Yes, I am. He put in place policies that were friendly to American economy so that inflation was kept in check and real wages actually grew for all categories. How is that going under the new guy?
He worked to control our borders and limit immigration. How is that going under the new guy?
He didn't kiss the asses of the other countries, like NATO and Middle East. How is that going under the new guy?
Russia and North Korean aggression were limited under Trump. How's that going with the new guy?
Trump promoted energy independence in order to stimulate the economy with affordablefuel and limit the control over the US by foreign countries. How is that going under the new guy?
He pushed through a tax break for ~90-95% of Americans. How are taxes going under the new guy?
And, he, like all presidents, DID spend too much money. And he had some mean tweets that offended some people. Which meant that he needed to be impeached for his crime of offending snowflakes. Yeah, right.
I'm not a fan of the current administration's policies but Trump, being the idiot that he is, went too far on border control. The "Wall" was a vanity project that is harmful to the environment, violates property rights and wasn't going to stop illegal immigration. He spent a year telling the country that Mexico would pay for it and rolled over like a pussy when Mexico's President told him to go **** himself. Contrary to the thinking of all of the racist, nationalist fools that worship the Donald, we NEED immigration. Most of the greatest innovations in our country's history were made by immigrants or their first generation descendants. I've seen Mexicans work on construction crews and I've seen Americans work on construction crews and trust me....your dollar goes farther when there are Mexicans working. We need carefully monitored and controlled immigration....not the extremes presented by each party.
Donald Trump kissed the ass of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. Russia didn't invade Ukraine on the Cheeto-in-Chief's watch, but they certainly continued to attack Syrian rebels fighting for democracy in Syria during his watch and Wagner, backed by Russia, had been committing war crimes in Africa throughout the Donald's tenure.
His moronic tariffs were cast randomly and act as a tax on Americans....not on foreign countries or firms.
On taxes, his tax breaks did help some people, but they screwed over millions of Americans like me that used to itemize. My taxes jumped $1500 per year because of his tax breaks. For the record, the only permanent tax breaks he secured were for the wealthy and for large corporations. As for Biden's tax proposals.....none of them likely impact anyone on this board in a material way unless they make over $400k per year.
"Energy Independence" is a worn out tag line that was false at the time. The US continued to import oil under Trump and never stopped. We just had more American companies exporting oil. FWIW, US oil production is on track to exceed the record set in November 2019 in the next month or so if it hasn't already. US oil field production hit 13 million barrels per day in November 2019 but was down to 10.5 million barrels per day on election day in 2020. As a political stunt, producers dramatically cut production in February 2021, but by the end of the year, production was back above 2018 numbers. And if you do some research, you'll see that the average for the entire year in 2023 is already higher than it averaged in 2019....Donald's best year. So, when it comes to "energy independence"......the Donald is actually going to be in second place behind Biden before it's all said and done.
Inflation has been a bitch for the past couple years, but most of the problem is that the economy is so strong, retailers can get away with raising prices and everyone has to just pay up. There were a lot of big profits posted in 2022. The economy continues to surprise and refuses to go into a recession despite all of the Fed's efforts.
So yeah, worship the Cheeto if you want, but he's second best at everything in the long run.
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