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Florida for Trump.

Trump is the new President!

Have a look at https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald to see what kind of people voted for Trump. MAGA!

Edit: Downvote all you want doesn't change the outcome :)

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I went to a Trump rally recently and found it truly unbelievable. Thousands of people, all demographics seemingly represented, lined up for hours despite the cold, dark night and horrible parking conditions. Trump was over two hours late, and the rally did not end until past 1am, but the energy and general goodwill towards each other persisted the entire time.

Yes! It doesn't matter what sex, color, sexual orientation or if we agree with everything - we are UNITED! This is a movement. Establishment vs anti-Establishment. People over globalism.

I like the sentiment. The question now becomes "do you think Trump will follow through?".

A billionaire who could have taken it easy for his later years. I genuinely believe he sees the country is a mess and he wants to help. What he has gone through to win is unbelievable.

Probably he gets some initiatives through and rest is politics. Likely D & R try to block his drain the swamp initiatives. In 'Art of the Deal' Trump outlines the way he negotiates. Taking extreme position and coming down.

"People over globalism" sounds like code for "protectionism". You can't give everyone back their large-wage-unskilled-labor jobs with tariffs.

"Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto."

-Thomas Jefferson

Look I know where you a coming from but the way the country is lead doesn't really help average joes.

When manufacturing and other jobs are outsourced who are going to buy the goods when your citizens can't afford them? You have people out of jobs instead of them producing stuff and creating more business.

POTUS is a figurehead responsible for meeting heads of state, law and order, and starting wars. Their veto power allows them to horse trade for the legislation they wish they could enact.

> When manufacturing and other jobs are outsourced

shrug if we were competitive, we would get those jobs. POTUS and the legislature should focus on keeping the roads maintained, streets safe, police in check. Leave business to the invisible hand of the marketplace.

I just don't think we can trust this candidate. His only allegiance is to himself. "We will have to leave borders behind," [1] "Hillary Clinton will 'go down at a minimum as a great senator" [2]. "His grandmother in Kenya said he was born in Kenya and she was there and witnessed the birth, okay?" [3]

[1] http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/22/business/opinion-donald-tr...

[2] http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/19/politics/trump-ny1-clintons/

[3] http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/apr/...

> When manufacturing and other jobs are outsourced who are going to buy the goods when your citizens can't afford them?

The problem with manufacturing is it is not really outsourced, but automated. Unions helped to push out the jobs that were left by making it hard to compete wage wise. It's why you see plants opening in the south where there are no unions.

Sure, but we are going to have a big problem with people not working before we get full automation.

Some people are fit to manual jobs rather than programming. There has to be some kind of solution.

I'm really coming around to some sort of basic income. We are quickly approaching a time where there are just not enough jobs. How we get from here to letting people live jobless is going to be a challenge.

! Trump wins Florida!

Favorite Reddit comments so far.

"There is still California, there's always money in the banana stand."

"CNN, now is not the time to be playing an advert for The Man In The High Castle".

Have a look at the electoral votes map.

Even NYTIMES gives Trump +95% change to win.

I called the Gay Marriage Referendum (Ireland), the Brexit Referendum, and now the US elections.

Am now wizard.

It's 04:13 here but this is too funny not to stay up for.

This was not going to be funny regardless of the outcome. The country is seriously split.

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