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TheShadowBoxingAssCrack
Trump: More money for himself, fuck all others.
januskincaid
Missed Biden, then Trump's current term. Biden: Nearly stabilized the economy after the first Trump shit show broke everything. Trump: lit everything on fire using the Constitution as kindling... So that he could get more money for rich people.
RoyDMercer
I sense a pattern.
sfbiker
Thanks to the groundwork by Kennedy (with a large dose of Disney), as a child, I really thought we were going to the stars in my lifetime. But now I think we're heading back to the dark ages of disease where our top health "experts" reject basic germ theory.
zombywoof68
Trump: MORE MONEY FOR RICH PEOPLE ... ESPECIALLY IF THEIR LAST NAME IS "TRUMP"
Mikeiller
and their first name has to be Donald. ANd that other guy doesn't count
Swiggy1957
You forgot LBJ and his fught for civil rights. Nixon fought for fascism 1.2.
carlsagansghost
Nixon approved the EPA and greatly improved relations with China. Both are great things.
CrabbyBlueberry
Nixon approved the EPA just so environmentalists would shut up. He was just throwing them a bone.
carlsagansghost
And that’s fine. More than we get these days. I don’t care why people do good things, so long as they do them.
ThunderStrike2021
Depends on context I suppose. I love how we create our own enemies to almost validate why we have trillion dollar weapon systems.
psuedon
You can edit and make a more complete version for the win
anonymous
You also forgot that there were two Bush presidents
CrabbyBlueberry
Bush Sr was just Reagan term 3.
SyfyNerd
For Clinton, I would add destroying welfare and helping to enable one of the biggest jumps in income inequality in modern times.
For Obama, I would put giving 245 billion dollars to banks who for the sake of greed almost destroyed the American economy. Those CEOs received no consequences.
No matter the president, democratic or republican, the story remains the same less for you and more for the elites. Don't believe me, do your own research. And stop with this stupid tribalism.
LordFriteuse
While the democrats are the best party out of two shitty options, I would like encourage democratic voters to distance themselves from them and stop playing team sports. As an example, please consider the factor 8 scandal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjGX9RJ7Cug
lurkyloos
The convicted rapist is also “attempt erase my crimes in a desperate attempt to whitewash recent history”.
MisterFluffi
He's already got immunity thanks to the supreme court, he's almost certain to person himself for any crimes on the way out just to double layer that protection. Only fear is probably the mountain of civil cases heading his way, most likely why talking about a third term.
RxFukitall
Orange wash
skipperpop2525
Orange stain
Mgxr44
Clintons mission was to gut the welfare state and Obama abandoned Universal healthcare almost immediately… yall gotta stop thinking these people who commit war crimes like it’s a hobby are in anyway good people that you should like or respect
InfocalypseRising
Why did they skip Bush Sr? Or am I just supposed to assume it was the same for both
Gogoglovitch
They also skipped Johnson, Nixon, Ford, and Carter -- everyone between Kennedy and Reagan. Honestly, it really doesn't change the trend much, so they may have been aiming for brevity.
DukeDarkwood
Economically, Bush Sr. was basically an extension of Reagan. At least as far as I remember. About the only thing he's specifically remembered for is the Gulf War.
Which, y'know, also contributed to the rich people, as @blubberingbastard said.
Bignholy
And "Read My Lips, No New Taxes" that he promptly flip flopped over.
DukeDarkwood
Yeah, that's one of the things I just saw as continuing his predecessor's work.
blubberingbastard
Oil in the gulf = More money for rich people
2Soon4Baboon
Eliminate debt is just another way to say "austerity". Obama failed (this happens, it's OK) but when his ideological policy (Medicare for all) was up for nomination via Bernie, he chose to actively block Bernie with all his effort.
It's just neoliberal capitalism (red is worse than blue without question) but both are not "good".
zechs3
Doesn't this over simplification hurt any chance of change?
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
The right has brainwashed the entire country into constantly shitting on Democrats.
crlamke
This is perfect, 100% true and well said.
Kotose12
Liberals will shoot themselves before letting the left get a single damn thing. If we (dems) had people actually showed that they cared running for president instead of empty buerocrats, we wouldn't be in this mess.
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
I married my husband in 2015 thanks to Democrats. I know people alive today thanks to the ACA. I know people who had their student loans forgiven by Biden.
Kotose12
Okay great! I'm not saying democrats never did anything good. They're very obviously the lesser evil, which is why I've voted dem for my entire adult life. But they still suck ass and deserve criticism. There's no need to settle for enabling genocide or otherwise being bad at their jobs.
