Donald Tops The Polls

[Khandro]

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1495809/joe-biden-donald-trump-poll-us-news-latest

I can't think of any former leader doing that & in such a short time too.
Afghanistan debacle & now 11,000 Haitians just waded across the Rio Grande in to Texas, go figure! as they say.

[Mozz71]

Well he's still got over three years left. Or Kamala has if Sleepy Joe snuffs it, so I doubt if they're losing much sleep over it.

[Khandro]

Mozz // so I doubt if they're losing much sleep over it.//

Well Joe isn't, in fact he doesn't seem to be awake much :0)

[Redhelen72]

The Afghanistan debacle what partially Trumps fault too though! He started the ball rolling on that charade when he was still in office.

[dannyk13]

Redhelen//He started the ball rolling on that charade when he was still in office.//
That's true but his proposed date of troops withdrawal gave us enough time to be prepared.Biden brought that date forward and caught us on the hop.

[1ozzy]

So sad that Americans appear to have only 2 choices for a president.
One is a psychopath and the other one's near their use by date.

[anneasquith]

IF, JB becomes unfit for office, the party have a very credible Vice President in Kamala Harris .

[Mozz71]

Agreed Anne. I think she'll do a great job. I'd imagine they'd love her in the deep south lol

[Ken4155]

Danny, i believe you are mis-remembering. Had Trump still been in power, he intended to bring the troops out as early as May.

[Redhelen72]

I agree the Vice president would do a fantastic job but unfortunately being a woman of colour puts her on the back foot straight away meaning she will have to work harder and longer to prove that she is as good if not better than Trump and Biden.

[dannyk13]

Do we know enough about Kamala Harris to forecast how she would perform as the POTUS?

[Redhelen72]

Thank you Ken - I could not remember the date but I knew it was before Biden brought them out.

[anneasquith]

Danny, I doubt she became VP with no qualifications/ experience. But time will tell .

[dannyk13]

Apologies to Redhelen for getting my dates mixed up.Here is a breakdown of the withdrawal of troops.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210825-why-is-august-31-the-date-for-the-us-pullout-from-afghanistan

[dannyk13]

Anne. Biden had experience as vice President but, obviously, that is no guarantee of competence.

[anneasquith]

Danny, I don’t have a crystal ball . At least Americans know who the VP is. Do you remember Mike Pence .? ( who I hear you say ) . :-(

[dannyk13]

Anne, as you say it will be a matter of wait and see what happens when the time comes.In any case I think she has to be a better proposition than the present incumbent.

[naomi24]

Another case of be careful what you wish for. I think it was always the plan for Biden to stand down at sometime leaving room for Kamala to become not only the first woman president but the first black woman president. A double whammy.

[anneasquith]

That will be a great achievement for America, won’t it Naomi ?

[naomi24]

In the right circumstances, yes it would, anne - but by default? Hmmm....

[Mozz71]

I think most people remember Mike Pence, Anne. He's the fellow who Trump threw under the bus by demanding he do something that wasn't within his power to do, and as a result of his "failure" had a gallows built for him outside the Capitol Building.

I think that's pretty memorable.