Donald and the US expats.

[John Drake]

Vote for RFKjr and none of this is a problem.

[Hamus Yaigh]

On 2/12/2024 at 8:17 AM, uttradit said:

They laugh more about Biden.

They laugh more at people who think this.

[John Drake]

4 minutes ago, Hamus Yaigh said:

They laugh more at people who think this.

 

Laughing more at people who vote for Trump or Biden. Both unfit.

[sirineou]

The funny thing is . that a large percentage of trump supporters. and the louses ones are not even American, and the only thing they know about American politics is what they read in the papers and other media, that I a, willing to bet is the one that confirms their bias. 

[sirineou]

On 2/12/2024 at 8:17 AM, uttradit said:

They laugh more about Biden.

What are you smocking?

Let me give you a clue. People laugh at people they don't like ,and in this case, down is bad, and up is good, 

"Since Donald Trump took office as president, the image of the United States has suffered across many regions of the globe. As a new 13-nation Pew Research Center survey illustrates, America’s reputation has declined further over the past year among many key allies and partners.  "

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/15/us-image-plummets-internationally-as-most-say-country-has-handled-coronavirus-badly/

 

"The election of Joe Biden as president has led to a dramatic shift in America’s international image. Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, publics around the world held the United States in low regard, with most opposed to his foreign policies. This was especially true among key American allies and partners. Now, a new Pew Research Center survey of 16 publics finds a significant uptick in ratings for the U.S., with strong support for Biden and several of his major policy initiatives. "

 

 

[Lacessit]

 

This is like watching a circus combined with a train wreck.

 

The RNC has spent millions on failed legal challenges to mail-in voting. It has also spent millions on encouraging Republican voters to - you guessed it - mail their votes in early.

 

Meantime, Trump has said in a speech after the Iowa primary - no mail-in votes, paper ballots with voter ID only.

 

Campaign donations from large donors have slowed to a trickle. A presidential candidate who has crowed over repealing Roe vs Wade, potentially alienating most female voters. Large donors employ large numbers of women. A candidate who says he'll let Russia attack delinquent NATO countries. Ironic, coming from someone who is renowned for stiffing contractors and creditors. A candidate who thinks US servicemen are suckers and losers.

 

The small donors are still sending their money, blissfully unaware ( or maybe they don't care ) Trump is filching campaign fund donations to pay his legal bills - $55 million and counting.

 

If I was a Hollywood scriptwriter, no way I could make this stuff up. It's too far-fetched.

 

Thank the gods I am not American.

 

 

[alex8912]

48 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

The only thing that would change for me would be that I would have to go back to telling people that I'm Canadian, from Saskatchewan. Because engaging people while Trump is president who consistently ask why we voted in an absolute moron, is tiresome and it's better to just deflect by saying I'm Canadian. 

You could certainly find different and better people to engage with. Give it a try. With good ones there are way more interesting mind expanding experiences to be had than politics. Might be a good idea to stop thinking about yourself as a country. The " we" in your above post is telling. Now since you may be Canadian again what wonderful things can you discuss about Trudeau? 

[mrmicbkktxl]

On 2/12/2024 at 1:42 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Obviously, people laugh even more about Americans. 

Voting for him once was a mistake. But who would vote for such a guy another time? Only Americans would do that. 

I think it is not about Trump is great it's about how bad Biden and the democrats are

[johnnybangkok]

4 hours ago, mamypoko said:

I'd lose a 10,000 baht bet. Of course, I won that bet last go around. 

 

I'm in for 100k. God I hope he doesn't win.

[jippytum]

People like the Donalds stance on immigration also reducing the trading deficit with China. Joe is stuggling healthwise more noticable at every press conference. 

[JimTripper]

Need a moderate, low key and solid statesman this time to pull the country together.

 

No more extreme candidates or the country divides further causing more problems.

[retarius]

1 hour ago, John Drake said:

Vote for RFKjr and none of this is a problem.

He won't be in the contest. He doesn't have the funding or sponsors for one thing. I would love him to run though and he would get my vote. He'll also pretty much end any hope of a Biden presidency if he splits the Democrat vote even getting only 2 or 3% of the votes in close states .

