Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting
by trgn on Saturday March 01, 2025 @04:04PM
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Thx, but we really do remember the Obama years differently haha.
Good economy, low simmer.
Ows faded, but how was that Obamas fault. He didn't run on left platform.
There was international strife, but it was localized and didn't seem to spend neoliberal order (we'll miss it when it's gone)
Anyway, I hope you're right, and this is just theatrics.
But the main problem isn't that he needs "augors", it's that you have an entire media complex that is constantly misrepresenting what he says in the most negative possible light. People listen to what he says and then immediately apply a filter of the most negative interpretation possible. Or they outright lie.
Did Trump call white supremecists very fine people? Did he tell people to drink bleach? The list goes on...
Meanwhile, what was the main "instability" of trump's first 24 months? Ah, yes, the Russiagate hoax where any day now a smoking gun was coming. Hoax after hoax after hoax.
Re Obama's blissful years:
- Occupy wall st fades away, no real reform
- Stagnating economy
- Arab spring waffles
- Chinese aggression in Taiwan sea
- Putin annexes Crimea
- ISIS is born and terrorist attacks become a regular part of the news cycle
- Unprecedented union of DOJ w/ president (Eric Holder says "I'm Obama's wingman")
- IRS targeting conservatives
- Tan suit (lol)
Compare all that to Trump going into 2020 whereforeign policy wasn't even part of the debates.