. As far as big names Gavin Newsom is a very talented politician. Not saying I love him but he would make an apt contrast because of his historic role in marriage equality (now very popular) to the DeSantis game of scapegoating LGBT people which is straight out of the Putin playbook. As clearly DeSantis is about culture wars well two can play at that game.