Re: Did Trump "Drain" the swamp?
Posted: Sun May 01, 2022 4:04 pm
Pakes, so we have you and Honor saying that because of one thing, anything he did good should not be recognized, or basically erased. Unless, one breaks each item ( economy, foreign policy…etc..) exhaustively down. Yet you just basically said he did a bad job and unforgivable job because of one thing, without breaking it down piece by piece.canpakes wrote: ↑Sun May 01, 2022 5:38 amTo your point, Presidents can be assigned a simplistic and somewhat meaningless credit for the state of the economy, amidst a larger world of complexities, international events, corporate realities and pre-existing legislation that actually drives and defines that entity more than one guy in the White House.Markk wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 9:11 pmSo, did Trump do a good job? It’s a simple question Doc…he either did, or he didn’t. The President whether you want to admit it or not is only a man, and they manage and everything goes downward…they get credit when things go good, or things go bad. Please focus my question. Are you saying that if AA and others below him performed bad you would not have blamed Trump?
To honor’s point, though, Trump had the greatest amount of control - out of so many aspects of his Presidency - on the worst possible decision of his term in office. He chose to repeatedly push the narrative of a ‘stolen election’ for his last two months, complete with lawsuits, bullshyte conspiracy theories and nonstop public whining . . . and then capped off that behavior by repeating it in front of a large public gathering one final time on January 6, during his last ditch attempt to undermine both democracy and the peaceful transition of power that has been a hallmark of our election process for over 200 years.
Did Trump do a ‘good job’? At what, using what criteria? Because for those things that he had the greatest control over, he has a questionable record and arguably - during his last days - charted a very dangerous path for this nation in order to serve his own personal needs and ego.
Maybe you think that Trump ‘not screwing up’ the economy for his first few years in office makes it worth voting for him again, but your willingness to ignore the huge, flaming orange elephant in the room as regards his promotion of insurrection is - to me, at least - just a bit too bizarre.
Again, I believe this whole exercise has been interesting.