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The Trump Presidency

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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:22 PM
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An shortened summary of Trump's presidency (from 2021). Certainly not completely objective (evaluating here and there) but I think an accurate conclusion. Perhaps this will help some Members in future discussions.(;

The Trump Presidency: A Review

America is more divided today than at any other time in its history. Republicans and Democrats are no longer just competing parties arguing over programs and strategies. They are like two tribes, which stand against each other without speech and understanding, isolate themselves from each other and regard each other as enemies. The strongholds of the Democrats are prosperous urban areas, while the Republicans are rooted in the countryside, earning their highest voter turnout in regions with the lowest job, population, and economic growth. Trump benefited from this in his 2016 victory because he was able to bring radical forces into the Republican Party without causing traditional supporters to leave. With amazing political skill, he forged three major groups together: Economic liberals, evangelicals and angry citizens.

Economy While Obama had reduced the budget deficit from 9.8 percent in 2009 to 3.1 percent in 2016 after the inherited Great Recession, it increased again to 4.6 percent under Trump (2019) despite good growth rates. The reason: his biggest legislative success, the 2017 tax cut, costs the state between $1.5 and $2 trillion, with top earners and large corporations benefiting the most. At the end of Trump's term, unemployment stood at 6.7

Trade conflicts Overall, the trade deficit under Trump increased from 513 billion dollars to 679 billion dollars. Statistically, the punitive tariff policy thus cost each household $1,000 a year. Moreover, US companies hardly moved jobs back home, but instead built factories in low-wage countries that were not affected by tariffs. Trump destroyed confidence in the predictability and reliability of American commitments and damaged the trade system of the World Trade Organization, which the US helped to create.

Immigration The main theme of Trump's 2015/16 campaign was immigration. Even as he announced his candidacy, he rudely insulted Mexican and soon he was agitating against other ethnic and religious minorities as well. His implicit message was that America was a country of Christian whites, and he would do everything he could to keep it that way in the future. At the end of his term, only 76 kilometres of border fortifications had been built, while 649 kilometres of existing ones had been extended. Mexico, as promised by Trump, did not participate in the costs incurred by the US. The construction of the border fortification was merely symbolic politics.

Foreign policy While during the Cold War the promise of a strong foreign policy was a plus for any presidential candidate, afterwards the candidate who promised to withdraw from global commitments always won. With the tailwind of intervention fiasco, the global financial crisis, and terror by the "Islamic State" (IS), he revived three old foreign policy ideas: isolationism, nationalism, and unilateralism. He merged this mix of concepts under the slogan "America First". From a purely business point of view, he understood foreign policy as the settlement of ad hoc, primarily economic transactions, in which reliability, transparency and trust did not play a role. Trump admired authoritarian leaders because they can negotiate "man-to-man" deals without domestic considerations. He was almost manically driven by the goal of wiping out Obama’s foreign policy, which he saw as a symbol of American weakness. Ultimately, however, he was primarily concerned with self-glorification.

Death penalty With 13 death sentences carried out, more than three times as many people were executed under federal law in the last six months of Trump's presidency than in the previous six decades.

CHINA Instead of forging alliances and opposing Beijing on all fronts, however, he chose to go it alone and focus on the trade balance. Success was not forthcoming: By the end of his term, China was in a stronger position – not least because it had skillfully filled the leadership vacuum created by Trump in free trade and the fight against the pandemic, as well as in the Middle East and Europe.

RUSSIA Trump also weakened the American position vis-à-vis Moscow: through his submissive behavior towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, the relativization of Russian cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns, the blackmail of Ukraine, but most of all through the sabotage of NATO and the European Union, and trade wars with allies.

MIDDLE EAST In Syria and Afghanistan, as well as in Iran, Turkey and the Kurds, his zigzag course undermined Washington's influence. The cancellation of the nuclear deal negotiated by Obama and the policy of "maximum pressure" did not make Tehran yield as promised. Instead, the country enriched uranium beyond its agreed borders and expanded its position in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

WARS Trump had Syrian positions bombed by the Taliban, Russian mercenaries and ISIS. He authorized more drone strikes in Somalia and Yemen than his two predecessors combined, and increased them dramatically in Afghanistan. The number of civilians killed tripled compared to 2016. Trump also unreservedly backed Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen and supplied Riyadh with the weapons to do so.

The big picture Trump's worst mistake, however, was to turn away from the liberal, rules-based world order that the US had created after 1941 and that all US presidents had nurtured since. At its core are the multi- and bilateral alliance agreements with almost 70 nations. Failure to recognize the political and military weight this alliance system confers on Washington vis-à-vis rivals such as China and Russia revealed Trump's complete lack of understanding of strategic relationships. Playing with the idea of leaving NATO, supporting Brexit, declaring the EU an enemy, endangering relations with long-standing partners in East Asia and Europe because of trade disputes – this allowed the enemies of the West to triumph.