[biervoormij]

22 minutes ago, mrmicbkktxl said:

I think it is not about Trump is great it's about how bad Biden and the democrats are

I disagree with this. It is all about Trump and the thing I really don't understand about republicans.

 

If they wanted to win they would nominate anyone but Trump. The only way Biden can win is to run against Trump.  The republicans are willing to take a 50/50 chance of winning rather than nominate someone younger and take the easy win.

[Luuk Chaai]

On 2/12/2024 at 2:19 AM, swissie said:

So far , purely hypothetical: As a US Citizen what would change for you as an Expat in Thailand if Donald would become president?

 

I'd actually be ok with going back to the US for a visit ,,    I would not have to worry about my son and grandkids being fed woke BS agenda in school, or have some guy dressed up as a female in order to dominate a sport, ( there is only 2 genders period fullstop ) NYC cops won't get the crap kicked out of them on the street by illegal invaders, and we woud probably see less all inclusive tour buses blocking the roads here 

 

[AlexRich]

2 hours ago, HK MacPhooey said:

Classic case of Trump Derangement Syndrome

 

Unfortunately it is his supporters who are deranged. Think about that the next time you see a Muppet holding a “We are Q” sign.

[retarius]

14 minutes ago, JimTripper said:

Need a moderate, low key and solid statesman this time to pull the country together.

 

No more extreme candidates or the country divides further causing more problems.

On the surface this seems like a reasonable analysis.....except, I think the country is in a mess, and headed in the wrong direction, and unless there is a revolutionary at the helm, the status quo of entrenched corrupt interests in the Senate and Congress will continue to prevail. We need a candidate who will say not to endless funding requests from these abominable institutions full of senile grey old men. Americas are overtaxed and they have to stop borrowing to fund endless wars. When I lived there I paid 36% federal marginal tax, plus a 3.6% surcharge making 39.6% federal taxes. I then paid 10.7% NJ state taxes; 1.25% Medicare Tax and some other SS tax. Plus I paid outrageous property taxes, of around $25000 per year half of it on a pice of land I owned that no one lived on; and 7% NJ state sales taxes ono pretty much everything I bought, plus miscellaneous import duties and excise taxes in items purchased from abroad....adding it all up around some 60% or more of my marginal income inns going in some form of taxes. Despite seizing such a huge percentage of my income the senators and congressmen cannot get by without borrowing trillions each year. I CRY FOUL. 

It is time for Congress and Senate to live within their means. Biden will not change course and suddenly start cutting budgets for woke initiatives. Trump may or may not, cuts some sacrosanct programs like Medicare, Medicaid, Welfare and the Military and stop sending 60 billion a year to Ukraine that serves no purpose at all, and provides no benefits to America. Better for Trump to ally with Putin and save tax payers 60 billion and tell Ukraine to go pound sand. 

[kingstonkid]

On 2/12/2024 at 7:42 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Obviously, people laugh even more about Americans. 

Voting for him once was a mistake. But who would vote for such a guy another time? Only Americans would do that. 

 

But would voting for a senile old man that can not remember who he is or who he talks to let alone being able to walk up stairs.

 

I think that if it is between the 2 TRUMP will have more that he can talk about doing that was a success over Joe I talk to ghosts) Biden.

 

This could be the same as TRUMP HILLARY, which one is going to do the least damage.  Also, which one has the most competent Vice?  Let's face it not many people are looking forward to President Kamala.

 

As to life here I really do not see any change to life for expats. 

Edited February 13 by kingstonkid

[retarius]

1 hour ago, sirineou said:

What are you smocking?

