“Donald Trump is a living indictment of the people who run this country”, a must watch diatribe on the indifference of the ruling elite from Tucker Carlson. Some wonder if Tucker might make a run in 2024…
Just after midnight as the early results came in far stronger for Trump than the pollsters had predicted, the betting markets flipped odds, making Trump the strong favourite to win. Donald’s red line showed him peaking in the early hours of the morning and he remained favourite until late morning London time, when Biden’s blue line started to climb as he began to claw some of the states which were competitive. As we go to pixel punters give Biden an 80% plus probability of being the next President of the United States…
This evening the 2020 US Presidential election finally ends. The incumbent has had a knack for producing viral social media content throughout his presidency, and this final voting day is no different. In a video that has already gained half a million Twitter likes and 14,000,000 views, the incumbent President dances to YMCA, encouraging Americans to “VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!” Theresa May eat your heart out…
The US Commerce Department reported today that it estimates GDP grew at a 33.1% annualised pace from July to September. That outstrips the 31.4% drop from April to June, and beat the estimate from economists surveyed by Dow Jones. The resilience of the US economy is awesome. Expect Trump to boast this is roughly double the previous GDP growth record of 16.7%, set in Q1 1950…
Guido hears that the US Embassy was briefly hopeful of a November 3rd Presidential election night event and was in the early stages of planning one over the Summer. Unsurprisingly, however, these plans have since been scuppered. Despite being US soil, and US laws applying within the embassy, there is a coronavirus edict from the State Department demanding embassies follow pandemic restrictions of their host countries, rather than potentially more lax US rules. Guido is disappointed…
