Was Trump Really That Bad?

I have not been called a fascist racist cunt for a few days, so thought I would change that with a post about you-know-who!

Whenever people bring up Trump in conversation and how horrible he is I always ask "what did you dislike about his Presidency?". The answer I usually get is one of two things.

1. Either one of the several hoaxes brought up (like, "Come on! He told people to inject bleach to cure COVID!", or "He called white supremacists 'very fine people!'", or several other well-debunked hoaxes - I'll get into that below).
2. Or, "he's just so unpleasant!". 

I literally never hear an argument against a policy he brought in. And it's because all his policies were pretty mainstream, and you can't specifically hate Trump for a policy that is generally accepted amongst approximately 50% of the population.

So why was the President so loved by so many, and so hated by so many? I blame it on a constant stream of Democrat and big media / big tech misinformation that programmed so many folks to hate Trump. Let's go over just some of the misinformation.

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The Koi Pond Hoax

The media circulated edited video of Trump dumping a bunch of leftover fish food into the Koi pond when visiting the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, claiming it was bad form and dangerous to the fish.

One of many misleading headlines

It turns out Abe had done the same thing seconds earlier.

Ask yourself - why was this easily debunked hoax story circulated so widely at the time in mainstream media and on social media?

In other words, why they lie to us?

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The Fine People Hoax

After Charlottesville, Trump was accused of saying neo-nazis and white supremacists were "very fine people" using edited video and transcripts. The full video and transcript makes clear he was saying exactly the opposite.

Here's the full debunk:

Why they lie to us?

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The Drinking Bleach Hoax

Trump was accused of telling people to "drink bleach" or "inject bleach" to cure COVID. Now, just ask yourself, would an intelligent man (graduated University, graduated from the most prestigious Wharton school of business, built a multi-billion dollar real estate empire, successfully ran for President) really say that? Of course not, and he did not. He was referring to an experimental therapy discussed in the same presser 20 minutes earlier that involves injecting UV light as a disinfectant into the lungs. The video was taken out of context (before and after).

Here is what he actually said in context:

"A question that probably some of you are thinking of if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting. So, supposedly we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it. And then I said supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. (To Bryan) And I think you said you’re going to test that, too. Sounds interesting, right?

And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning, because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it’d be interesting to check that, so that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with, but it sounds interesting to me. So, we’ll see, but the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute. That’s pretty powerful."

Why they lie to us?

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The Mocking Disabled Reporter Hoax

Trump was accused of mocking a disabled reporter by making spastic motions on stage during one of his rallies. In fact there are video montages of him doing the exact same motion mocking all sorts of other not disabled people.

Why they lie to us?

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The Not Denouncing Racists Hoax

It was stated after the 2020 debates that Trump has never disavowed white supremacists and neo-nazis. There is a video compilation of Trump doing exactly that over 30 times in public that put lie to that, interspersed with Democrat politicians and media claiming otherwise.

Why they lie to us?

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The Russiagate Hoax

This was the doozy. It was claimed that Trump colluded with Russia to sway the outcome of the 2016 election (ironically, Democrats claimed that election was "stolen" and objected in Congress, just like the other side did in 2020). This has proven to be 100% nonsense by the 3 year, $36M, Mueller investigation that concluded that nobody with ties to Trump colluded with Russia.

More recently it has been shown that the entire investigation was predicated on the "Steele Dossier", which was a complete fabrication paid for by Hillary Clinton and the Democrat campaign. Entrenched management at the CIA, FBI, and DOJ colluded to keep the investigation going and to literally spy on the Trump campaign without any reasonable predicate.

The media breathlessly covered this for 3 solid years. Slimy Democrat politicians such as Schiff claimed they had seen incontrovertible evidence that never materialized. Pelosi, Schumer, Nadler, and others kept the division going doing much harm to the country in the process. Moreover, they knew it was bullshit from the start.

Here is one of many beakdowns of this hoax, this one from the New York Post:

Click HERE for article

Why they lie to us?

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I could go on and on with the media hoaxes. I think the moderate left is starting to wake up to all of this? One too many hoaxes perhaps?

And I could get into the things I consider the more controversial hoaxes, such as the Mexican Rapists hoax, the Shithole Countries hoax. the Ukraine impeachment hoax, the Jan 6 Impeachment hoax, the rigged election hoax, and so on, and happy to debate those in the comments (pick your favourite), but the obvious hoaxes above should give you some pause, no?

So, ask yourself, outside of his mean tweets and "unpresidential" conduct, really ask yourself why do you hate him so much? And ask yourself if you approve of all these media hoaxes because "the end justifies the means".

Can you even state the other side's position? Why do they think Trump was actually good for the country?

I copied the Trump administration's list of accomplishments to this page: Trump Administration Accomplishments. There are over 600 detailed items on that list, which is a tremendous amount of activity for any administration, but here is a summary of some hilights:

• Juiced the economy resulting in GDP growth rate and job creation well above any predictions, with historically low-levels of unemployment amongst minorities. Did this through a combination of trade deals, tax cuts (corporations and middle/lower class included), and elimination of redundant regulation.
  
• Created Opportunity Zones to encourage investment in underprivileged spots.
• Achieved strategically important US energy independence, and brought energy prices to the low levels putting an average of $2500 back in the pockets of the typical family.
• Rebuilt the military and ended all territorial aspirations of ISIS, took out prominent terrorist leaders.
• Double the child tax credit and expanded eligibility. Expanded apprenticeship programs. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act expanded School Choice, allowing parents to use up to $10,000 from a 529 education savings account to cover K-12 tuition costs at the public, private, or religious school of their choice. Signed an executive order that ensures public universities protect First Amendment rights or they will risk losing funding.
• On COVID, suspended travel from China very early, made ventilators and PPE ubiquitously available, provided additional federal hospital capacity, created world-leading testing infrastructure, launched Operation Warp Speed that enabled manufacturers to quickly produce vaccines ($13B in seed money), setup the logistics infrastructure to deliver vaccines when ready. Passed the $2.3T CARES act to support Americans impacted by COVID.
• Took actions to remove burdensome regulations on healthcare getting in the way of competition and finalized legislation for transparency in health care pricing. Lowered drug prices. Passed "right to try".
  
• Remade the Federal Judiciary by confirming 230 solid judges to interpret the letter of the law, not act as activists, including 57 court of appeals judges and 3 supreme court justices.
• Drastically reduced illegal immigration at the southern border, and stemmed the flow of deadly fentanyl crossing that border. Declared the opioid crisis a nationwide public health emergency and made historic progress in fighting the crisis.
• Advanced peace through strength in dealings with North Korea, Iran, China, and Russia. Sent armaments to the Ukraine. Forced NATO partners to pay what they agreed. Supported Israel, moving the embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing the Golan heights as part of Israel, and brokering the most comprehensive peace deal since the founding of Israel.
• Multiple initiatives to support Veterans, including the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act.
• Pushed for and signed the "First Step Act" to reduce recidivism and give prisoners re-entering society a leg up.
• Supported law enforcement across the board.
• Invested $38B in clean water infrastructure. Achieved historic levels of cleanup by the EPA. Restored public access to Federal land. Recovered more endangered or threatened species than any other administration in its first term.

Go read the full list of Trump Administration Accomplishments if you want to fill in the details on some of those things and see additional actions the Trump administration took.

All in all, I think he was a pretty good prez. I can certainly understand why Democrat voters might prefer a different prez (but really, Biden? Kamala? Really?). But why so much hate from a group that supposedly rejects hate? I honestly don't get it.

Please "bring it on" in the comments, but please try to keep it civil.