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Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 6:44 pm
by 43rdRecceReg
Having just won Hawaii, and many other states, the bizarre and improbable prospect of of a semi-Scotsman, Donald MacTrump, becoming US president... and therefore C-in-C of all US armed forces..looks increasingly likely :lolno:
Stranger still, is that MacTrump is actually a MacLeod from the Isle of Lewis (his mother was Mary MacLeod from lewis). Thus, with his ancestry, if he had any sporting prowess (his tsunami wave hairdo suggests surfing) he would actually be eligible to represent Scotland in a given sport.. (hair) Curling, perhaps?. In the event that he does the impossible, and takes the White House, he can build golf courses all over existing military bases. Q: what is he likely to do with all those nice M1A1 Abrams? A: convert them into Hobart style barbed-wire fence making utility tanks :haha: :haha: There can be only one MacLeod MacTrump!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35756032

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:51 pm
by jackalope
Him or Hilary the criminal or Burnie the self confessed communist? Crap now where to move to?

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 10:05 pm
by Max-U52
Don't you guys watch South Park? If you did you'd have already learned that almost every time when it comes to elections you have two choices - A Giant Douche or a Turd Sandwich.

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 11:56 pm
by PainlessWolf
Good afternoon,
I normally stay silent on the subjects of politics or religion because they are guaranteed barn burners on any forum. I am only speaking up because this election cycle is enough to make a strong man weep. I'm a Republican but find I cannot vote for any of the clowns that have hopped out of the clown car these past few years. Neither Pope Ted the 1st nor Hrumph! or Little Marco or Chillery nor Burnie offer any real way forward to fix the things that ( admittedly, we Amis allowed to happen ) are wrong with politics in America. Sheesh...
regards,
Painless

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 6:05 am
by jarndice
Thank goodness you are only going to be voting for the next leader of the Western world, if it were anything serious I might be worried :lolno:
Shaun.

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:00 am
by RobW
jarndice wrote:Thank goodness you are only going to be voting for the next leader of the Western world, if it were anything serious I might be worried :lolno:
Shaun.
Don't worry, we'll have voted out of Europe & invaded France by then...... :/

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:24 am
by jarndice
No No Rob, You have it all wrong, Until that man with the interesting coiffure loomed over the horizon I had hoped we could have been absorbed into our former colony, :{
"The 52nd State" has a ring to it, :thumbup:
I thought we might convince these misguided people to drive on the proper side of the road and take up a mans game for a Sunday afternoon,
Cricket, :clap:
Oh well back to the drawing board. :lolno:
Shaun.

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:32 am
by silversurfer1947
I have never really understood the manner in which the US chooses it president. Take the current situation, how can someone who has never had any experience of public service, has never held any elected office, and from what I have seen, has no actual policies that are relevant to the running of the economy or the world situation, become a candidate for a political party and potentially president. It would seem to an outsider that it is virtually possible to buy one's way into the job. At least Ronald Reagan had been governor of California.

I realise commenting on people's politics is a dangerous game, so if I have caused offence, my apologies. I would just like to try and understand.

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:37 am
by RobW
Shaun, fair point. We'd also need them to stop playing rounders & learn to play rugby properly! :D

Re: Future C-in-C US armed forces- MacTrump?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 11:43 am
by silversurfer1947
RobW wrote:Shaun, fair point. We'd also need them to stop playing rounders & learn to play rugby properly! :D
May I point out that the United States are the current 15 a side Olympic Rugby Union champions, having won the gold medal in 1924, the last time it featured in the OIympics.