AutralianChainsaw wrote:
uziq wrote:
which promises did he keep? inflicting massive trade war damages on american farmers? tax cuts for the rich? inviting two chinese firms to open factories in podunk, illinois, which were promptly shuttered after a year or two of operation?
can you honestly explain to me what promises trump delivered on?
The Wall
Tax cut for corporations and working americans
Have NATO members pay their fair share
Becoming energy independant
new trade deals more fair for the american people
Tarifs on China (like it or not, you guys need to slow them down)
No new war
Getting along with NK and Russia
The Ban on countries with "islamist issues" .. (that one must have pleased some former member of bf2s)
Restoring the military power.
The Space Force (LOL)
Getting rid of "catch and release".. Biden reinstated it
and probably much more.. he did that with a hostile congress and senate.. fighting lawsuit left and right.. even fighting republicans
The one thing that strike me the most is the way he dealt with prices of drugs. Getting rid of the middle man brought down the price of Insulin like crazy.. something Biden cancelled as soon as he was in office. Now insulin prices are going back up.
Having that rule in place that pharmaceutical have to sell their drugs to hospital to the lowest price possible. Those are all great accomplishment that previous president never even tried to touch.
American farmers voted for Trump in 2020.. i think they still like him
Before Covid, the US was doing great you cannot deny that.
The Wall
Didn't achieve much. Though if the overarching intent was to create a hostile USA, the billions sunk into a largely ineffective wall did help make it a less attractive place to immigrate to. Not just to illegals, but anyone.
Tax cuts for corporations
How many decades do you need to figure out trickle down economics is a load of horseshit? I'll credit Trump with giving personal stimulus checks to his base, but the republicans are anything but working class friendly in terms of economics.
Have NATO members pay their fair share
Just words. The USA has no such power and wasn't the cause for a rise in defence expenditure. Also, most NATO member states have marginally risen expenditure if at all. It's still roughly at the same levels it was 5 years ago.
Becoming energy independEnt
In what way? All Trump wanted to do was drill for oil in the USA. He attempted to dismantle the EPA and green energy initiatives. His oil drilling ventures didn't amount to much and by prolonging dependency on fossil fuels, he prolonged dependency on the foreign powers where these are extracted.
new trade deals more fair to the american people
Which ones? I'm not seeing shit here chief. Especially if we contrast it with your next point, the tariffs on China. Take for example the tariffs on Chinese steel. This was enacted to motivate american companies to buy US steel. But at the same time it made US companies globally less competitive because they now had to up their prices as they were paying a higher price for resources used in manufacturing. The steel tariff very negatively impacted Harley Davidson for example, an 'all american' brand. A loss in sales there also meant/means a loss in jobs.
No new war
Well whooptiefuckendo. Except that, you know, assassinating foreign generals is generally considered an act of war. Remember Qassem Soleimani? Or Trump's nuclear posturing vs NK. Regardless of his foreign policy blundering, it would've been a challenge for any president to start or participate in new wars after the disaster of Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan and continued US engagement in the last 2 theatres.
Getting along with NK and Russia
He got along with NK until he didn't get along with NK. He got along with Russia to the detriment of his actual allies in Europe and to the detriment of his own national security interests. Russia is not out to be best buds with the USA and you fuckers just won't understand that; it's purely Putin's self-interest that Trump satisfied.
The Ban
Ah, good ol' unconstitutional xenophobia.
Restoring the military power
What fucking restoration? What are we even talking about. Did the USA lose its military power somewhere between Bush and Trump? Last I checked the USA simply continued spending gigantic sums on its military, as it always has. The US military wasn't any less potent 10 years ago vs now. Actually, if you consider lots of geopolitical forces the US has lost power, though mostly because other players in the global arena are becoming more potent and aggressive.
The Space Force
A policy initiative in the making for a decade that Trump got to stamp his name on. Great. Don't kid yourself in believing the orange oaf had any notion of what it is for.
In summary, all your points are just, well, not that good.
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