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Politics Obama stares down a war criminal

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u/Sanjuro7880 12d ago

I don’t know about that. In 2014 when Russia annexed Crimea Obama did fuck all about it. Don’t get me wrong. I loved Obama as president but that made the US and EU look weak.

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u/eulersidentity1 12d ago

True. I liked Obama. I think he’s the best president the US has had in decades, I’m Canadian btw. But I think he was also pretty flawed too. I think the bar has just gone so insanely low now it’s just gone into the sub basement and bellow.

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u/redsquizza 12d ago

IIRC, he didn't have the legislature, so anything meaningful he tried to pass got blocked.

I'm hoping the USA wakes up enough so that the mid-terms mean the second half of Trump's presidency gets similarly stymied in the houses.

Of course, I guess then Trump just goes full dictator, declaring congress and senate traitors and declaring himself dictator for life to restore a true America in his vision.

I'm not sure I'm even joking writing that at this point.

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u/kingdead42 11d ago

The problem is that even if the Democrats get Congress in the mid-terms, they'll have to be active in stopping Trump. It's not like he's using Congress to do all the shit he's doing now.