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/old_and_boring_guy Tennessee 1d ago

The part that bothered me was that the first thing Obama did was put the war money in the budget (as opposed to special appropriations) and everyone suddenly cared what the war cost.

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u/mockg 1d ago edited 1d ago

Are you sure that is just not republicans and the right wing news being themselves. I swear the only times I hear about budget from them is if a democrat president is in charge.

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u/EE_Tim 1d ago

It's called the Two Santas Strategy and it's by design.

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u/Economy_Sky3832 16h ago

I'm not reading all that

​In his article, Thom Hartmann discusses the "Two Santa Clauses" strategy, a political tactic formulated by Republican strategist Jude Wanniski in 1976. This strategy advises Republicans to act as "Santa Claus" by implementing tax cuts and increasing spending when in power, thereby stimulating the economy and gaining public favor. Conversely, when Democrats hold the presidency, Republicans should emphasize concerns about the national debt and advocate for spending cuts, pressuring Democrats to reduce social programs and potentially lose voter support. Hartmann argues that this approach has been employed over the past four decades to manipulate economic perceptions and influence electoral outcomes.