# What if Trump wins the 2016 presidential election?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-wins-the-2016-presidential-election/727285>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 8, 2015, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-wins-the-2016-presidential-election/727285 "2015-08-08T01:30:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-wins-the-2016-presidential-election/727285/81 "2015-08-15T04:25:53Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> We have plenty of evidence over the last 4-8 years that Congress can pretty well stymie the executive.

Try the last 200+.

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**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-wins-the-2016-presidential-election/727285/82 "2015-08-15T11:04:43Z")

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Thing is Trump has given money to both sides. That alone can give him an edge.

I will say I admire his latest “stunt” where he sent his personal jet to get a sick little girl to a New York hospital.

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**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-trump-wins-the-2016-presidential-election/727285/83 "2016-11-12T23:06:09Z")

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Want be long now, until we can see who was the closest with these thoughts

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