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It works if you don’t think about it (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Him paying off the national debt caused the longest and deepest (by percentage not dollar value, great depression wins there) depression in US history.

We were founded as a country of traders, and by paying off the national debt, we removed the dollars that other countries had to buy stuff from us. This crippled our economy for well over a decade. I wouldn't call that effective, unless you think he was actually trying to sabotage the country, which I wouldn't put past him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's the thing. He was evil, but effective. What did Trump even accomplish aside from stacking the Court, which really had nothing to do with him?

If a politician does something harmful that I hate, that's not necessarily the save thing as being a bad or ineffective President. Plenty of bad people are effective leaders, and plenty of good ones are not.

Jimmy Carter was probably the best person to ever be President, and his stances on environmental issues were decades ahead of their time. I love Jimmy Carter.

But he wasn't a good President because he couldn't get anything done. Andrew Jackson did.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

That's why I say Trump should forever be stuck at the 45th percentile of presidents. He was mediocre at best, and a useful tool at worst.