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u/AlarmedGibbon Mar 04 '25
The soft landing from Covid was damn near miraculous. Chips and science act, inflation reduction act, bipartisan infrastructure bills, record stock market, holding together the western alliance while under threat. This guy knew how to get shit done.
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u/cubrunner34 Mar 04 '25
His economy was the envy of the world. Trump crashing it hard and fast
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u/likamuka Mar 04 '25
Crashed it to own the libz and his cult. His cult will suffer oh so much more from his policies. He literally is using the tariffs as fucking āpunishmentā to the allies of the USA.
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u/SG10HD-YT Mar 05 '25
In 3 years heās gonna blame this crash on Biden, just watch.
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u/strange_black_box Mar 05 '25
Theyāre already doing that lolĀ
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-plan-big-speech-craft-221216427.html
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u/my_nameborat Mar 04 '25
The only way we escape this is his cult having an awakening moment. They drank the Kool Aid now is the time for them to realize thereās something wrong with it
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u/surrender0monkey Mar 04 '25
I think we're gonna call this era "The Great Finding Out".
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u/workingmanshands 29d ago
And they wull blame biden for anytuing bad just like last time. Were fucking cooked.
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u/anon07141326 Mar 05 '25
An yet some of the "stable genius'" among us would have you believe the economy was tanking on "levels never seen". SAD
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u/ZookeeperinyourPants Mar 04 '25
Considering he pulled it off while demented, it's a genius act
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u/jayleia Mar 04 '25
Gotta remember that it's more than just the president, it's who you bring with you. He brought the best people he could, and he had a calm, rational mind.
The new guy...uh...not so much.
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u/hobbyistunlimited Mar 04 '25
š„thinks he knows everything about everything and acts accordingly taking no advice and acting compulsively.
Biden knew he knew nothing about everything, picked experts on stuff, and let them do their jobs. Didnāt take credit and accepted blame.
One is a better boss and leader; one is more electable.
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u/notshtbow Mar 04 '25
Biden knew he knew nothing about everything, picked experts on stuff, and let them do their jobs. Didnāt take credit and accepted blame.
That. Right. There. Pretty much all I want/expect from a president.
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u/surrender0monkey Mar 04 '25
Hire field experts. Listen to them.
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u/hobbyistunlimited Mar 04 '25
JD Vance's Quote form the VP Debate:
"This has to stop. And we're not going to stop it by listening to experts. We're going to stop it by listening to common sense wisdom, which is what Donald Trump governed on."
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u/Spacemanspiff429 Mar 04 '25
That's half the presidency, the other half is creating a narrative story and selling that story to Americans.
He failed miserably at that.
There is a reason why Ronald Reagan, FDR, etc.are remembered, they created a story to accompany them to the policies.
Donald Trump has terrible policies, is corrupt, but boy can he sell you a story.
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u/notshtbow Mar 04 '25
šÆ agreed.
Clinton and Obama were much better than Biden but that's not terribly difficult.3
u/Spacemanspiff429 Mar 04 '25
Yeah, I'm halfway like the entertainment industry -> presidency pipeline is not necessarily bad, as long as who ever runs has the humility to know what they do not know and a keen ability to pick out if they re being BSed.
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u/Medium_Advantage_689 Mar 05 '25
Dude sold a book on the art of the deal while bankrupting casinos. The house always fucking wins and he bankrupted lol
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u/scourge_bites 29d ago
even fucking Reagan did that. words can't describe how much I hate the fucking cheeto
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u/CrashNowhereDrive 25d ago
Not anymore, between the Russians, Project 2025 and Elon, Trump has no clue what he's signing or doing anymore. He's a puppet president now. Literally has no idea what's in the EOs he's signing.
Trump will pretend he's an expert on everything, but it's pretty clear he's being led by the nose by people who stroke his ego
They still let him do his petty revenge stuff though, the Russians love watching him trash random things with his chaos
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u/Relyt21 Mar 04 '25
Hence why an intelligent set of cabinet members and a party actually trying to make life better for americans is better than one trying to make more money for rich people.
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u/Goobjigobjibloo Mar 04 '25
Pulls what off? Please articulate what the fuck you think he is trying to do because no one else can. And I donāt mean based on what he is saying, based on his actions and their cause and effect.
