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Probably, but it's a pretty serious accusation nevertheless, and a foreign power intervening in the US's elections in such a way would definitely elicit a strong reaction no matter what the actual impact. There's no way any government should tolerate such a blatant violation of its sovereignty...

One doesn't cancel out the other. Trump can have legitimately won, and also be supported by the guys who openly want to be in bed with him. Which wouldn't surprise me in the least, albeit it's definitely not the #1 reason Clinton lost.

I didn't know he was an actual Holocaust denier. I strongly suspected he was a racist, but not that much. If so, good riddance.

At this point I think the anti-SJW movement has become just as bad as their sworn enemies. They just whine about different things, but use broadly the same methods of applying buzzwords to people they don't like instead of debating or just ignoring their opinions, and shitpost memes instead of...

Not really. The Nazis invaded Polnd on September 1, while the Soviets joined in on the party later on. The Pact did have secret clauses dvicing Poland between the two dictatorships, but it's unlikely Stalin would have ordered an invasion by his lonesome. He mostly did it to cash in one the...

The reality is more complex, but in the essense you're right. It's a recurring problem with this whole ''we make manufacturing jobs come back and we'll be good again'' mindset, I think. No matter what the US does, on the grand scheme of things the US cannot compete on manufacturing with workers...

4b$ (potentially) over 10 years isn't a shit-ton of money on a national scale for the US. It's closer to chump change actually. Good on him, but not amazing. Plus, as NBC said, Obama did something very similar in 2009. But I suppose he didn't announce it on Twitter so people didn't fawn over him.

I'm sure Trump didn't pull this 4b$ number out of his bum, and I'm sure Boeing's CEO being apprehensive about his rule has nothing to do with breaching a contract on Twitter. Besides, as the NYT points out, it's not exactly his call to make anyway. At this point he's clearly fishing for PR.

Holy hell, a news site with two (2) people being arrested and an article that says ''well, they could have done it'' as well as a video where Obama is misquoted. Peer-reviewed scientific research ain't got nothing on that shit, yo. No one said voter fraud is nonexistant, but millions of illegal...

Very true. America used to have a war started by telegrams; this is but the next logical step.

Worst part is, he advanced pretty much 0 compelling proof for the ''millions of illegals voted'' claim, but a lot of people seem to swallow it hook, line and sinker. I mean, not that Democrats don't swallow their fair share of kool-aid and then some themselves, but such a brazen affirmation...

Yeah, I didn't believe that recount one second. It was a cheap attempt to weaken Trump's position. From what I read about it, the system set up for general elections is very solid. No system is above flaw of course, but you need a fairly large flaw to overturn the result of an election...

He can condemn all he wants. I put a dollar down that he's not going to actually change much about it. If there's one area that actually doesn't change that much from Pres to Pres, it's foreign policy. Sure, there's always a lot of posturing about it (like how pro-peace Obama was, for instance...

Well, 200k a year is a drop in the bucket for Trump admitedly. As to the rest, the US doesn't care one second if you're a democracy. They make deals with Saudi Arabia as readily as with Great Britain. They threw themselves into China's loving arms long ago and have no desire (nor, at this...

Yeah, it's not like the US are in the same situation. What? Cuba? No, that doesn't exist. And a failed invasion most certainly did not occur in 1961.

Yeah, but no party's ever going to win all those seats. Ontario is always divided between Libs and Conservatives, with maybe some helpings of NDP on the side sometimes; Québec always alternates between a motley crew of party that changes every single election. We elected Liberals, Conservatives...

I don't want to derail this thread (what little remains of it) but as I have said, I don't think the Canadian system is amazing either, with for instance the Liberals controlling 54% of the seats (which is a bona fide landslide in Canada considering all the parties we have) while having about...

The flip side is that those Republicans that are in California or New York, or those Democrats that are in Texas or Indiana, will now actually have a voice instead of being drowned into the blue or red noise around them. Why is this always ignored? You can't appeal only to former strongholds...

I'm not engaging in space-wasting quote war. Point is, you defend the system as it works in theory; in practice, it didn't make anyone go around and focus on everyone. Leaving aside the myriad of other issues that affected the vote, Clinton focused on the big cities and local regions, believing...

First, ''you Europeans''? I'm Canadian as I stated several times, try giving me lessons on how big your country is. Except the big cities alone aren't enough to win the election, you still need to appeal to 50%+1; that's far, far more people than just the big cities, which all have much...