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
Ignoring Republican malfeasance to criticize Democrats is how we got here. Republicans overturned Roe, and instead of holding them accountable the nation blamed Obama and Democrats for "not codifying it". If the Republicans had been voted out en masse, and people stated Roe as the cause, ***it would have been the progressive mandate we've been waiting for***. Change has to come from the ground up.
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
The truly sad part? There is no law Obama could have passed that the SCOTUS couldn't declare unconstitutional! The whole thing was insanity. The nation pathologically shits on Democrats.
Bignholy
You can see it in this thread when they talk about the AHCA. They keep ignoring that the "majority" was a paper majority with "democrats" that included people that spiked attempts at a better deal like Manchen spiked everything for Biden's presidency.
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
Yep. Republicans overturned Roe - ROE - and instead of even wanting to hold them accountable those people started tripping over themselves to blame Democrats for - get this - "not codifying it". There is literally no law they could have passed that the SCOTUS couldn't declare unconstitutional. It was an obvious right wing op (as I'm sure a couple of those commenters are as well) but the whole country fell for it, because again, we've been brainwashed to reflexively shit on Democrats.
Bignholy
Also, in order to make it a amendment or other meaningful law, they would have to have had a majority big enough to do so, which they haven't since, what, early Clinton? The fact that Obama and Biden got even a single fucking thing done is incredible, given how stacked the deck was.
But sure, blame to "Do Nothing Democrats" for not doing enough.
icantbelieveistillhavetoprotestthiscrap
Yep. They don't give the Dems enough power, then complain when they don't do enough. Happens every time. A voter mandate would take care of this in one election cycle. Completely serious. In '24, if Republicans had been voted out en masse, and people stated Roe as the reason, it would have been the progressive mandate they claim to want! But instead, they just started screaming "iT's ObAmA's FaUlT!". Literal insanity.
benreilly73
Biden: infrastructure, climate investment, industry, enshrining same sex rights
TheHappyHermit
the post-covid economic "soft landing" which he achieved
Kotose12
Also a big fan of enabling genocide
TheRealArclight
sure thing nazi....
Kotose12
I was born in 1988. I support the Palestinian right to not get wiped out in a retaliatory genocide. Something Biden should really consider!
TheRealArclight
LordFriteuse
Good luck having this conversation with someone who said he was a zionist with his whole fucking chest.
squirrely303011
You mean all the money for rich people
Quixus
I think Trump's goal is "more money for me and no criminal prosecution"
C0ZM0
GermanSausagesAreTheWurst
His words are like one of those ink blot tests where they see what they want to see.
testzero
Who's supposed to be the senile one again?
mohavewolfpup
The plant that couldn’t aim properly… ahem
custardandfishfingers24
Such an idiot.
DanimalRC
Truly a dizzying intelect.
groovehouse
Too bad we didn't get Universal Healthcare
DontPUNishme
Ain’t that some bullshit.
zeacorzeppelin10
You can't forget LBJ
PoliticalWanderer
They also skipped LBJ, Nixon, Ford, and Carter in between Kennedy and Reagan, so...
zeacorzeppelin10
I think the last great Republican was president Dwight D Eisenhower.
PoliticalWanderer
I'd agree. It's been a lot of shit since then.
BigRobbo
Guys in noticing a pattern here. I think republicans are just following good presidents and trying to funnel as much money as possible into their own pockets
Snooj
Trump has a dual agenda of actively fucking over poor people. It's not just about the rich.
denniepowers
The last president to lower the national debt was Clinton!! My hubby is “fiscally conservative” and has always voted democrat because the evidence that democrats have been best for the economy is clear when you look at the data.
custardandfishfingers24
The Dems need to post these everywhere.
Noodlesocks
Has Trump even achieved that? like, maybe for one or two of them but overall?
RowanUnderwood
Universal healthcare: my ass. We got the preexisting conditions thing, which was good . . . but doesn't really mater because they just refuse the treatment anyways.
dunkum09
it says goal, not accomplishment. still iffy, but as I recall what he wanted was more substantial than what got passed. e.g. wanted to include a public option, but lieberman wouldn't go for it, and they needed him for 60 votes.
mardukkur
The real wrecking was by the Supreme Court and subsequent Republican congresses after the ACA was passed.
mike13815
The original plans (shot down by republicans) was basically canada-level healthcare. Better in every way but not as good as europe.
kingofmachines
This is patently untrue, not the least of which because Republicans had no power to shoot down anything unless Obama let them (and of course he did). He did NOT have slim majorities in his first 2 years. But this was the story of Obama's entire presidency: 1: propose Republican idea to try and get republican support (that he didn't even need), 2: still get zero republican votes, 3: pass the republican plan anyway and then take all the flak when it's woefully inadequate.