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u/RioRancher Mar 04 '25
Everyone knew republicans cause recessions before they voted, right?
This is what we all wanted.
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u/noplanman_srslynone Mar 04 '25
I think Ford was the last Republican president that didn't have a recession with his partial term from Nixon? I mean there is only around 100 years of data on this though; so it's sketchy and could totally change this time! /s
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u/PaleontologistNo9817 Mar 04 '25
I have been Biden's strongest soldier from the beginning. I have defended Biden from the right, from the left, from the center. When Biden stickers were being put on gas pumps, I stood by him. When Biden fumbled the debates, I stood by him. When Biden was coup'd by the Dems and replaced with Kamala, I wrote Biden's name in.
if only one thousand people vote Biden, I am one of them. if only one hundred people vote Biden, I am one of them. if only one person votes Biden, that is me. if nobody votes Biden, then I am dead.
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u/FlyEnvironmental8368 Mar 05 '25
I feel the exact opposite. Hated the Biden administration.
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u/tway1909892 Mar 05 '25
So did over half the country. Reddit gonna reddit thinking Bidenās the goat lmfao
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u/Single-Emphasis1315 29d ago
āOver halfā is either a really dumb statement or purposefully misleading lol
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u/anon07141326 Mar 05 '25
This just in: Listening to lifelong economists and development experts before making decisions leads to good outcomes.
Fuck it's really crazy that we've reached a point where Biden enacting what life-long professionals recommend as president seems miraculous. But here we are
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u/Vanilla_Ice_Jr Mar 05 '25
Now America has a bone head trying to play a game of chicken with every world leader. He has no idea how to run anything, and appoints the most horrific people possible to ever position of government. This says a lot about conservative government when this is their "best guy". Sorry American you messed up twice. You kind of deserve it the second time around.
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u/AsstacularSpiderman 29d ago
But if course it wasn't as obvious as a check in the mail so most Americans never appreciated it.
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u/freegrowthflow 29d ago
Ok guys letās be real though. 15% deficit, 10% deficit, 5% deficit, 6% deficit, 7% deficit. Where do you think this growth came from??
Itās like getting drunk every day for a wild weekend and then being surprised when the hangover hits. This economy is not strong by any means, itās propped up by debt and āaiā
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u/AlarmedGibbon 29d ago edited 29d ago
Yeah, we had a deficit, that's what you're supposed to do when times are tough. When economy is on shaky ground, like say after a global pandemic, deficit spending is the smart move.
When times are really good, economy is on sturdy ground, that's when you tighten the belt, cut spending, raise taxes a bit.
That's the part Republicans always fail us at. When times are good, they never tighten the belt. That's how you can tell they don't actually care about fiscal responsibility. Whether times are good or tough, prescription is always the same. Cut taxes, blow up the debt, and then talk a big game about how responsible they are.
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u/mangoman94 28d ago
Yeah, but he wasn't loud enough about the stuff he was doing, which makes him a shit leader.
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u/NapoleonsDynamite 28d ago
I like presidents who are sleepy and don't meddle in everything they don't fully understand.
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u/CrashNowhereDrive 25d ago
But he was so sleepy!
Moronic MAGA, if this is what Biden did while he was asleep, then Id be happy to let him sleep through another 4 years
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u/KingBadford Mar 04 '25
I wasn't a fan of Joe, but I would have voted for the reanimated corpse of Richard Nixon over what we got. Unfortunately, Americans (humans, really) tend to be shortsighted, self-centered, and easily duped.
Still, how anyone thought the economy (much of which had been devastated by greedy corpos during and after the pandemic) would improve under š„is beyond me. We knew exactly what he was. He was by far the worst optionāpotentially everāyet "Joe is old and dems are weak and muh eggs cost too much so we need a change" still won out. Which happens a lot if you look back through history. It's like a wheel of shortsightedness, but the ones spinning the wheel seem to be getting progressively dumber.
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u/Goobjigobjibloo Mar 04 '25
Also massive voter suppression efforts that kept around 4 million people from voting and probable election tampering from Musk.