Let me give you a clue. People laugh at people they don't like ,and in this case, down is bad, and up is good, 

"Since Donald Trump took office as president, the image of the United States has suffered across many regions of the globe. As a new 13-nation Pew Research Center survey illustrates, America’s reputation has declined further over the past year among many key allies and partners.  "

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2020/09/15/us-image-plummets-internationally-as-most-say-country-has-handled-coronavirus-badly/

 

"The election of Joe Biden as president has led to a dramatic shift in America’s international image. Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency, publics around the world held the United States in low regard, with most opposed to his foreign policies. This was especially true among key American allies and partners. Now, a new Pew Research Center survey of 16 publics finds a significant uptick in ratings for the U.S., with strong support for Biden and several of his major policy initiatives. "

 

 

Ancient history. Poll is from when exactly? 2020 and 2021, and not at all relevant to the upcoming elec ion in 2024. 

[retarius]

On 2/12/2024 at 7:48 AM, sirineou said:

Asides from having the country that I love driven in the gutter, and my children's future compromised.

His mishandling of the economy might compromise my private pension and SSI.

If I get sick and have to go back , my health insurance not cover my condition. A sure thing , because looking at his face and listening to his whining voice for another 4 year is soor to make me sick.  

 

Well you've had Biden for 3 years......has he improved America? In mu opinion he has increased the rate of decay and turned it further from the path of good sense and fiscal prudence, towards warmongering, and woke stupidity. I could not stand to hear Biden's senile voice for another day. Fortunately his handlers know he's senile and keep him away from the microphone as often as possible, and only allow him near it in during those increasingly infrequent lucid moments you get when you are senile. 

Edited February 13 by retarius

[retarius]

On 2/12/2024 at 7:48 AM, sirineou said:

Asides from having the country that I love driven in the gutter, and my children's future compromised.

His mishandling of the economy might compromise my private pension and SSI.

If I get sick and have to go back , my health insurance not cover my condition. A sure thing , because looking at his face and listening to his whining voice for another 4 year is soor to make me sick.  

 

Well you've had Biden for 3 years......has he improved America? In my opinion he has increased the rate of decay and turned it further from the path of good sense and fiscal prudence, towards warmongering, and woke stupidity. I could not stand to hear Biden's senile voice for another day. Fortunately his handlers know he's senile and keep him away from the microphone as often as possible, and only allow him near it in during those increasingly infrequent lucid moments you get when you are senile. 

[Ben Zioner]

On 2/12/2024 at 7:42 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

But who would vote for such a guy another time? Only Americans would do that. 

Only some some Americans, those who are in the same mindset as some Germans in 1933. But what terrifies me most is that this disease spreads like Covid.

[Srikcir]

If I was a registered Democrat, ie., for an absentee ballot from overseas, I would re-register as an Independent. 

Trump promises his next term as POTUS will be one of political retaliation. I can envision him canceling any US- based benefits to American expats registered as Democrats.

[AlexRich]

To the guy that wants to ally with Putin, get educated. Putin wants to destroy the West, not ally with it. He could never achieve that by military means so he put resources into undermining democracies from within. And Trump is his greatest success. A corrupt idiot who will do anything for money and is compromised up to his neck. The KGB financed extremist groups, left and right, to cause chaos in democracies, and used oligarchs to corrupt politicians and political parties around the West. We are all paying the price for that now. Mike Johnson, like Trump, takes Russian money. It is not about “the deficit”, that increased under Trump, it is about helping Russia … and in doing so destroying American democracy. 
 

Money spent in Ukraine defeating Putin is well spent, and may prevent the next trouble maker from starting … China’s Xi. 

[retarius]

On 2/12/2024 at 7:48 AM, sirineou said:

Asides from having the country that I love driven in the gutter, and my children's future compromised.

His mishandling of the economy might compromise my private pension and SSI.

If I get sick and have to go back , my health insurance not cover my condition. A sure thing , because looking at his face and listening to his whining voice for another 4 year is soor to make me sick.  

 

Well you've had Biden for 3 years......has he improved America? In my opinion he has increased the rate of decay and turned it further from the path of good sense and fiscal prudence, towards

warmongering, and woke stupidity. I could not stand to hear Biden's senile voice for another day. Fortunately his handlers know he's senile and keep him away from the microphone as often as possible, and only allow him near it in during those increasingly infrequent lucid moments you get when you are senile. 

