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FDR and Trump were/are both demagogues, bombastic. They both pushed/are pushing the boundaries of what they can get away with. There, I agree. But I think there
by the_gastropod 8y ago
FDR and Trump were/are both demagogues, bombastic. They both pushed/are pushing the boundaries of what they can get away with. There, I agree. But I think there are some very important differences that make one less tolerable than the other:
1. FDR was clearly an intelligent person. He was fluent in at least 3 languages, wrote his own speeches, etc. Trump speaks at a 4th grade reading level, and rarely speaks in coherent sentences (unless he's reading a speech someone else wrote for him).
2. FDR actually won the popular election. And by a pretty substantial margin. Of these two presidents, FDR could argue he had a mandate to push his agenda. Trump lost the popular election, and is still pushing his partisan policies hard.