Like it or not, a very true statement.

Unfortunately, everybody likes to say 'Biden' but I think the problem is that he is a brain dead corpse they've wheeled out to front a Machiavellian consortium, which is more the problem. Not that every other political entity in the USA's present and future can not be described as such but this one has aligned itself to a left-wing zeitgeist and that is the most harmful aspect.

A weak, disorganized, ideologically drunk and badly fronted American government does the world no good. I don't particularly like that as a status quo, but that is it. Only emboldens perhaps more nefarious regimes, encourages power jostling and is an economic disaster.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

There are estimated to be 10 million illegal migrants in America. Is more than the population of New York enough to make a difference?

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This was a disappointing read from someone whose posts I have come to respect more than some others here. It starts well, as there is no doubt that the USA has serious problems at present.

They are not though because of Biden, or anything that could possibly be described as a "Machiavellian consortium". Unlike his predecessor, he isn't a one-man band promoting incompetent acolytes to positions of power and firing anyone who dares raise a word against him. He has gone about his work quietly, delegated responsibilities and listens to others. He has restored faith in the USA, supported Ukraine in its role as a bastion against the possibility of a push further westward by Putin and adopted pragmatic policies at home to try to re-energise the economy after Covid. Yes, he is old, but so am I and my brain still works and my experience is greater than that of younger men. I don't though think he will actually run again. I think that's a ruse to keep the GOP off balance.

The real issue is the lingering effect of Trumpism and his control over a once great party, aligned with the way people these days receive their "information". Until one, or both, decline the way democracy functions in the USA, and indeed elsewhere, is under constant threat.

The BBC has recently interviewed James Comey, the FBI Director fired by Trump. Comey was a registered Republican for most of his adult life but left in 2016 by saying it had left him. He later said the Party needs to be burned to the ground before it can be rebuilt. In the interview, he says:-

"Trump's loyal base hasn't expanded since the last election, but
there's a ceiling on his poll numbers. He’s tightened his grip on those who supported him and that's a function of human nature that I've seen over and over again in criminal cases.

People who have been defrauded struggle to admit that they were fools and they tend to be drawn deeper and deeper by fresh and new lies.

Otherwise, what will they do? They will look at the television images of January 6th, and those images whisper, 'You fool – look what you’ve done to your country'. Most people can't hear that whisper."

I think there is a lot of truth there.

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It's 0% unless they have the right to vote and if they can it is merely an assumption on how they would vote. Most don't cross illegally anyway. Most overstay legally acquired visas and then disappear under the radar. They won't make themselves visible by voting.

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People like Trump and Netanyahu for some reason have such a hold over people despite being complete ars****s.

Had the Republicans ditched Trump after his defeat in 2020 and subsequent behaviour, they could have had time to regroup and go again with a new leader and policies, without all this baggage.

Of course, it is. That a large number of undocumented people exist under the radar in the USA is generally accepted.

Only a relatively small number arrive by crossing a border illegally. How many of those undocumented people are able, or want, to vote?

To suggest that 10 million people will all vote Democrat is totally nuts.

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