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Trump’s victory was not a surprise if you talked to voters.
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I'm not very old but Biden certainly wasn't for me.
He now gave us Trump as a second term so I would lower him further.
He gave us a nudge back into status quo in a world that is raging against it. If you were already comfortable with status quo before no wonder you view it as a miracle but it was not exactly good for a large portion even though they may end up worse after the shakeup.
Trump is and was still the worst. But I think I do represent the electorates desire for change even if I have been having to hold my nose and vote against it for the greater good while the crazies let rip and go for broke on a dream.
I don't blame biden for trump but im curious who you thought did a better job given the one term adversarial congress nature of his presidency. the green energy bill, kept on fighting for student loan forgiveness and got a somewhat decent thing going (can't grow past principal and forgiven after payments are made for 20 years), no surpise billing with medical insurance, the work with non compete causes. I like obama but he wasted his first term trying to compromise. Biden came out swinging and got as much done as he could knowing it was a fight the whole way.
Of Obama for sure. Actually passed stuff instead of worked in them and everyone sorta patted them in the back saying "good job, at least you tried" about stuff.
A lot of those bills were basic spending bills that would have had to pass anyways with a title. Resuming loan forgiveness as it is written was nice but was hard to view as a positive and without the right PR completely missed as a positive by many.
Which is his biggest mistake. We didn't hear about his cabinet. No big speeches and pushing of younger replacements. No bully pulpit. Kamala showed up to break a tie a couple times but they just did it as a formality.
Being the president isn't supposed to just be a business man managing the books but the face and inspiration of a nation. It's a social role as well as functional. He failed that job completely. He was the right president for the wrong time. Him not accepting that made him worse.
The important part is the business management. Especially when you have a shitshow that needs fixing. I am majorly concerned because if you look at like obama you see they need the first term to sorta right the ship and the second to make real progress. So we are basically treading water now and all signals are we going throttle down. One thing that made bush sr. decent is he ended up having to do some of the tough unpopular things that actually put clinton in a very good position for a democratic administration. Its a failure of the electorate to vote based on image over substance. It honestly drives me a little batty.