OrThatsWhatTheySayAnyway
Their filibuster proof 60 vote majority, needing 2 indy votes, WAS slim, and it was lost 1 year into his presidency. There were challenges and concessions demanded from within the dem party, and then repubs since the filibuster proof majority was lost, so the initial proposal was neutered in order to pass in 2010.
Public stoked fear over healthcare reform played a big part in losing the filibuster proof majority in 2010, and majority in the 2011 midterms. The remaining 6 were defined by that.
RunningDroid
Universal Healthcare was just a tool for negotiating with the Insurance Agencies, Obama was never seriously planning it.
firesnake
That's some dumb bot shit. Every reasonable country understands its value, but we get stuck with lobbyists owning congress. Republicans will always protect those making money, so we will never get it.
kingofmachines
This is also dumb bot shit. Early in his presidency, the Republicans had zero ability to block Obama's agenda if he was serious about implementing it. He came into office with a nearly 80 seat majority in the House, and 59 (then briefly 60, then 59 again) seats in the Senate. Newsflash, Republicans aren't the only ones owned by lobbyists, they're just the worst/most brazen. A reminder, we literally just had a Dem president who explicitly ran against universal healthcare.
OrThatsWhatTheySayAnyway
Their filibuster proof 60 vote majority, needing 2 indy votes, WAS slim, and it was lost 1 year into his presidency. There were challenges and concessions demanded from within the dem party, and then repubs since the filibuster proof majority was lost, so the initial proposal was neutered in order to pass in 2010.
Public stoked fear over healthcare reform played a big part in losing the filibuster proof majority in 2010, and majority in the 2011 midterms. The remaining 6 were defined by that.
Mgxr44
Dems were in the majority dude, republicans didn’t block shit. Universal healthcare was abandoned almost immediately
mardukkur
The ACA as written provided universal healthcare for all Americans regardless of ability to pay.
Mgxr44
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here, you know 10s of thousands of Americans still die every year from lack of healthcare right?
mardukkur
You know the ACA was not implemented as written because the Supreme Court made up some absolute lawless bullshit to butcher it, right? And then later Republican congresses fucked up the exchange subsidies, mandate & risk corridors? If you have any interest in health policy at all this should be one of the very first facts you learn about.
Mgxr44
You’re kidding right? The courts don’t get involved until a bill is passed and someone sues. It was NEVER universal healthcare my guy. And the part the courts removed was a mandate for people to either pay for healthcare or get taxed.
mardukkur
Please I beg you rectify your fucking ignorance. https://klrd.gov/2023/11/30/supreme-court-rulings-impact-on-affordable-care-act/
Mgxr44
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/newsletter-article/obama-shying-away-public-option-or-not this article is from before the ACA even passed and it’s about how the Dems are backing away from even a public OPTION. Not UVHC, just an option. You don’t know what you’re talking about
mardukkur
The public option was estimated by the CBO to reduce premiums less than 5%. It was always a nothingburger.
BubbaRunski
Biden: Just keep America out of the shitter.
Trump 2: Give Democracy a swirlie.
Mgxr44
Homelessness and poverty skyrocketed under Biden and he was committing a genocide…
AShartInTheWind
Now this is some liberal propaganda. We all know Republicans and Democrats both strive for the same thing because they both serve the same wealthy masters.
Potatomanbynight
The fact that this didn't get downvoted to oblivion makes me happy.
AShartInTheWind
Nah, they're starting to come. It just takes a moment for Blue MAGA to get here.
vash77
Welcome to imgur. It's all liberal propaganda. If you say otherwise, you get downvoted to oblivion. Then, the downvote fairies come in and downvote your every post and every comment you have ever made. I'll see ya at the bottom.
FractalShoggoth
As someone who regularly trashes the current U.S. administration: I think "propaganda" is inaccurate; I'd say it's more of a circlejerk. The difference is that it's a tribal venting of frustration, not a directed campaign of disinformation. Same as most conservative spaces.
And to be fair to Imgur, I've noticed more instances here of "I agree with the sentiment, but your statement needs a source" than most other places.
It's not "fair and balanced", but I've not seen anyone claim otherwise.
kmcc1
Yep. Clinton's NAFTA and deregulation of the markets were about funneling money into the pockets of rich americans.
AShartInTheWind
And Obama only continued American imperialism, following in his Republican predecessor's footsteps.
