U. S. Election has been declared, Trump 289 Hilary 215. 270 needed to win.. I made this post as a matter of information, not to start a political discussion, which is not permitted on this Forum
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Retired Airline Pilot and Electrician..
I'm not old, I've just been young a long time....Ken
Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
But like everyone, our share portfolio took a beating today, but a loss only if one is silly enough to have sold today. May be an opportunity to buy in a day or so.
The perfect storm 8 years of soft government,another four years of the same ,with a woman that most Americans dont like this result was always a chance...
They will make you walk down the street, with a blond on one arm, a bottle of the finest in your other hand, and smoking the beegest cigar man has ever made.
Nearby neighbour carrying a new dress in her arms visited. Had coffee. She said "Trump is elected, within a month we'll have a world war, we'll all be dead".
My wife ironed the new dress. " what's the new dress for" I asked.
"My sons wedding". She replied. When is it? I asked.
" next April".....
Ummmmmm.
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Be nice... if I wanted my school teacher here I would have invited him...
I'm hopeful that it was all a vote-grabbing act. His victory speech seemed like a different person. Who is the real Trump? We all wait with baited breath. This man is either more intelligent or more conniving than any of us can imagine & the next 4 (or is it 5?) years will see some kind of change, hopefully for the better.
When I went to bed last night all the experts were predicting that the US markets were going to lose up to 10% of it's value, This morning I see that the Dow is up by nearly 300 points (1.5%). Personally I'm going to sit tight and ride it out just like with the Brexit fiasco things will eventually settle down again. I'm not a fan of the man but it was up to the people of the US not the rest of the world to decide who they wanted to lead them and if you think about the choice they had neither option was really that great.
LLD how right you are. With Trump as President is it really going to effect anyone here.
I'm sure our pensions are going to continue.
Our travels will continue around this great country.
So don't worry be happy and enjoy the best years of our lives.
Cheers
David