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Your example citing Trump’s trainwreck makes zero sense in this context. His record on the economy was impressively effective even if his social policies flound
by mmmeff 5y ago
Your example citing Trump’s trainwreck makes zero sense in this context. His record on the economy was impressively effective even if his social policies floundered.
- dTal 5y agoI wasn't talking about the economy. Trump's presidency was a trainwreck, not only causing violence, social unrest, and loss of international standing, but also coming perilously close to governmental overthrow and civil war. All of this was foreseen well before he took office. But the system is beholden to the electorate, and the electorate is easily influenced by the powerful and unscrupulous.
- UncleEntity 5y agoYou know, the only way someone could have “done something about it” would have been through overthrowing a duly elected president which we just don’t do here.
- agrobrabo 5y agoNot voting for one candidate that openly declares he'll try to overthrow the other if he loses is also something
- dTal 5y agoWhich was my point. There is not always a mechanism to stop the runaway train. Of course, it's worth noting that Trump's mob very nearly did overthrow a duly elected president on January 6th. The paradox of tolerance rears its ugly head once more.
- Impressed 5y agoBiden doesn't seem to be doing much better. The antifa actors that were paid by Leftists to burn cities down did their part - they forced the electorate to keep their heads down during the Big Steal.
- manderley 5y agoWait, running a huge deficit spending program in a booming economy boosts that economy even more? Is that really considered "impressively effective" these days? I don't think so. It's bad governance.
- Impressed 5y agoSingling out Trump a bit here? Bush did it. Obama did it, while slowing down economic recovery Trump did it. Biden is doing it, and the economy is stagnating. Looking farther back, every president since before FDR allowed debt to increase, although it wasn't really until the welfare state kicked in the 70s and 80s that we started hockey sticking. It's hilarious to pin _all_ of that on Trump.
- 1270018080 5y agoWhat record on the economy? Pointless sanctions? Ballooning deficit? The stock market going up for portions of his presidency (Which is never something you should attribute to individual presidents during their time in office anyway)?
- archarios 5y agoTrump was a fucking disaster and the idea that he had much of anything to do with the economy doing well during that time is pretty childish