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whistler162

(11,155 posts) Sat Mar 14, 2020, 07:21 PM Mar 2020

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From Truman to Trump

Truman - https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/trivia/buck-stops-here-sign

Ike - https://militaryhistorynow.com/2018/06/05/bad-news-the-speech-eisenhower-never-had-to-give/

Kennedy - https://www.wnyc.org/story/86807-today-in-history-jfk-on-the-bay-of-pigs/

Obama - https://www.cnn.com/2014/11/09/politics/obama-responsibility-midterms/index.html

Trump - Well just doing a search turns up many instances of him NOT taking responsibility for the actions of the Executive branch of government while under os "leadership".

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From Truman to Trump (Original Post) whistler162 Mar 2020 OP

Truman and tRUMP have the saying "The buck stops here" in common. Of course Harry meant abqtommy Mar 2020 #1

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)

1. Truman and tRUMP have the saying "The buck stops here" in common. Of course Harry meant

Reply to whistler162 (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 07:45 PM

Mar 2020

that he took responsibility, tRUMP not at all, he just wants the buck...

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