A Tale Of Two Presidents: Biden Vs Trump
Highly appreciated Automatic Earth commenter TAE Summary presents another one of his series “A Tale of Two..”, and if only just for the obvious effort he put into it, let’s dig in.
How do you feel about what each president has achieved? No wrong answers.
TAE Summary:
Biden is a Great President and Trump was an Awful President
Biden
Appointed a diverse cabinet
Signed executive orders addressing systemic racism and discrimination
Passed the infrastructure bill to repair roads and bridges and improve internet access
Reduced the deficit
Led NATO in its support of Ukraine and opposition to Vladimir Putin
Lowered the child poverty rate by increasing the tax credit for children
Launched a program to protect earth from killer asteroids
Officially recognized Turkish genocide of Armenians in 1915
Sidelined the court-packing movement of the left
Stepped up US support for Taiwan
Announced a historic trilateral security agreement with Australia and Britain to counter Chinese hegemony
Accelerate Covid vaccine delivery at home an abroad
Improved the American economy by championing competition and reining in the power of big business which helped create millions of jobs
Gave Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices and made the price of things like insulin and hearing aids cheaper
Attacked hunger and fostered better nutrition in the US
Funded opioid recovery programs
Eliminated the statute of limitations for child sex abuse
Tried to reform student loans
Issued important cybersecurity regulations
Chose humanity over politics when getting Brittney Griner released
Trump
Colluded with the Russians to get elected in 2016
Appointed unqualified family members to important positions in his administration
Tried to ban TikTok
Withdrew the US from the Paris Climate Accords
Increased the deficit every year of his presidency
Approved the Keystone Pipeline through native lands
Disallowed transgender students from using the bathroom of their choice
Attacked John McCain as a loser
Ended curbs on auto emissions
Cracked down on legal immigrants
Impeded regulation against toxic chemicals
Shrank the food safety net so that over 700K Americans lost their access to food stamps
Suggested vaccines cause autism
Accused Barack Obama of spying on his campaign
Cut corporate taxes to the lowest level since 1939
Oversaw the longest government shutdown in US history
Acted as a racist and xenophobe when he implemented a travel ban from Muslim countries, blamed the Chinese for Covid, separated families at the US border, tried to build a wall between the US and Mexico and gave racist speeches
Tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act which would have left millions without healthcare
Inadequately responded to Covid, downplaying the dangers
Use his influence as president to try to get Ukraine to provide damaging narratives about his political opponent
Challenged the outcome of the 2020 election undermining democratic institutions and the public’s trust in elections which led to the events of January 6th and the deaths of 5 people
Trump was a Great President and Biden is an Awful President
Trump
Negotiated three Arab-Israeli peace accords
Fostered a strong economy and stock market by signing into to law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and other policies
Started the Space Force
Attempted the first Defense Department wide audit
Cracked down on unwanted robo-calls
Attempted to build a wall on the border with Mexico to stop illegal immigration
Helped American farmers with billions of dollars in aid
Tried to fix health technology by removing rules blocking the sharing of medical information
Rescinded rules for federal contractors that protected them from sexual harassment claims
Made it easier to prosecute financial crimes like money laundering
Renegotiated trade deals with Mexico, Canada and China which benefitted American workers and businesses
Appointed three Supreme Court justices and many other conservative judges to federal courts leading to pro-Constitutional decisions like the overturning of Roe
Passed the VA MISSION Act which improved healthcare access and services for veterans
Oversaw the defeat of the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate in Syria and Iraq
Kept us out of war
Signed executive orders and laws combating human trafficking
Biden
Opened the borders to illegal immigrants
Discharged thousands of troops for refusing the Covid vaccine
Opposed efforts to stop biological males from competing in women’s sports
Lied about border patrol agents whipping migrants
Claimed that January 6th rioters were a bigger threat to democracy than Confederates in the Civil War
Described terrorism from white supremacy as the most lethal threat to the US
Oversaw the disastrous withdrawal of American troops for Afghanistan
Mis-handled the response to Covid mandating vaccines and dividing the nation on the basis of vaccination status
Supported lockdowns and other pandemic polices which damaged the supply chain and the world economy
Supported violent protesters instead of the police during the BLM riots
Lied about Hunter’s laptop saying it was Russain disinformation
Stated that election reform is the new Jim Crow
Suppressed first amendment rights by influencing policies of social media outlets
Supported the war in Ukraine and vilified Russia as our enemy
Blocked American energy production
Illegally attempted to forgive student loans
Printed massive amounts of money causing massive inflation
I have one comment: I don’t think that “Joe Biden” (in Jim Kunstler language) only “supported the war in Ukraine and vilified Russia as our enemy”, “Joe Biden” did a lot more to poke the bear and instigate and fire up the war. But that’s just me. You can be the judge of that too.
Also just me: when Trump left and Biden came, we were at peace. Look at us now.
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