Taxpayers lost $10.2 billion. Are those the bailouts you're talking about.
There was a brief period where loans were paid back profitably but everyone crowing about profits was ignoring that the rest of the loans were booked against stock which was heavily underwater and later liquidated at substantial losses.
I don't know who The Balance is but these numbers seem consistent from other sources I just looked at.
Please correct me if I have this wrong (not being snarky) -- what I think I know is comprised of varied articles spread across years.
Not that making a direct profit was even the goal of the bailouts, but it sure is nice that we made money off of them on top of saving the economy.
https://money.usnews.com/investing/articles/2017-01-19/finan...
Conversely, Trump, if he knows nothing else, knows how to focus doggedly on what's going to excite his base. If he can sell his base on the idea of loan-sharking Boeing (which is a legitimate strategy), then he'll come out looking like a winner, despite the fact that he'll have done the exact same thing as Obama.
Remember, never let your accomplishments go unrecognized by those you serve. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/02/13/the-iceberg-secret...