Follow Up: Was the Trump presidency as good/bad as you expected?

Started by Syt, January 10, 2021, 02:54:51 AM

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Is the Trump presidency as good/bad as you expected?

It's much better than I expected
0 (0%)
It's slightly better than I expected
1 (2.1%)
It's as good as I expected
0 (0%)
It's as bad as I expected
6 (12.8%)
It's slightly worse than I expected
10 (21.3%)
It's much worse than I expected
30 (63.8%)

Total Members Voted: 46

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Valmy

#46
January 11, 2021, 05:10:52 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 11, 2021, 05:00:56 PM
I went back to that thread for a bit. Is derspiess still around?

He shows up every once in a while. I can understand why he is laying low right now.
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Admiral Yi

#47
January 11, 2021, 05:25:28 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 11, 2021, 05:00:56 PM
I went back to that thread for a bit. Is derspiess still around?

He hasn't posted in a couple months.

Caliga

#48
January 11, 2021, 06:31:12 PM Last Edit: January 11, 2021, 06:32:57 PM by Caliga
spiess is fine, but yeah, may be laying low ATM for understandable reasons.
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alfred russel

#49
January 11, 2021, 06:35:28 PM
Quote from: Caliga on January 11, 2021, 06:31:12 PM
spiess is fine, but yeah, may be laying low ATM for understandable reasons.

The FBI is looking for him after he lifted that podium from the capitol?
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Admiral Yi

#50
January 11, 2021, 06:36:56 PM
Lay off Speesh.  He did the exact same thing Moldy did in 2016.

Caliga

#51
January 11, 2021, 06:54:57 PM
 :sleep:

He's conservative, but he's not a Trumpist.
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Eddie Teach

#52
January 11, 2021, 07:03:07 PM
Quote from: Tyr on January 11, 2021, 04:58:14 PM
At a glance only one stands out as a passing. :lol:

Or that's Seedys vote, since the world didn't end by September 2017.
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Jacob

#53
January 11, 2021, 07:12:55 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 11, 2021, 06:36:56 PM
Lay off Speesh.  He did the exact same thing Moldy did in 2016.

Yeah, he said he voted for Johnson, not Trump. I was just wondering where he's at.

Grey Fox

#54
January 11, 2021, 07:15:57 PM
He's busy with football work.
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viper37

#55
January 11, 2021, 10:35:58 PM
Quote from: Syt on January 10, 2021, 02:54:51 AM
At the end of 2019, I asked the board how they thogutht he Trump presidency was going. The results were not good, for Trump.

http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,15942.0.html

Only 2 more weeks to go (we hope), and much has happened since October 2019, so I thought it interesting to do a final check in.
Up to inciting the Capitol riots, about as bad as I thought:
- ICE declaring open season on migrants
- Sabotaging international relations
- Disruptive of US&international trade
- Bad for climate change issues
- Bad for science

The nomination of so many SC judges was not foreseen, but was a very real possibility.
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#56
January 12, 2021, 12:49:27 PM
Worse.
I really thought that once Trump got his sea legs in office he would be more canny and live up to his populist image by triangulating a bit more - e.g. pushing through a real infrastructure plan, ending carried interest exemption, etc. If for no other reason than to build his re-election case. There was an opportunistic flash of this at the end with the $2000 check proposal, but that just proved the rule - Trump was just too lazy and incompetent to govern to his rhetoric and instead was content to sit back and rubber stamp a far right agenda he doesn't really even believe in, in return for unwavering backing for his relentless pursuit of payback against perceived enemies, abuse of power for political ends, and endless self-glorifying events.
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