Its funny because of his avatar.........

Yeah, the anti-Trump side likes to exaggerate him and then pretend that he's actually their strawman. His policies are actually something America needs though. Obama told the media that "every candidate is saying the exact same things. they only hear it when Trump says it though."

We have executive order which allows a president to bypass these things. Obama used it extensively on things like "The Affordable Care Act" aka Obamacare. But any new president can immediately undo these. Trump said he's capable of negotiating with congress to avoid/minimize his use of it. Going through congress means that future presidents can't simply repeal it at whim.

The Muslim thing is just a temporary entry ban. If not for our own protection so we don't have a Paris/Germany/Brussels incident here (since 9/11), at least because our TSA has a record of catching 0 terrorists while continuing to increase their own crimes against the people (stealing, harassing, misconduct). You can see how safe we are thanks to our "airport security": http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tsa-fails-identify-73-employees-terror-watch-lists-n371601 and http://abombazine.blogspot.com/p/master-list-of-tsa-crimes-and-abuses.html

Trump also said that the Saudis will need to fight against ISIS or we'll stop buying their oil. They're supporting all sides so they can profit off of the winner and their main purpose above all else is to spread sunni Islam. But they're responsible for most of the mess in the middle east. It's not the first time he's pissed them off and I would love for us to drop them as allies.

Hey, c'mon, not all of us self-righteous Bible-thumpers are bad!
It's pretty much the least ridiculous political party, that's for sure.

My only comment is that as far as this election goes, I'm an ABC voter.

Anybody But Clinton.

Beyond that, I'm just fine if both main parties have a flaming breakup over this election, and what emerges are 3-5 viable parties. I might find some group I actually mostly agree with then.

You mean what was Fox news doing there reporting about his wife or NBC or ABC or Huffington Post linking me to this site.

It is in the nature of people to do research about someone and their family before voting for that someone.
I don't feel like voting for Clinton because of her numerous health scares and some reports that she collapsed while in the secretary of state office.
We need a healthy president.

And I hope he does win for several reasons one being that the US will have a fighting chance even if he tries to do half the things he claimed he was going to do not to mention the current trade war with China which the US is losing.

Plus, the thought of a bunch of people crying after hearing news of his victory puts a smile to my face. I just love this picture I just found...

You're "The Boy who Cried Wolf" Tiny.

If the above was your usual joking, my serious answer is: I do it because I must. But I won't explain further unless you insist - and even then I might prefer not to justify myself to that level.

If the above was mostly serious, my also serious answer is: can I help you some other way perhaps?

I suspect both are true. But maybe you see how this sort of misunderstanding / uncertainty is the collateral damage of the approach you take to life. Partially you want it that way I'm sure, but maybe not always?

That said, as initially stated, I will try to leave you in peace. My door is open via PM anytime.

I keep forgetting this. So it is true like in the movie The Dead Zone where the US president alone had so much power he could possibly even decide to start WWIII?

Our president is more like a value leader, a royal figure, so I keep thinking it is pretty much the same in other developed countries (excluding Turkey and Russia). Well I guess he has real political power too (leader of the foreign policy, nominates some high court judges, commander-in-chief of the army etc.), but it seems customary to us that he still mostly stays in the background in day-to-day politics, gives speeches every now and then, and shakes hands with leaders of other countries.

Sometimes this has lead to some funny (in a sad way) situations when e.g. the president, prime minister and foreign minister (possibly from different parties) have attended some international meetings together as they couldn't agree who exactly should represent Finland there. Jokes about always having to lay three plates for the Finnish representative(s) for the meeting dinner, while other countries only get one...

Yes and No. In terms of WW3, he has powers designed to be used in a national emergency that Sci-Fi exaggerate on a regular basis. The truth is that he would still have to have the blessing of the military leaders to some extent. Hollywood always plays up this idea that he has the nuclear launch codes at hand at all times, but whether people would just follow orders if there is no actual emergency?

In terms of executive order, Presidents of the last few decades have been doing their best to increase their "usefulness". The rule was designed such that as leader of the executive branch, he has a power to clarify "fuzzy" situations, essentially define some terms in implementing laws where things may not be exactly clear. Presidents have expanded on the concept a bit to enhance their power, but really, congress can overrule an executive order by passing a new law. This is easier said than done though in a 2-party system where one needs a 2/3's majority in order to overcome a presidential veto of any law though.

So, he holds a fair bit of power in the United States but only to the extent his own political party goes along with it.

Thanks for the summary, I need to try to remember that.

So in essence, Trump could cause quite a lot of mayhem, if he really wanted to? (I just think he wouldn't mostly, it is mostly just talk to be in the headlines and get votes from people who normally don't vote because they hate cookie-cutter politicians).

Just to the extent Obama has. I use him because I don't think any president has had to use executive orders as much to get anything done. Congress here is pretty useless and will deny bills passed just because the other party wants it. And the only bills they will accept have to be beneficial for them. "You want a bill to help 9/11 responders get medical care that we were giving them before but dropped? Then you need to give us 3-4 other concessions in the same bill for our agenda."

Yes, that actually happened.

The likes of you Nirth actually really interest me.

I have read Finnish gaming journalists (a profession that is not ignorant, and I respect) repeat the idea that criticism of game writing is plausibly from the "outside" or "ignorant."

It tries to say that to criticize The Witcher 2 and to be a fan of the series is incompatible. By default.

My criticism was an act of love, as far as I am concerned. I want to be a Witcher fan post TW3.

But if pimple popping and slave raping is considered the most compelling villainy, I might have to sit it out. You would maybe not know of Polish high court decision at that time that would be a bit bothersome to most?

Timppu, please!

You can always promote tax minimizer Sipilä for the next unfortunate Finnish president - fair n square tax free stipend...

I will be one for Haavisto, or better SDP candidate, maybe.

As to Trump, the US might go that way, and EU diplomacy reacts. I am rather not fan of Trump, but be he elected, I do not think his presidency will remain unhinged. US would be with the world, not without partners.

I think. :-)

What's with the way you Finns like you and Antimateria write English? I hardly ever understand half of what you write and have problems figuring out to which part I am supposed to reply. Heck, sometimes I don't even understand my own text!

I mean... "fair and square tax free stipend", what does that even mean? That's like just yesterday I tried to decipher some excel sheet written by some ching chong chinaman which was listing amount of hours, and there was a column "asserted hours". What the heck does that even mean?

According to Google Translator, "assert" is a verb meaning "state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully".

So, hours that are "stated confidentally and forcefully"? How does that differ from the other column in the excel which says "Actual hours"?

What the heck is wrong with this world? Did people suddenly forget how to communicate with each other? Did I just eat a crazy pill, or did everyone else?