O/T:- Betting odds for US Election [The USA Politics Thread]

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I'm not paying much attention but all of Trump's picks so far seem designed to destroy whatever institution they supposedly will be in charge of. He's always been the "burn it all down" candidate, so that all sort of makes sense to me.

God the media's milking it for all it's worth too. He doesn't take power until Jan 20th IIRC but it's still with the multiple headlines a day. He literally can't do a single thing yet.

Speaking of burning it all down, the warmongers running the Dems - sorry, I mean "Biden" - look like they want to squeeze WW3 in before Trump's inauguration.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjdl98dk40gt

Why not go out with a bang, eh?

[Jampie]

Speaking of burning it all down, the warmongers running the Dems - sorry, I mean "Biden" - look like they want to squeeze WW3 in before Trump's inauguration.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cjdl98dk40gt

Why not go out with a bang, eh?

How does that lead to world war three?

Russia would have to choose to escalate it there. No doubt you will blame "Biden" if that happens, but I don't see why they would.

[slack_pie]

How does that lead to world war three?

Russia would have to choose to escalate it there. No doubt you will blame "Biden" if that happens, but I don't see why they would.

To me, it seems a calculated move by "the good guys" to escalate the war in the lead up to Trump taking power, to make it as difficult as possible for him to do what he said he'd do and be a broker for peace.

You can use all sorts of mental gymnastics to explain why firing US missiles, using US systems, into Russian territory at the say-so of the US president isn't a major escalation, but ultimately it is.

How would it lead to WW3? Well, Putin will be forced to retaliate in some way against the US/NATO, who will then be forced to retaliate in turn, and so on. I'm not saying it'll happen, but this move by the Dems pushes us one step closer to the brink.

Again, you have to ask who actually authorised this. Who's running the US at this point and what are their intentions? Old Joe's not fit for office and is on a trip to the Amazon for some reason, so it can't be him. Kamala has presumably been disassembled and stored back in the White House attic, so it's not her. So what group of people are pushing this forward, and why?