2 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

If Trump elected, it will shatter the claim that US is the beacon of democracy and not to be trusted in all foreign policies and will not come to the aid of the free world if attacked

The 'free world' you mention is a total illusion. the EU is not free, its population are amongst the most regulated in the entire world. Why shouldn't a collection of rich advanced economies defend itself, what is the rationale in today's world. There was a rationale after the war for having these war ravaged economies protected by the US, there is none now, especially as NATO has become a fig leaf for US geopolitical wars.

You should listen to me, my thinking is on an entirely different level to yours. Mine is grounded in reality and hard fact instead of western propaganda. 

[Lacessit]

10 minutes ago, retarius said:

Well you've had Biden for 3 years......has he improved America? In my opinion he has increased the rate of decay and turned it further from the path of good sense and fiscal prudence, towards warmongering, and woke stupidity. I could not stand to hear Biden's senile voice for another day. Fortunately his handlers know he's senile and keep him away from the microphone as often as possible, and only allow him near it in during those increasingly infrequent lucid moments you get when you are senile. 

 

 

Unemployment at less than 4%. Stock market at all-time highs. GDP growing.

 

You'd rather have a convicted felon in the White House?

Edited February 13 by Lacessit

[sirineou]

4 minutes ago, retarius said:

Well you've had Biden for 3 years......has he improved America?

He absolutely has. 

We are nio longer the laughing stock of the world. No drama, and No attempts to subvert the system, 

But is by improving America you mean destroying all that it is based on , No!!

Noone has ever  done as a great a job as trump.

[retarius]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

 

 

Unemployment at less than 4%. Stock market at all-time highs. GDP growing.

 

You'd rather have a convicted felon in the White House?

All the numbers are fudged and regularly revised with seasonal adjustments to befuddle the public. Don't trust anything you hear from the BLS. Unemployment increases are strictly in part time wok and for migrants....ie really low quality non benefit paying jobs...but don't worry billionaire are thriving and the poor are getting poorer all the time. But trannies are doing well\, which I suppose to some folk is the most important thing. 

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/you-have-see-believe-it-how-bls-data-being-manipulated

 

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/bls-releases-revised-cpi-data-heres-whats-it

[Lacessit]

5 minutes ago, retarius said:

Well you've had Biden for 3 years......has he improved America? In my opinion he has increased the rate of decay and turned it further from the path of good sense and fiscal prudence, towards

warmongering, and woke stupidity. I could not stand to hear Biden's senile voice for another day. Fortunately his handlers know he's senile and keep him away from the microphone as often as possible, and only allow him near it in during those increasingly infrequent lucid moments you get when you are senile. 

The 'free world' you mention is a total illusion. the EU is not free, its population are amongst the most regulated in the entire world. Why shouldn't a collection of rich advanced economies defend itself, what is the rationale in today's world. There was a rationale after the war for having these war ravaged economies protected by the US, there is none now, especially as NATO has become a fig leaf for US geopolitical wars.

You should listen to me, my thinking is on an entirely different level to yours. Mine is grounded in reality and hard fact instead of western propaganda. 

Here's a hard fact for you. If Trump is re-elected, no other country in the world will share intelligence with America. Why would they, given what Trump does with it?

Another hard fact. Putin won't stop if he wins in Ukraine. He wants to restore the USSR, and has repeatedly said so.

Third fact. If you said about Putin what you are saying about Biden, you'd be eating prison food.

Saying your thinking is different does not mean it is right.

[sirineou]

27 minutes ago, retarius said:

Ancient history. Poll is from when exactly? 2020 and 2021, and not at all relevant to the upcoming elec ion in 2024. 

"REPORTJUNE 27, 2023

 

International Views of Biden and U.S. Largely Positive"

https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2023/06/27/international-views-of-biden-and-u-s-largely-positive/

[retarius]

3 minutes ago, sirineou said:

He absolutely has. 

We are nio longer the laughing stock of the world. No drama, and No attempts to subvert the system, 

But is by improving America you mean destroying all that it is based on , No!!

Noone has ever  done as a great a job as trump.

Well we can agree to disagree. Most people,  in polls, don't think Biden has a good job which his why his approval rating is in the low mid 30% range.