Trump putting democracy to the test after his loss to Biden

“I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president,”

45 is psychologically incapable of such words.

John McCain was a man of honor and an undeniable war hero, even though I never agreed with his politics. Trump mocked him in life and, even worse, in death.

In 2008, Obama had been the beneficiary of similar graciousness. That's when Republican rival John McCain conceded before a crowd of supporters, converting their boos at the mention of Obama's name to cheers and applause for the Democrat, for the process and for the historic achievement of the first Black American to win the presidency.

“I wish Godspeed to the man who was my former opponent and will be my president,” McCain said.

And even tho McCain and Obama argued, clashed and haggled in government issues, they were also friends. They ran the 2008 election against each other in a civilized way and McCain conceded to Obama. McCain with his Naval Academy maturity and discipline was an 'officer and gentleman', even when he lost.

Obama gave a eulogy at McCain's funeral. And see who was explicitly banned from attending.

GaijinjlandToday  09:20 am JST

John McCain was a man of honor and an undeniable war hero, even though I never agreed with his politics. Trump mocked him in life and, even worse, in death.

Trump wouldn't put the WH flag at half mast when McCain died. And when he visited Japan the name 'U.S.S. McCain' was hidden from his hateful glance so he didn't have to see it.

Trump is hateful, jealous, evil, unmanly, rotten to the core, dirty to the atom.

Trump mocked McCain in life and death. 

There is a great meme going around with a picture of McCain with the caption ‘I like people who don’t lose Arizona’

The best I can say about Trump is that he could be worse.

Some so-called 'leaders' in the Republican party really need to show some backbone and distance themselves as far as possible from the cancer called Trump. Because that's what he is - a cancer - and like all cancers, he's spreading a terrible illness across his country. Sadly, those who support him don't understand the sickness with which they've been afflicted. Dumb people die, every day. Let COVID-19 take as many as possible. A cruel thing to say? Yes. Definitely. But someone, or something, has to cull the crowd. I only hope both sides don't pick up their guns and start shooting each other.

I predict Trump won't be at the inauguration. He'll resign in December so Pence will have to go.

Pence (president for a month or so) can pardon Trump, since he can't pardon himself.

Wouldn't it be cool if Pence said he'd pardon him, then not do it! Angry Trump would be screaming and Pence would say, "Pardon? I don't remember talking about a pardon..."

Some so-called 'leaders' in the Republican party really need to show some backbone and distance themselves as far as possible from the cancer called Trump. Because that's what he is - a cancer - and like all cancers, he's spreading a terrible illness across his country. Sadly, those who support him don't understand the sickness with which they've been afflicted. Dumb people die, every day. Let COVID-19 take as many as possible. A cruel thing to say? Yes. Definitely. But someone, or something, has to cull the crowd. I only hope both sides don't pick up their guns and start shooting each other.

As my dear deceased mother would have said, "wish in one hand and poo (she used an earthier term) in the other and see which one fills up the fastest". This is the natural evolution of the Republican Party and it has been apparent since the 1990s. Review the history of the Republican Party in California and you will see how they managed to alienate pretty much everyone but a minority of low income rural whites and a few big business types. Prop 187 with their breathless "and they keep coming" TV ads, Pete Wilson's race baiting, the annual budget standoffs leading to annual month long government shutdowns, all of it. Eventually Californian's grew tired of their nonsense and now there are solid Democratic supermajorities in both houses and not even one Republican holds a statewide office. The last Republican to do so was Cousin Arnold and his election was a bit of a fluke, the result of a free for all recall election. Also find out how electrical energy deregulation, another signature Pete Wilson bodge, led to the manipulation of the energy market by Enron and others. Californians remember these Republican, cough cough, "accomplishments" and aren't going to be fooled again by Republican empty promises or fall for their race baiting. Californians work with, live next door to, shop at stores owned by, hire and have friends who are immigrants. If anyone knows the qualities and benefits of immigrants it is Californians. Eventually more Americans will learn the lessons California learned over a decade ago. The Republicans went off the deep end in California and lost the state. Now they are doing it on a national level. What always makes scratch my head is that Pete Wilson seemed like a decent man when he was the Mayor of San Diego. But as soon as he became Governor he changed for the worse and the raw bigotry came out.

I predict Trump won't be at the inauguration.

I fully expect he will be defiantly camped out in the Oval Office with his family and maybe a couple of his hardest core advisors refusing to leave. How that works out is anybodies guess.

45 is psychologically incapable of such words.

The boos from the crowd of his supporters as Mr. McCain said those words are an indication of the deep well of anger and frustration Mr. Trump has tapped. It is nothing new in Republican ranks. I have heard it all my life, low whispers from neighbors about "the coming race war" and all the other rumors, conspiracies and pent up anger as whites fulminated at the idea of non-whites making as much or more money than they made. At least through Mr. McCain most Republican leaders after Richard Nixon were too classy to openly indulge the racist tendencies of much the Republican base, but it was always there. Mr. Trump just says openly what was previously only said in a low voice behind closed doors among other whites. Many liberals seem to be stunned by it but when you are yourself older and white, people make assumptions about your world view and say things they might not say to others. So I hear it all and it is sad to hear it said by a President of the US but none of the ideas are a surprise unless you haven't been exposed to it for decades as I have.

Peter NeilNov. 16  04:19 am JST

I predict Trump won't be at the inauguration.

He doesn't have the manhood or maturity to go to it. That would mean facing the music and realizing that he lost. He can't handle it. He keeps telling himself he won big time. He is grossly IMMATURE.