People voting for Harris have no clue as to what expect from her administration. How can you vote for someone you know nothing about. Oh, yeah, because anyone is better than Trump. What exactly was wrong with the Trump presidency? It was much, much, better than the Biden presidency.
There are 3 points of reality that Republicans seem to either not know, or just not engage with.
1. The president isn't a King. For good or bad, he can't just wave a wand and make changes across the country.
2. There are many policies of an administration that will not be immediately felt in the first 4 years of that administration. There are positive AND negative effects that can be felt from PAST administrations. And there are positive AND negative effects that can occur in the future effecting FUTURE administrations.
You guys talk as if "the game" resets whenever a new president comes in. That's not how it works.
Obama worked with what he got from Bush, Trump worked with what he got from Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Biden worked with what he got from Trump, etc. The game doesn't completely start over.
Trump inherited a rising economy from Obama. There were some sectors of the economy where things went up under Trump, but they were a small slice compared to the total economy. And even giving him that, the trend was already going UP before Trump came into office.
Trump didn't build that.
Whatever you inherit is going to determine what you can realistically do in your own term. Hell of a lot easier to look good after an Obama presidency than it would have under a Bush administration .
3. Trumpers also often fail to acknowledge that our economy is global. You can't only look at what is happening in America and blame Biden when our economic welfare is tied to other nations. Republicans keep talking about inflation like this is an American issue--it's not. It's worldwide, and we're doing better than a lot of other countries on that front.
What exactly was wrong with the Trump presidency? It was much, much, better than the Biden presidency.
Why don't you ask other Republicans? How many people have turned on him?
*How many people did Trump fire in his presidency? Why is Mike Pence, HIS own former VP not supporting him now? Why did Nikki Haley, HIS ambassador to the UN say he is "Unfit to be POTUS"? Why did JD Vance, HIS current VP pick compare him to Hitler?
*His inability to accept that he lost the 2020 election led to January 6th and a bunch of fucking idiots with conspiracy theories. Do you think that half of the country thinking they were cheated out of an election is good for the country?
*Constantly attacking other politicians, media, individuals and groups as POTUS has led to the toxic shit pool we have today. These aren't just "mean tweets". He emboldens and backs up idiots that should never have power.
People like Marjorie Taylor Green, Nick Fuentes, and Mark Robinson (the trans porn Black Nazi) would NEVER have seen the light of day on a national level if they didn't have someone like Trump to boost their signal.
*What do you think Trump's record looks like on the environment?
* For all of the talk about Hunter Biden, why the hell was Jared Kushner doing work for our government? He PROFITED off of deals he made. Trump was billing the US government so that he could stay at his resorts at inflated prices.
*Federal debt and the trade deficit went up. Uninsured people went up. Housing prices went up.
*Trump getting rid of the agreement with Iran didn't make the region safer. He assassinated an Iranian general from another country's land. For as much as people criticize Biden's withdrawal of Afghanistan, Trump screwed up the negotiations and basically gave the Taliban Afghanistan. He INCREASED the usage of drone attacks. He recklessly ran his mouth about "Little rocket man" while simultaneously talking about withdrawing troops from our ally, South Korea.
*He replaced 1/3 of the supreme court and a bunch of federal judges. What happened to Roe v. Wade? How do conservative judges tend to rule when it comes to corruption and money in politics? Take a look at Clarence Thomas and all of the gifts he received for your answer.
He didn't fix immigration when he was in office. He didn't fix healthcare. He certainly didn't make the country more unified. Tax cuts and deregulation are great for some in the SHORT run, but they don't fix the larger problems we have.
Of course there are plenty of legitimate problems with Democrats, but Trump is an entirely different kind of problem. He is a narcissist, and just does not have the demeanor to be a leader in a democracy.
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