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Hard nope on this. Obama trying was performative, he didn't try very hard. Lets keep the discussion to US presidents and their power, talking about what Xi can
by sitkack 3y ago
Hard nope on this. Obama trying was performative, he didn't try very hard. Lets keep the discussion to US presidents and their power, talking about what Xi can do isn't germane.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThe point is to compare an executive with absolute power, to an executive who has to share it with two other branches. It isn’t a what aboutism, the president can’t just unilaterally make decisions that fall out of the purview of executive orders, and even executive orders are really fragile.
- sitkack 3y agoNo but they can try harder, not make a shitty performative effort and then move on. That is exactly what Obama did on Guantanamo, the single largest abhorrent stain on what it means to be an American. An extra-legal torture base in Cuba makes us all murderous hypocrites. This is on Trump and Biden as well. Obama deserves the heat because that is what we hired him for. At this point we aren't letting the tortured out because of our embarrassment. Executive Orders are the bondo of American democracy. Obama was a bad president.