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Did Obama reduce it a penny? Not sure your question here since Obama basically doubled the debt from around 10 trillion when he entered office to around 20 trillion when he left office.
“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
A few things spring to mind.
Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.
But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.
And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.
There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface.
Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul.
And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that.
He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead.
There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.
So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:
• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.
• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.
This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss.
After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of #. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.
God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid.
He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.
And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?’
If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.
Source: jobsanger: British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read
originally posted by: ErEhWoN
Infrastructure....
Health insurance.....
Debt.......
Declining stature on the world stage......
Trillion dollar tax cut for the rich....
Education......
Taking money from the military for a wall.......(Pvt Bonespurs)
How much do we spend on his golf???
Poor response to a pandemic....
originally posted by: Arnie123
The irony eludes you then since Trump has been consistant since the 80s, but a hyper partisan such as yourself knew that, hmmm?
originally posted by: ErEhWoN
a reply to: Arnie123
Nobody faults Trump for that and the actions it caused, to do so would mark you politically incompetent.
They fault Trump for the actions it DID NOT cause, by a politically incompetent president.
That action would be leadership, one Trump is not capable of.
Most knew this since the 80's.
It is your OPINION that he isn't leader, it is my opinion that he is, oh I love American society 🤗
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: XCrycek
Biden will raise taxes, rejoin the Paris Accords, start up the Green New Deal, raise minimum wages which will increase unemployment, ease border security, restart Obamacare but make it socialized medicine, put more restrictions on the 2nd Amendment, appeases China.
And that's just off the top of my head.
a reply to: TerryMcGuire
And in these places it is the owners laws that prevail. If the owners agree to government directives, that is their right. If they disagree that is their right as well.
originally posted by: XCrycek
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: XCrycek
Biden will raise taxes, rejoin the Paris Accords, start up the Green New Deal, raise minimum wages which will increase unemployment, ease border security, restart Obamacare but make it socialized medicine, put more restrictions on the 2nd Amendment, appeases China.
And that's just off the top of my head.
Raise minimum wages?! What a devil!!!!
All fine and dandy except that A POTUS can't do anything of the above on his own.
Just like Trump couldn't build a wall, drain the swamp, lock up Hillary, bring back jobs etc.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: XCrycek
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: XCrycek
Biden will raise taxes, rejoin the Paris Accords, start up the Green New Deal, raise minimum wages which will increase unemployment, ease border security, restart Obamacare but make it socialized medicine, put more restrictions on the 2nd Amendment, appeases China.
And that's just off the top of my head.
Raise minimum wages?! What a devil!!!!
All fine and dandy except that A POTUS can't do anything of the above on his own.
Just like Trump couldn't build a wall, drain the swamp, lock up Hillary, bring back jobs etc.
Depends on Congress, well you've just defended Trump so my job here is pretty much done.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-Covid cough- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
originally posted by: XCrycek
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: XCrycek
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: XCrycek
Biden will raise taxes, rejoin the Paris Accords, start up the Green New Deal, raise minimum wages which will increase unemployment, ease border security, restart Obamacare but make it socialized medicine, put more restrictions on the 2nd Amendment, appeases China.
And that's just off the top of my head.
Raise minimum wages?! What a devil!!!!
All fine and dandy except that A POTUS can't do anything of the above on his own.
Just like Trump couldn't build a wall, drain the swamp, lock up Hillary, bring back jobs etc.
Depends on Congress, well you've just defended Trump so my job here is pretty much done.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-Covid cough- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Defended Trump by pointing out all of the big campaign promises he failed to deliver?
All fine and dandy except that A POTUS can't do anything of the above on his own.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: XCrycek
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: XCrycek
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: XCrycek
Biden will raise taxes, rejoin the Paris Accords, start up the Green New Deal, raise minimum wages which will increase unemployment, ease border security, restart Obamacare but make it socialized medicine, put more restrictions on the 2nd Amendment, appeases China.
And that's just off the top of my head.
Raise minimum wages?! What a devil!!!!
All fine and dandy except that A POTUS can't do anything of the above on his own.
Just like Trump couldn't build a wall, drain the swamp, lock up Hillary, bring back jobs etc.
Depends on Congress, well you've just defended Trump so my job here is pretty much done.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-Covid cough- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Defended Trump by pointing out all of the big campaign promises he failed to deliver?
Ummm, you just said it's not up to a president alone.
In fact, you said;
All fine and dandy except that A POTUS can't do anything of the above on his own.
lolz
You're so cute.
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: IAMTAT
I just listed Bidens policies that I was against as a reason not to vote for him.
I'd really like to see more debate on policies and platforms rather than Orange Man Bad.
If there's a better person running for president than Trump, then bring it!
originally posted by: XCrycek
originally posted by: DBCowboy
originally posted by: XCrycek
originally posted by: DBCowboy
a reply to: XCrycek
Biden will raise taxes, rejoin the Paris Accords, start up the Green New Deal, raise minimum wages which will increase unemployment, ease border security, restart Obamacare but make it socialized medicine, put more restrictions on the 2nd Amendment, appeases China.
And that's just off the top of my head.
Raise minimum wages?! What a devil!!!!
All fine and dandy except that A POTUS can't do anything of the above on his own.
Just like Trump couldn't build a wall, drain the swamp, lock up Hillary, bring back jobs etc.
Depends on Congress, well you've just defended Trump so my job here is pretty much done.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA-Covid cough- AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Defended Trump by pointing out all of the big campaign promises he failed to deliver?
I must be playing a game of 76D chess without knowing it.