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u/AffectionateFig93 Mar 04 '25
https://youtu.be/P_XdtAQXnGE?si=lHF1V_9XidZ3oD_R if anyone wants more info on this
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u/Sub_Par_ Mar 04 '25
Funny that egg prices have done nothing but increase since he took office š what a clown
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u/Coldatahd Mar 04 '25
Needs some small orange hands grabbing the fries off the floor š¤£
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u/Icy_Ground1637 Mar 04 '25
2002 Clinton š 2000 bush š 2008 Obama/Biden š
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2020 Biden š 2024 Trump šThink š¤ there is something in common???? Republicans š Democrats š
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u/irishyardball Mar 04 '25
Yep. Republicans have tricked people into defending them by making them think it's their idea and that they will be rich and want to avoid taxes.
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u/Aberbekleckernicht 29d ago
Turns out all you need to do to get people to believe that you're the party that's good for the economy is say it over and over for 40 years.
Polls show that people consistently trust Republicans more with the economy.
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u/XpLiCiT-sOOn-7 Mar 04 '25
Yup, a lot of stupid people always bite the hook and fall for it. It's amazing that a criminal, sex offender, fraud, bankrupt multiple times, insurrectionists... Is in charge of one of the most important country's! But let's thank all my fellow Americans that did a good job researching this CLOWN, they watched FOX AND FRIENDS, SHAWN HENEDY, PODCASTERS, TIK TOK BLOGGER'S, oh don't watch CNN it's FAKE NEWS
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u/GivingUp86 Mar 04 '25
Just a question that might sound stupid: I am not American. On Reddit and other forums I have never found a comment pro Trump: Everybody against him (and it's fully understandable). Now, I know that forums and reddit are not representative of the population, but still I ask myself: who has voted for Trump that he was able to win and how is the mood of Americans who voted for him?
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u/Shot-Challenge-3741 Mar 04 '25
Check Twitter (or X ig) and see the other half of the population
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u/mskovg Mar 04 '25
Or try r/Conservative if you don't want to leave Reddit. Some reasonable people there but plenty that is drinking the mango-flavored Kool-aid.
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u/Nekodon Mar 04 '25
That subreddit is honestly hilarious. I wish I had that ability of mental gymnastics to dance around so many issues cause by Trump. No matter what you say there too you will always be called a Lib, a Leftist, or anything else derogatory for even speaking against them.
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u/anon07141326 Mar 05 '25
I saw someone suggesting America has "Just cause to invade Canada for the retaliatory tariffs". If trump gave that order the army genuinely might turn against him
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u/kj9716 Mar 06 '25
It'd be hilarious if they weren't controlling all 3 levels of government, but i see what you mean.
Honestly, to me it's horrifying how brainwashed they are because they are so thoroughly cooked that they don't even need 1 sec more of right wing media/propaganda to be fully onboard with whatever bs comes out of the orange shit stain
He could gun down citizens in NY and they'd all say they must have been liberal terrorists and they wouldn't even need to check Fox first.
It's giving Honelander lasering the citizen in broad daylight vibes and him getting cheered on when at first he was scared of the reaction. Now he KNOWS he's untouchable and this became more dangerous, unpredictable, and unhinged.
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u/rageinghemmroids Mar 05 '25
Speaking as someone who lives near alot of them they pick and choose what he says ignor all critism and only admit the flaws he has as the ones that would make you cool like he's edgy or a jokester and sure he lies but all politicians lie. Now for the mood I lost contact with some do to a job transfer but I find they are in three categories one is they are nervous about the tariffs and the incoming costs, two disengage from politics they won it'll sort it's self out three yup Biden did leave a bad economy let me jump through hoops to explain that. Lastly Harris was still just as bad in their minds their proof well vague pointing and trust me bro
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u/_MadGasser Mar 04 '25
My portfolio misses you, jack!
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u/NorthLibertyTroll Mar 05 '25
You liked net zero return for 2 years?
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u/lollipop999 29d ago
Only an idiot didn't make money under Biden. Aka you and that's why you're salty
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u/SuspiciousLove7219 Mar 04 '25
+$131,000 (+$10,916 a month) last year appreciate you Joe Biden didnāt tank the market on purpose
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u/silsum Mar 05 '25
Half of this country supports a ConDon, who is and will be the downfall of this country. Say goodbye to freedom. And welcome to Russia.
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u/Wshngfshg Mar 04 '25
Bring on more pain. Most of us are used to the pain. It has to be worst before it gets better.
