• Jaytreeman@kbin.social
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      11 months ago

      I want to be clear that I’m not a Trump supporter.
      Every American president in living memory was terrible. Every American president has had a destabilizing effect on foreign countries. Trump’s destabilizing effect was at home, and he was such a wild card that he had a stabilizing effect internationally. He was worse for America than he was for the world.

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        11 months ago

        and he was such a wild card that he had a stabilizing effect internationally

        Eh, no. He didn’t. Inaction where action was expected is no better than action where inaction was expected. When the US has already put its hands into something, less harm would be done in finishing it than just pulling out in the middle.