You can almost taste the salt.

Modi is a nationalist and very popular in India.....WE talks about riots...which don't affect Europeans in the least....However, compare that to the riots in France, a country led by the globalist Macron....That doesn't appear to bother WE does it now.....And Macron is nowhere near as popular as Modi.

Modi and Trump will agree a trade deal because it's in both their country's interests and they are similar types of politicians....negotiations will no doubt be tough as they should be.

Nationalism is on the rise.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Blimey, an interesting post.
I may even answer it tomorrow.....but for now, bed sings sweetly to me.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

I too wondered if Trump would try to postpone the election but a quick bit of research suggests that it is impossible. He simply doesn't have the power to do so. States could delay their primaries but whatever happens a new term starts in January and without an election that cannot be. So it must happen.

Congress could vote to extend his term by 2 years but apparently a 2/3rds majority in both houses is needed for that to happen. Not impossible, given the scale of the crisis, but I would expect a good deal of haggling first.

What seems more likely is for Republican states to try to fix the election by declaring it is impossible to hold the ballot and that they would then cast the votes on the electorate's behalf. Constitutional crisis and Supreme Court judgement to follow no doubt.

There is already a conspiracy theory circulating in China that this virus originally came from a now closed lab in the USA and was deliberately leaked in their country by the Trump administration.

Wild conspiracy theories don't seem to be self isolating do they?

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

Regardless if an election is held in November I can't see Trump winning it.......It wouldn't even be that close.
For Trump this has been very very bad.

Edited by Stirlingsays (17 Mar 2020 2.34pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Sorry, he can't do it. The Constitution and NY Governor Andrew Cuomo say he can't. Let's face it, The Notorious Andy C is soundly thumping Bone Spurs from Jamaica Estates.

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Agree, Trump's f***ed this. I haven't been a vocal critic of Trump. I think many of his critics have missunderstood American culture and the circumstances of many forgotten low income workers across the United States.

America's lack of national health care has always been widely critisied from outsiders. I think this is down to European's not really understanding Americans. I have a friend, who's a Doctor in Califonia (she's actually Canadian) who always seemed very liberal but was completely against Obama care. I was suprised by this, but then started to understand. The land of the free, wild west mentality, is deep rooted in the US. You pay low taxes, and take care of yourself with low goverment interference. The founding fathers wanted something completely different to the fudal European system where you work for the wealthy in return for protection. Nationalised services are very un-american.

This current crisis may cause a shift in the way of thinking though. The idea that a national health service isn't there to protect people that can't afford it, but the health service is there to act as a part of the ministary of the defence to protect the nation. Given the number of deaths expected, I can see the next US election being dominated by healthcare.