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Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com)
It's official: Donald Trump has won the 2016 presidential election. Slashdot reader Xenographic writes: Google's map of results is now calling the race for Donald J. Trump. This is something that Nate Silver jokingly predicted back on May 10th when he wrote "Reminder: Cubs will win the World Series and, in exchange, President Trump will be elected 8 days later." The House and Senate are also under Republican control. In other news, the Canadian immigration site has crashed under heavy load.This is how The New York Times, America's top newspaper reported the news:The surprise outcome, defying late polls that showed Hillary Clinton with a modest but persistent edge, threatened convulsions throughout the country and the world, where skeptics had watched with alarm as Mr. Trump's unvarnished overtures to disillusioned voters took hold. The triumph for Mr. Trump, 70, a real estate developer-turned-reality television star with no government experience, was a powerful rejection of the establishment forces that had assembled against him, from the world of business to government, and the consensus they had forged on everything from trade to immigration. The results amounted to a repudiation, not only of Mrs. Clinton, but of President Obama, whose legacy is suddenly imperiled. And it was a decisive demonstration of power by a largely overlooked coalition of mostly blue-collar white and working-class voters who felt that the promise of the United States had slipped their grasp amid decades of globalization and multiculturalism. Update: The New Yorker's Editor-in-Chief David Remnick, described the Election outcome as "an American tragedy." The New York Times columnist Paul Krugman said, "Trump will bring global recession." BBC has an article on how the media worldwide has described Trump's victory. The Guardian captured the thoughts of world leaders on the matter. Hillary Clinton addressed the nation this morning and told her supporters that they all should keep an open mind and give Trump the chance to lead.
Editor's note: this story has been updated with more details, and also moved to the top of the front page because of its importance.
Editor's note: this story has been updated with more details, and also moved to the top of the front page because of its importance.
Hay we survived bush Jr we can survive trump.
An old Chinese saying is may you live in interesting times....wait that was a curse wasn't it :/
Interesting times.
We're sorry.
Sincerely,
a shitload of americans. (just not a big enough shitload, apparently).
I went to bed at 11:00 PM thinking too many states were too close to call until the morning. It's 1:52 AM right now. I just got woken up by my two-year-old yelling. He couldn't tell me what was wrong. I gave him some water and changed him, even though he wasn't wet, and I put him back to bed.
I thought, what the hell, I gotta know. I power on the computer, log in, and this is what I see.
Methinks young padawan senses a disturbance in the force.
Britain slips down to number 2 in the stupidest country rankings.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
"Tonight she flat out refused to go out and face her own supporters at her lavish "victory" party. Not even to thank them for their hard work. No class whatsoever where it actually counts."
Truth be told, Hillary's still running; she's just not running for President. That's why she couldn't face her supporters tonight, and not even a concession speech. Bet she's gonna lose a few thousand calories, though! ;)
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
The USAian media said that the top election statisticians have said that it was virtually impossible for Donald Trump to win the election. They also say that it is a virtual impossibility that white men do not cause man made global climate change. Now they are saying that Donald Trump did in fact win the election. Here we have two assertions that contradict each other. At least to my biased white mind they seem to contradict each other (i.e. That Hillary Clinton is a virtual shoe in to win the election, and that Donald trump has won the election) To me that that means that either my inherent racist white bias interferes with my ability to perceive reality and I just am too stupid / racist to understand why the media is right. The other possibility would be that the media is full of shit!
I know that the media is not full of shit because they tell me they are not full of shit every time i watch TV. So it must be that global warming is real. Hillary Clinton did win the election, and I am racist because I am white.
It is probable I was not paying attention back then in early 2000s, but when republicans had control of congress and whitehouse they did not start undoing all the "bad laws" enacted by the democrats.
At any rate, I hope trump is a better leader than campaigner.
Besides once trump is sworn in, the men in black will tell him the world is really run by aliens and trump will backpedal, just like all others who have served in that office.
The best summary I've seen was in a tweet (sorry, don't have the link):
BRITAIN: Brexit is the stupidest, most self-destructive act a country could undertake.
USA: Hold my beer.
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I hope Emperor Trump takes a victory tour all over the US, starting in Dallas.
In an open top limo.
Eat the rich.
The world economy is already reacting bigly.
I mean badly.
Eat the rich.
I'm sorry, but what part of "It's Her Turn" don't you understand? You sexists are all alike.
That serves you right for having been making fun of us on Berlusconi all those years!
If you promised to move to Canada if Trump won, please post contact information and an army of volunteers will reach out to you shortly to schedule a date to help you pack.
If you promised to move to Mexico to protest Trump's plan to halt illegal immigration, please... Just kidding, we know none of you are willing to live in Mexico.
See that "Preview" button?
Moar tears plz!
See that "Preview" button?
To find out Canadian immigration website runs IIS.
He's a Republican. It's a job requirement.
How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
I don't know if you follow the news but Trump, not Hillary, won the election.
- These characters were randomly selected.
Bu-bu-but... Hillary had a 99 percent chance of winning!
But... Google owner donated $50 million!
But... But... Nazi xenophobic Hitler racist words words words!
Best fucking day of my life.
At this rate, I'm glad I woke up. I'll go get my passport, pack my bags, get in line early to withdraw all my savings from the bank, and drive north.
Sure, then:
- you’ll see what's left of your paycheck after the tax man takes his share to pay for "free" healthcare and other social services for which you usually end up on a waiting list
- you'll see people waiting for 14h at the hospital before seeing a doctor
- you'll see there's no free speech and you can go to jail for your opinions and police can beat you up because you didn't give them your itinerary in advance for a demonstration
- you'll see the lousy deals for Netflix or Amazon prime Canadian customers
- you find out that there's a 9-hour drive between major cities
- you'll have to choose between -40 degrees in winter or paying HongKong prices for real estate in the only non freezing part of the country (Vancouver)
- you'll have shitty postal service, shitty overpriced internet access wih low caps, shitty overpriced mobile data plans
- you'll see that in almost every major city except for Montreal and Toronto your only food or entertainment options after 9pm are pubs and bars where you'll frequently encounter welfare leeches and drunk natives
- you'll see that grocery stores have limited hours on Sunday
- you'll see that natives can get away with killing cops, selling drugs and weapons, abusing their children, blocking highways and bridges but white people get fined for taking their trash out too early or for neglecting to sort recyclable materials properly
and then you'll crawl back to Trumpland.
lucm, indeed.
Did you just make a subtle "period" joke about women? :-) Impressive. Most impressive.
Learning HOW to think is more important than learning WHAT to think.
Elizabeth Warren decided not to run against Hillary.
Joe Biden stepped aside for Hillary.
Biden vs Trump, what an election that would be. Maybe that could still be 2020.
Tim Kaine isn't looking too bad, though I don't think he's president-material, not yet.
Oooo how cute! You think there's going to be an election in 2020!
~X~
How can there be a civil war when the people who lost don't have any guns or Russian hackers?
Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
;)
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........