Honestly, I tend to agree with JollyPenguin here. Trump is a bad president, but all of the Presidents we've had for a long time have been bad, and Trump is nowhere near as bad as GW Bush or Reagan in terms of sheer genocidal cruelty.
It does seem odd, doesn't it. Trump is so unPresidential, he seems like the worse, but indeed, W's policies led to the deaths and maiming of around 10,000 US soldiers, the displacement of a million Iraqis, and the clusterfuck that is Afghanistan.
Trump hasn't done that.
W also pissed off our partners and allies... though Trump seems to be making sport of it... going as far as negotiating behind Canada's back. So Trump beats W there.
I would note that W had 9/11 which gave the Neocons an opening to do some really stupid foreign policy stuff. Trump talks a big game at times with the military (Venezuela, Iran, North Korea), but has done very little, mainly because he doesn't have the backing of the GOP. So in that case, Trump isn't as bad.
But then we have the tariffs and trade agreements, and while W left the ABM Treaty, Trump has really fucked up the trust with America more than any President ever, so in that case, the diplomatic capital of the United States has been exhausted, and Trump is much much worse.
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Honestly, I tend to agree with JollyPenguin here. Trump is a bad president, but all of the Presidents we've had for a long time have been bad, and Trump is nowhere near as bad as GW Bush or Reagan in terms of sheer genocidal cruelty.
Mexico?.... Puerto Rico? I see a genocidal pattern there.
Certainly it's there, but until an entire country is laid to waste in a military blitz, or a lethal incurable disease is basically ignored for a decade because it predominantly afflicts gay people, there's still no comparison to be made.
It should be noted that one of W's few good achievements was his action on AIDS in Africa.
