Clinton. May. Merkel.

[mwooldri]

Transatlantic politics is going to be very interesting in 2017. In a good way. Three people (who happen to be women) who seem to share a lot of views.

[villager]

1. You probably would not want an American President who shared May's views on immigration. nt

[Shandris]

2. Let's hope not.

Myrkul's """""leadership""""" seems to be particularly detrimental to women here of late, even in countries she doesn't """""lead""""".

I'd rather Hillary not pick up that particular 'talent'.

[Exilednight]

3. Theresa and Angela are loons.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. How do Theresa May and Clinton share a lot of views?

could you elaborate on that comment?

[Chan790]

5. Really.

I was wondering that myself.

What views in particular does Hillary share with that loony anti-immigration conservative bigot? I mean, I'm not a Clinton fan at-all but that strikes me as borderline slanderous.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. it is, plus inaccurate and dumb.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

9. One is on the right of UK politics, the other on the left of US politics.

I suspect that in absolute terms (as opposed to positions on their relative political spectrums) they're not that dissimilar - for example, Clinton wants to extend the role of the state in provision of health care, while I suspect that May wants to reduce it, but they may well be converging to the same point from opposite directions.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. that's a real stretch of an argument. the opposite of the argument is that one is trying to get

more governmental help to people whereas another is trying to restrict it. their starting points differ hence where they arrive might be the same place, but their philosophical differences are large.

They also differ significantly on Brexit and immigration overall.

[madinmaryland]

7. They will at least agree that 'W' is a creep.

[flamingdem]

8. LOL

good one

[DemocraticWing]

11. I sure as heck hope Hillary doesn't share too many views with the other two.

May and Merkel have a history of anti gay politics for one thing, and both seem to be to the right of where Hillary is moving on both economic and social issues.