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u/akidnamedFP Mar 06 '25
your āpainā was paying slightly more for eggs in your suburban white picket fence home while gooning and playing video games all day. americans really gave up control to russia just cus of memes š
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u/ZeBoyceman Mar 04 '25
Seen from France so not many knowledge of interior politics but : the real MVP was Obama, it was prime America.
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u/IsThereAnythingLeft- Mar 04 '25
If anyone would have even been suitable for extra terms it would have been Obama
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u/lilbuhmp Mar 04 '25
The racists and conspiracy theorists wonāt let you say that. In my adult lifetime, America was the strongest under Obama and itās not even close.
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u/Lucky_Diver Mar 04 '25
I bet you'd be making money right now if you were a billionaire.
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u/MA_2_Rob Mar 06 '25
Making money as in waiting and buying the real dip
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u/ralpher1 29d ago
Maybe more like getting heads up before Trump will announce or withdraw tariffs so you can short or be long on the market
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u/stupajidit Mar 04 '25
did you all forget the 30% haircut the market took in 2022?
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u/Droom1995 Mar 04 '25
At least we had two good reasons for that, what's the reason for the market to fall now? That's right, only one man's decisions.
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u/Far_Eye6555 Mar 04 '25
Cant think of a single reason why the market might take a 30% dip in 2022. Definitely nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine and subsequent economic sanctions levied against Russia from most the western world.
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u/NorthLibertyTroll Mar 05 '25
Yes Reddit conveniently forgets that and pumps the 4% dip we just had.
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u/True_Grocery_3315 Mar 04 '25
I miss the 2019 economy and cost of living
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u/besurfhi Mar 04 '25
lol all this thread cares about is 4% off the top of their 20k dollar accounts
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u/WorthConversation451 Mar 04 '25
Objectively the best president in the last several decades.
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u/SlowSundae422 Mar 05 '25
How is t objectively when his approval rating was shit?
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u/WorthConversation451 Mar 05 '25
He had managed to accomplish the soft economic landing. Job numbers blew past expectations month after month. He managed to defeat the OPEC cartel making him a world class oil market monger. Wall Street hit several high records leaving the next dipshit with a golden economic recovery that was the envy of the world
I donāt personally find approval ratings alone to be an effective measure of quality in a president. Yes Joe was old but that came with wisdom, he had very qualified advisors in his cabinet.
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u/jumpedropeonce Mar 04 '25
This man's hubris is a huge part of how Trump returned to the White House.
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u/SeppelDeppl Mar 05 '25
Even though he was quite unpopular, he was still a politician of the old school. Little posing and little chatter and a lot of things organized in the background.
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u/fzr600vs1400 Mar 05 '25
but he appointed Garland, 4 years later we get trump again. maybe you didn't know what's up
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u/ReasonableNatural908 Mar 05 '25
I the moron had a 35% return year on year on my investments.
I think we are looking at a 35% market correction.
Good time to buy concrete stuff not vaporeware
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u/PrestonTX Mar 05 '25
I havenāt heard one single person say or wrote that they missed Biden. Hell, I think Biden misses Biden though.
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u/FlyingTiger7four Mar 06 '25
I miss Bill Clinton, except, in a universe where he came and said he bent her over a desk and fucked her, instead of only settling for a blow job and then lying about it
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u/horaciojiggenbone 29d ago
The fact that the vast majority of Americans are completely incapable of basic research and critical thinking has caused me to literally beg for the complete destruction of my own home country. We deserve it. Itās incomprehensible to me that it seems like the vast majority of Americans canāt even do an elementary level search like āwhat does the Republican Party want to do.ā And then adjust their beliefs accordingly. They choose to just full-throatedly swallow anything and everything that the Republican Party shits out.
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u/aklaud93 29d ago
Crazy cus from where I'm sitting this flows alot better it you input left and democrat in the fill the blanks
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u/Apecker919 28d ago
Then you canāt do the reading or donāt have the comprehension to understand what youāre reading.
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u/Groupvenge 28d ago
I don't think thats an even remotely current picture of him. Even if you liked Biden, the last year or two, the buck didn't really stop at him.
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u/Servichay Mar 04 '25
Just curious, who draws these PEPEs? Like how are they so consistent in style? Is there literally 1 artist who draws all of them?