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All the "great" things that Donald Trump did as President? (Original Post) kentuck Dec 2022 OP
And, I'll wait with you! madashelltoo Dec 2022 #1
My taxes went way up. JenniferJuniper Dec 2022 #2
Zero, Nada, None, Nothing, Empty, Looser, Simple, Foolish, etc. Stuart G Dec 2022 #3
Well, he was a one man audit of the US government. Irish_Dem Dec 2022 #4
Who? n/t RKP5637 Dec 2022 #5
Trump made hot air great again and proved there are things tackier than glue bucolic_frolic Dec 2022 #6
Hoping he made some people understand the importance of voting.... Skittles Dec 2022 #7
I'm glad you brought this up. My trump loving relative said he did a lot for pro-life movement. Maraya1969 Dec 2022 #8
Actually KentuckyWoman Dec 2022 #26
I can't think of one... Quakerfriend Dec 2022 #9
Nor does handing Afghan women and girls to the taliban. niyad Dec 2022 #10
Not one goddamned thing Blue Owl Dec 2022 #11
I hear Trumpers talk about all the supposedly "great" things he did as POTUS Mad_Machine76 Dec 2022 #12
I always tell evangelicals the great thing about Trump was TlalocW Dec 2022 #13
"He brought maufacturing back to America." Norbert Dec 2022 #14
He normalized men wearing makeup? HardPort Dec 2022 #15
Diddly squat. But a good wrecking ball job. n/t sprinkleeninow Dec 2022 #16
He made many of us aware that democracy is fragile, and that our constitution is in need of... NNadir Dec 2022 #17
He fulfilled many of his campaign promises zipplewrath Dec 2022 #18
He calculated the cost of solving all the world's problems, and then sent out bills for those costs Shermann Dec 2022 #19
He lost his bid for a second term peggysue2 Dec 2022 #20
+1 Xoan Dec 2022 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Xoan Dec 2022 #21
He woke us....... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2022 #23
Paved the way for a Joe Biden victory tinrobot Dec 2022 #24
He probably got a lot of new people hired by the National Park Service in DC. KentuckyWoman Dec 2022 #25

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)
3. Zero, Nada, None, Nothing, Empty, Looser, Simple, Foolish, etc.
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:03 PM
Dec 2022

What did you expect on the list?.....

Irish_Dem

(47,131 posts)
4. Well, he was a one man audit of the US government.
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:04 PM
Dec 2022

The US failed the audit.

And we found being POTUS has no legal restraints, just the honor system.

Skittles

(153,169 posts)
7. Hoping he made some people understand the importance of voting....
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:09 PM
Dec 2022

and not holding grudges against female candidates....

Maraya1969

(22,483 posts)
8. I'm glad you brought this up. My trump loving relative said he did a lot for pro-life movement.
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:12 PM
Dec 2022

Besides getting those gasbags on the Supreme Court I don't know anything else he did.

They also mentioned moving the American embassy to Jerusalem, (?) from Tel Aviv which seemed to have caused all sorts of problems for the Palestinians.

KentuckyWoman

(6,687 posts)
26. Actually
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 10:55 PM
Dec 2022

Abortions dropped like a rock under Obama and went back up a little under Trump.
In fact you'll notice all the big drops have been under Democratic presidents.

Quakerfriend

(5,450 posts)
9. I can't think of one...
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:15 PM
Dec 2022

But, I would say he helped to further expose the GOP for the perpetual criminals they’ve always been.

I cringe every time one of his former employees talks about damaging his legacy .

Mad_Machine76

(24,414 posts)
12. I hear Trumpers talk about all the supposedly "great" things he did as POTUS
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:32 PM
Dec 2022

and all I can do is roll my eyes in confusion and exasperation.

TlalocW

(15,384 posts)
13. I always tell evangelicals the great thing about Trump was
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:35 PM
Dec 2022

That he was sent by God (they like that part) as a test for them (not sure). And they failed (definitely don't like that). So at least we all know where everyone stands a little bit more.

Norbert

(6,040 posts)
14. "He brought maufacturing back to America."
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 05:42 PM
Dec 2022

Funny, I saw Carrier and GM leave Indiana and Ohio respectively. Both times be bragged about saving these jobs.

NNadir

(33,525 posts)
17. He made many of us aware that democracy is fragile, and that our constitution is in need of...
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 06:04 PM
Dec 2022

...serious tweaks, removing the last slavery accommodating clause in it, the Electoral College, as well as clauses to control money in politics, and several other changes, including lifetime appointments to the Supreme Court, and the ability of Congressional thugs to sabotage the courts by inaction.

Our constitution was not written to deal with partisan politics. It assumed rationality, no longer a good bet in the age of mass media.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
18. He fulfilled many of his campaign promises
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 07:58 PM
Dec 2022

All of the ones that we didn't want to happen. But GQPer after one and again have mentioned all the things he did that they wanted him to do. I have to admit, the one singular thing I happy he did was get rid of the ridiculous health care "mandate". It's pretty has well been proven to have been unnecessary. The exchange is just as popular without it and there's been no real reduction in participation. The only problem is that they reduced the requirements for what policies could be offered. But one will note there has been no real effort to reduce these features, other than the price controls on insulin and allowing medicare to negotiate drug prices.

But yeah, the vast, vast, vast majority of what his supporters enjoyed was, as Hillary said,deplorable.

Shermann

(7,423 posts)
19. He calculated the cost of solving all the world's problems, and then sent out bills for those costs
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 07:59 PM
Dec 2022

Mexico got the bill for the border wall problem.

Europe got the bill for the Russia problem.

China got the bill for the North Korea problem as well as the pandemic problem.

Now actually collecting on those bills is another matter!


He just sort of tore up the bill for the Social Security problem...

peggysue2

(10,832 posts)
20. He lost his bid for a second term
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 09:40 PM
Dec 2022

And finally left the White House after stinking up the place.

Beyond that, the adjective 'great' doesn't apply to anything Trumpian.

Response to kentuck (Original post)

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,492 posts)
23. He woke us.......
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 10:44 PM
Dec 2022

to the potential for narcissistic psychopathic con men to brainwash millions of Americans and occupy seats of power.

Oh wait.....

Nixon, Reagan and W did that before him......

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KentuckyWoman

(6,687 posts)
25. He probably got a lot of new people hired by the National Park Service in DC.
Tue Dec 27, 2022, 10:51 PM
Dec 2022

Overflowing toilets and sticky walls don't take care of themselves.

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