So? In the eyes of his supporters, Trump was a successful president. They appreciated his constant break with established norms, his attacks on "the elites" and the feeling that someone gave them a voice and in uncertain times called the culprits for their hardships and worries. However, if one measures his term in office against the stated goal of "making America great again", the result is sobering. With the exception of penal reform, which reduced long prison sentences for petty criminals, programs to combat the economic crisis, and the "warp-speed initiative" for rapid vaccine production, his presidency saw little success for the nation as a whole.

Most dangerous is Trump's legacy to democracy. Although the institutions stood up to his omnipotence fantasies and proved to be counterweights to federalism and justice, he massively damaged the written and unwritten norms of the constitutional system.

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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:32 PM
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a reply to: malte85

What state is this article referring to? Most likely one of the horribly run Blue (Democrat-run) states. Right?


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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:36 PM
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a reply to: malte85

no star no flag


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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:36 PM
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a reply to: malte85

It's difficult to pin down how you can be so absolutely delusional about the differences today in the current state of America compared to how good it was when Trump was president. And how backwards your thinking is. You are living on lies on top of lies.

edit on 19-8-2023 by NoCorruptionAllowed because: edit



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:38 PM
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originally posted by: carewemust
a reply to: malte85

What state is this article referring to? Most likely one of the horribly run Blue (Democrat-run) states. Right?



This article is apparently translated from the German. The term “state” refers to the nation state, I.e., the United States of America.

Try answering some of the substantative criticisms, like economy, trade conflicts, the border wall, etc.


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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:41 PM
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GTFOH with Germany’s OPINION of Trump.
That’s a couple notches below the Liberals opinion of him.


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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:44 PM
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Oh? The commies are mad. Good

Don't care.



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:44 PM
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Most dangerous is Trump's legacy to democracy.


Isn't this the guy who has 100 some charges under 4 indictments?

The same guy who is the guy in offices top political contender and rival?

Just curious.


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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:45 PM
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Try answering some of the substantative criticisms, like economy, trade conflicts, the border wall, etc.


They are answered by the current guy in office..................



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:46 PM
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originally posted by: JinMI
a reply to: 1947boomer




Try answering some of the substantative criticisms, like economy, trade conflicts, the border wall, etc.


They are answered by the current guy in office..................




🤣🤣🤣🤣




posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:48 PM
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Nice work of fiction. Is it intended to be a a joke or just an alternate reality timeline?


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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:52 PM
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Ok. I will. Gas was $2 or less. My food costs were 50% less. At least. Everything was cheaper. Mortgage rates were leas than the current 8% and climbing. Should I continue ????
The future looked pretty griffin great. That is the complete opposite of what is our current reality. I think you need to get out more. Get out of your basement Joe. a reply to: 1947boomer


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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:57 PM
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1947Boomer, are you wealthy? You must be if this economy isnt affecting you. I do not care what the MSM says, I see reality whenever I go shopping for anything and when I pay my bills. To think for even a second that the economy is good is patently ridiculous. You live north of Richmond? You think people will keep being fooled forever? My mother in law for the first time ever criticized Biden. I think its the first time I have ever heard her criticize a democrat at all.



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 01:59 PM
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a reply to: malte85

A WOKE Socialist German Website is Your SOURCE ? Ah , Yeah....................NEXT


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posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 02:02 PM
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In other words, Germany and probably other countries are pissed off because Trump put America first.
When every country on earth puts their country first.

Cry harder because it’s coming again.



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 02:06 PM
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Thank you.

Probably closest to the truth of anything else I’ve read on this site.



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 02:18 PM
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a reply to: RazorV66

Exactly this. Plus Orange Man Bad.

Germany is NOT in the position to educate the US or any other country. We have a lot of problems ourselves. Our politicians run the country into the ground, the infrastructure we once were proud of and all the other things that are wrong.



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 02:22 PM
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a reply to: malte85

Thank you. It is important thst we look at how others outside the US view events for a more unbiased opinion.

The 'tribalism' Trump brought to his followers is apparent on the replies here.

I have no doubt that he will be remembered as one if worst and least effective presidents in US history, the stunt he pulled after the election makes him the worst president.

True leaders unite people, not divide them and spread fear, uncertainty and doubt as a desperate attempt to remain in power.



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 02:26 PM
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a reply to: TacoLoco75

There were also no new wars
I paid a lot less in taxes
Unemployment was at record lows before they used the covid scam.

Literally every single thing was better.



posted on Aug, 19 2023 @ 02:27 PM
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a reply to: malte85

I like a good troll every once in a while, and this is a good one...



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