# How can Donald Trump win at this point? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump, kamala-harris\ **Created:** [August 6, 2024, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-donald-trump-win-at-this-point/1005351 "2024-08-06T21:13:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2558
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-donald-trump-win-at-this-point/1005351/2558 "2024-10-05T11:25:59Z")
This thread is not good for my health. With each post I’m alternately reassured and reappalled. In 2016 I was sure Clinton had this. Then, about a week (?) before the election I just sensed a change. I started a thread here about it > [@Talk Me Off the Ledge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-me-off-the-ledge/770408): > > OK, I admit it. I am starting to freak a little bit. I really believe that Trump would be a disaster for this country. Domestically the damage he can do it limited. But internationally, he really could hurt us. Best case scenario is that we have 4 years of looking like buffoons, worst case is much worse than that. Really, this isn’t about policy for me- Trump probably isn’t much worse than a plain vanilla Republican that way (and in some respects, like LGBTQ, better). It’s about us electing a g… I just… don’t know… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-donald-trump-win-at-this-point/1005351)._