OrThatsWhatTheySayAnyway
Nothing republican or democrat about that, it's the American system under either party.
AShartInTheWind
Exactly, they both serve the same masters.
RElGNMAN
Republicans are the only party to get the poor to hate the poor and idolize the rich.
Clarifairy
The only one in the US. Out of 2 relevant parties. But be assured, the same lies are told all over the world, often successfully. Sometimes even by several parties in the same country. *Sigh...*
zachform
Fox "news" plays a big part.
MenloPart
When Musk bought Tesla for $44B, Fox News was worth $16B.
capnadorable
Nazis also did this
QBertSpuckler25
And they are VERY good at that objective. When you trim your party's goals down to 3-4 goals, they're pretty easy to achieve.
Omnimorph2112
Because those darn LGBT are all that's preventing kyle and his pickup truck from being a billionaire!
Hatixon
Yeah those pesky pronouns are why he has to use food stamps
Sticklebrickk
Don't forget the lazy immigrants who are taking our jobs while on welfare!
bindedig
Yeah, I have to buy more guns, maga flags, and high jacked pick up trucks!!! And I need to invest my food stamps to high yield stock portfolios. …. 😂
Itslukus
D-do they do that..?
bindedig
Maga-tards have no idea what stock portfolios are
JayDeeDubs
I think "eliminate US democracy/rule of law" should probably be Trump's primary goal at this point
putcleverusernamehere
But it's only a step to more money for rich people, so no
benreilly73
But also....more money for rich people lol
awkungen42
Sure, but let's not forget why. It's more money for rich people. It's always the end goal.
cancelmorningsforever
This is also for rich people.
Keystonelight
I think we're all so Iraq/Afghanistan traumatized we forget Bush/Cheney did this 20 years ago. Trump is the latest edition, but he did not get us here.
Tisherumpkiseranikan
Your comment made me think of this sketch about yachts and slavery https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP86tCya2/
OookOookOookMotherFudger
That's not the goal, that's how they aim to achieve the goal...
Heisanevilgenius
No, Trump definitely wants to be a dictator. Money for the rich is his secondary goal. At least in concept. In practice it's his primary accomplishment.
OookOookOookMotherFudger
You're confusing the method and the goal. You're forgeting WHY he wants to be a dictator... He doesn't give a rats ass about the people, the country, trade deals, wars in other countries, religion, abortion or anything like that, it's all a show... He cares about one thing only: lining his pockets with as much money as he can get his grubby little mitts on. He doesn't even give a shit about other rich people getting richer, that's just a by product of making himself richer.
Heisanevilgenius
What he wants is to be able to do whatever he wants and have people tell him he's awesome for doing it.
MisterDonutVampire
Misspelled russia.
0xBADA55
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Comet260
Add "staying out of prison/avoiding polonium tea".
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
With a big side of "More money for select rich people" (meaning himself and those who bribe him)
Goatfer
He's just mad the Constitution has so many big words and they wouldn't let him draw on it with his Sharpie.
crazyspelling
Just puts big sharpie X's over Articles I and III.
GingerLaird
We might eventually see him undermine his own authority.
lsnasty
And stay out of jail. And vengeance.
malbec
And I feel that “fuck over all the blacks,” should get recognition as well
cancelmorningsforever
Nixon?
GooteMoo
I mean, to be fair, that's pretty much Objective 2 for everyone on this list. "Even Obama?" you say. I assume so, yes.
KilroyLichking
well the chart is missing a step. Biden: undid everything trump broke. then trump; eliminate US democracy/rule of law
crazyspelling
I thought Biden was the infrastructure guy
thetonestarr
Didn't even come close to undoing everything Trump broke, regrettably. Tried his best but stayed firmly within the confines of traditional presidential procedure, which Trump absolutely did not do, so Trump broke things at a rate five times faster than Biden could fix. Honestly that's the entire reason he was able to get back in, too - he broke elections as well.
Tychodin
He was able to get back in for a variety of reasons, but the two big ones are Harris had a foreshortened campaign and the media wanted trump back very desperately and so carried his water for the entire year.
MenloPart
I honestly think that some people voted for the felon, third party, or just stayed home when they would have cast a ballot for Walz or any other male democrat.
I want to say we don't need their vote, but [gestures vaguely].
MenloPart
People made endless excuses for voting against Kamala, like her one affair.
4Astaroth
That and "She didn't say what she is planning to do." while she exactly explained what she is planning and while Donald said "Hannibal Lecter would vote for me."
wolf96781
Or the idiots who protested Gaza by refusing to vote at all