r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Obama Breaks Silence on Trump’s ‘Unimaginable’ Presidency - “Imagine if I had done any of this,” the former two-term president said.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obama-breaks-silence-on-trumps-unimaginable-presidency/
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u/jtsa5 1d ago

If anyone else other than Trump did anything wrong it was like the world was ending. When it's Trump everyone has kid gloves on.

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u/UngodlyPain 1d ago

This isn't true. Reagan and Dubya each also got kid gloves too.

Seriously Reagan was allowed to go on national TV and almost explicitly say "I did highly illegal things with Iran Contra and I should probably be impeached then sent to prison... But I'm fucking Reagan, so who cares?" ...

Dubya was also given tons of benefits of the doubt and kid gloves about 9/11, the war on terror, and the entire 2008 financial collapse and the response to it.

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u/KnowsAboutMath 23h ago

A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions tell me that's true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.

-An actual Reagan quote

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u/UngodlyPain 23h ago

One of the quotes I was referencing. That should have resulted in an immediate removal from office; with criminal investigations following it.

But Reagan was the OG Maga Cult.

Its insane to me since Nixon the only Republican president punished for anything was Bush Sr... Doing his job and saving the American economy from a recession, lost him a re-election bid.

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u/MageBayaz 4h ago

the only Republican president punished for anything was Bush Sr... Doing his job and saving the American economy from a recession, lost him a re-election bid.

His loss really pushed Republicans to the right. The lesson they have learned from his example is to "never raise taxes".