Comment on Do you think that Trump is the most hated U.S. president?

• subverted_per@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Bush 2 was a failson who was largely well intentioned, but also had no idea what his dad’s friends were doing in his cabinet. His second term he started taking a more proactive role when he realized how he was responsible for a lot of the fuckery going on around him. At the same time, Iraq was all his baby. I don’t say this to absolve him of anything, he was a shit president, but he was about as shitty as any other nepobaby that managed to fail into high office.

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  • mrmaplebar@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Iran is probably going to make Iraq look like child's play.

    America is now at a crossroads of bad choices: we either surrender and retreat (further entrenching anti-American power in the region for decades to come), or we commit harder to winning by putting boots on the ground (beginning what will be a long and bloody war for no reason).

    Trump may think there's an easy out on Iran, but when our best option is surrender it's already a shit show.

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The difference is that Iran doesn’t even make the top 10 list of reasons Trump deserves hate.

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      • mrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Trying to destroy a whole civilization should be the number one reason to hate someone

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• mrmaplebar@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I thought George W Bush and his admin was the worst Republican America could come up with... that was, until 2016...

  I'd take W over Trump any day. Before the Iran War maybe there was an argument in Trump's favor. But today? No contest.

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• TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “he paints now!”

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