O/T:- Trump Presidency 2.0 [hic sunt dracones]

[Old_pie]

Yep. Just watched the dollar fall off a small clifflet vs. Sterling from 1:15pm GMT costing me about a penny per dollar. Thanks Don

I don't pretend to understand how the markets work but my wife and my portfolios are up 2% since the first week of the month. That should cover the cost of a new bathroom swmbo desires.

I watched a bit of the inaugauration and the first 5mins of Trump's "put america first", "reclaim our borders", "make america great again" whilst he disparaged much that had happened under the Biden administration. Now how don't know how much wa right or wrong but what grated was the utter lack of class in the way he trashed his predecessor. His actions seemed built along the same lines as Hamas parading their weapons as the ceasefire was introduced. No decorum whatsover. But my money has gone up so I suppose I should be pleased, for the time being at least.

[magpie_mania]

I don't pretend to understand how the markets work but my wife and my portfolios are up 2% since the first week of the month. That should cover the cost of a new bathroom swmbo desires.

I watched a bit of the inaugauration and the first 5mins of Trump's "put america first", "reclaim our borders", "make america great again" whilst he disparaged much that had happened under the Biden administration. Now how don't know how much wa right or wrong but what grated was the utter lack of class in the way he trashed his predecessor. His actions seemed built along the same lines as Hamas parading their weapons as the ceasefire was introduced. No decorum whatsover. But my money has gone up so I suppose I should be pleased, for the time being at least.

Decorum? He does not care.

Just listened to a bit of his speech. Sounds like he is making it up as he goes. Still trashing Biden and everything he did.

Says he is going to release the J6 hostages (around 600 were charged with attacking law enforcement officers) but also said how great the law enforcement officers are.

Still, there will be no crime and no inflation.

[Lullapie]

I don't pretend to understand how the markets work but my wife and my portfolios are up 2% since the first week of the month. That should cover the cost of a new bathroom swmbo desires.

I watched a bit of the inaugauration and the first 5mins of Trump's "put america first", "reclaim our borders", "make america great again" whilst he disparaged much that had happened under the Biden administration. Now how don't know how much wa right or wrong but what grated was the utter lack of class in the way he trashed his predecessor. His actions seemed built along the same lines as Hamas parading their weapons as the ceasefire was introduced. No decorum whatsover. But my money has gone up so I suppose I should be pleased, for the time being at least.

I don't think Biden deserves any respect. Even some of the Democrat Hardcore are saying he could be the worst President the US has ever had and they have a few to choose from. Jimmy Carter must be up there.

Some of his last minute pardons etc. that he has made along with attempting to scupper a smooth transition would have had many of the usual crew on here wetting themselves with anger if Trump would have done the same.

I remember friends in the US telling me after the 2016 election, the reason why Trump won wasn't because of his performance or because of the dislike to Hillary Clinton, but because of Barack Obama.

He was detested by many Americans, but outside of America, was held up like the Holy Grail of what a perfect President should be like. They said that Trump offered something different to the norm of the politicians looking after their own.

Biden has taken the US back to those old days where the President was more about his own than the many.

Obama to many Brits, was the same as Thatcher to the Americans.