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Not a lot of people were big fans of Bush either. Plus he had 9/11.
What do you think of Trump's presidency so far?
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And yet now, Bush is viewed on fondly it seems.
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Bush I maybe, but definitely not Bush II. To Democrats he was a warmongering moron, and to most Republicans he was the man who had a golden opportunity to re-establish the GOP as the country's natural party of government, and screwed it up spectacularly.
Maybe people look on him more favorably just for seeming less crazy than Trump, but that's about it.
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As someone who is primarily focused on music, and could care less for politics, I can say his presidency had some role in inspiring that new Gorillaz album. Though whether that is good or not depends on who you are... I liked Humanz...
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IwegalBadnik
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No, no--it's "go to my website to find out I'll kinda be like Obama and remember to vote for me or you're a sexist!"
The fact that Hillary kept yammering on about her website rather than telling voters what she was thinking was a win for Trump. He talked for himself.
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That's literally why she lost. "Vote for me or you're a. . ." is just going to get "go fuck yourself" from most people.
Nobody goes to a website or reads X book because some smug asshole told them to do that when they asked them a question.
Trump may have been full of shit about pretty much everything he said, but he was at least ADDRESSING issues that people actually care about, like their "jerbs" and the economy in general.
And if you look at the stock market it's actually doing pretty goddamn well at this point. Sure, some of that's leftover Obama but he's clearly managed not to tank it completely.
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What was he full shit about though? I can't remember anything off the top of my head. Did he promise something he didn't even attempt to do? I've not been following it too closely, mostly because most media are obsessed with his ice cream, salt, and fish feeding.
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He's accomplished nothing of merit legislatively. In fact, he's fallen into the same trap Barack Obama did when confronted with an quarrelsome legislature, governed by the pen. E.O.s, however important, are ephemeral victories. The same is true of his trade agenda, if he has one at all. Nothing.
His judicial appointments have been good.
Culturally, he's poison so is his friend Bannon. If you voted for a culture warrior, you're likely very pleased with his dog whistling. If you wanted an actual leader who could represent the U.S. on the world stage? Sorry. My fear is his America First policy is going to mean America alone, or America last. The hemorrhaging of senior diplomats from the State Department is also a troubling sign that makes me uneasy as the nuts and bolts of international relations don't happen on Twitter or at large public events.
His judicial appointments have been good.
Culturally, he's poison so is his friend Bannon. If you voted for a culture warrior, you're likely very pleased with his dog whistling. If you wanted an actual leader who could represent the U.S. on the world stage? Sorry. My fear is his America First policy is going to mean America alone, or America last. The hemorrhaging of senior diplomats from the State Department is also a troubling sign that makes me uneasy as the nuts and bolts of international relations don't happen on Twitter or at large public events.
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Well that's the main reason anyone can support him. Hell, I don't even like him but at least the country hasn't fucking collapsed.[/QUOTE]
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That's hardly a high hurdle. I was absolutely right when I said this man would be terrible, lol.
But Americans have long since stopped caring about finances, so when the next big economic downturn hits, it'll take them by surprise because Americans are too stupid and arrogant to admit wrong.
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Most of us actually noticed when the last collapse occurred that nobody did anything to stop it from happening again. Trump made noises like he was going to do something about this, Hillary screamed about frogs, Trump got elected. The fact that Trump isn't actually doing anything about this and probably intends to profit from the next collapse will probably go unnoticed by his drooling idiot worshippers.
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I totally agree. It absolutely will. They'll find a plethora of other anathemas and symptoms to blame it on, but the Cheeto will go unblamed.
It's like watching grandparents spoil a child rotten and never get mad at what he or she does.
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At least he isn't sending drone strikes on people or creating a terrorist group that can't even figure its name out. Also one can only cry wolf for so long, especially when a dusty old hag has been literally proven to be selling uranium to Russia and fixing an election, like her marriage, failed miserably. "You cannot play God then wash your hands of the things that you have created. Sooner or Later, the day comes when you can't hide from the things that you have done anymore."
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In addition to bitching about Pepe, "misogyny" and Trump's temperament, Hillary did enlighten others on why she didn't care to do anything about the banks:
It's pretty hard to be against Wall Street when you're one of their whores.
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Cancion232
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Good analogy. You are right most Americans will ignore who is actually at fault and instead blame X.