Quote (JohnnyMcCoy @ 23 Mar 2023 20:23)
trump is the only guy to not start new wars and brought troops back
surely you can find something though ^_^
i'm sorry to tell you, but you've been had. the whole "anti interventionist" / "bring our troops back home" rhetoric by trump was empty. he noticed it resonated well with his base, so he just repeated it constantly - in order to make gullible morons, who mistake campaign slogans for policy, believe he was anti war.
in reality, however:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/5/8/18619206/under-donald-trump-drone-strikes-far-exceed-obama-s-numbershttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-drones-idUSKCN1QN2PDhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47480207https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/22/obama-drones-trump-killings-count/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/11/us/politics/trump-troop-withdrawals-war.htmlalso, he might not have managed to start a new war, but it surely wasn't for a lack of trying. his various escalation attempts with iran nearly sparked a conflict that would have dwarfed any previous wars the US fought in the middle east. of course that doesn't go on the record, because it luckily didn't happen. just saying - and to be fair, i don't believe he did it because he desperately wanted his own war. i assume his primary motive was to destroy obama's legacy. if that's better or maybe even worse, i guess depends on your personal opinion, just mentioning it so you don't get the impression i thought trump had any sort of real conviction on the matter, one way or the other...