Bill Paxton RIP

Nikko

Bloody hell... 

Emp_Fab

As insane as it sounds, we are now in the final 48 hours of normality before Biff Tannen is inaugurated as President Biff Tannen.  President of the The United States of America, Chief Executive of the United States Federal Government and Commander in Chief of the combined Armed Forces of the most powerful country on Earth.

After Friday, the world will never be the same.

martinw

monofin

That's a very very scary thought ☹

RandallFlagg

If it hadn't been for those meddling kids I'd have got away with it.

thumpingrug

I want to get off, please.

mudslide73

Biff Tannen is about right Emp. Hopefully he'll have already done something which will get him impeached. Only in America eh? 

spark240

Its smacks of a nation of half wits .....but maybe not...who knows ?

digitalscream

mudslide73 said:

Biff Tannen is about right Emp. Hopefully he'll have already done something which will get him impeached. Only in America eh? 

There's some rumbling that he could - theoretically - be impeached because he refuses to divest his foreign investments, based on the emoluments clause of the US Constitution (Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8). Just about every constitution expert says that it applies to the President, while just one disagrees.

octatonic

There will be hell toupee.

Heartfeltdawn

I hate the way he keeps wigging himself up online. Hair's no chance that I'd vote for him. 

randella

octatonic said:

There will be hell toupee.

Cheque, please!

BintyTwanger77

I feel sorry for every A-merkin...

Bridgehouse

Does every thread on here have to descend into puns these days?

You're all just trying to trump each other with your hair-brained comments.

You're fired.

Chalky

digitalscream said:

mudslide73 said:

Biff Tannen is about right Emp. Hopefully he'll have already done something which will get him impeached. Only in America eh? 

There's some rumbling that he could - theoretically - be impeached because he refuses to divest his foreign investments, based on the emoluments clause of the US Constitution (Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8). Just about every constitution expert says that it applies to the President, while just one disagrees.

Ordinary working Americans are far less worried about Trump than others are. Sure, they see his style as very different to his predecessors. But the idea that you can impeach a president primarily because you don't like him is anathema to them.  They want to see what he does - can he 'walk the walk'.

BintyTwanger77

Chalky said:

digitalscream said:

mudslide73 said:

Biff Tannen is about right Emp. Hopefully he'll have already done something which will get him impeached. Only in America eh? 

There's some rumbling that he could - theoretically - be impeached because he refuses to divest his foreign investments, based on the emoluments clause of the US Constitution (Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8). Just about every constitution expert says that it applies to the President, while just one disagrees.

Ordinary working Americans are far less worried about Trump than others are. Sure, they see his style as very different to his predecessors. But the idea that you can impeach a president primarily because you don't like him is anathema to them.  They want to see what he does - can he 'walk the walk'.

That is not a great advert for ordinary working Americans.

I don't think the argument is to impeach him because people think he's a bellend, it's the small matter of his incredibly dubious links to Russia & Russian business interests/their hacking of the election/his dangerous attitude to the US intelligence network (the allegations about Russia would be tantamount to treason), his tax affairs, not selling off his businesses, not to mention the fact that he admitted sexually assaulting women. Him being a sexual predator is argument enough for impeachment even without the Russian situation. If he's found guilty of that and carries on as POTUS, that sets a horrific precedent.

SRich

thumpingrug said:

I want to get off, please.

I think that's the point - get off what exactly? What happens after Friday will have a monumental effect on the planet, not just America, the UK etc.

Unless there's a very highly developed space passenger program readied for Friday, I'm fairly certain there's nowhere to run to. Maybe that's what @Emp_Fab meant, strap in indeed. You got a ticket booked?

Mind you, I felt almost the same when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister.............

JezWynd

OK, strap on World, the ride is about to begin..

ftfy

Garthy

There is a reason he had Pence as a running mate, if he is assassinated or impeached then Pence gets the big job, and that would be Armageddon for all. It's a brilliant piece of self preservation.

ICBM

Garthy said:

There is a reason he had Pence as a running mate, if he is assassinated or impeached then Pence gets the big job, and that would be Armageddon for all. It's a brilliant piece of self preservation.

That's worryingly plausible.

It also won't stop him dropping dead of a heart attack...

digitalscream

ICBM said:

Garthy said:

There is a reason he had Pence as a running mate, if he is assassinated or impeached then Pence gets the big job, and that would be Armageddon for all. It's a brilliant piece of self preservation.

That's worryingly plausible.

It also won't stop him dropping dead of a heart attack...

It will, however, give people pause when considering impeachment proceedings. Let's face it, there will be plenty of opportunities for that.